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Chinese Authorities Try to Shut Down Night Cycling Over Large Viral Turnout

Chinese Authorities Try to Shut Down Night Cycling Over Large Viral Turnout
Thousands of students participate in a bike ride to Kaifeng, in search of soup dumplings, causing a highway to be clogged in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on Nov. 9, 2024. Social Media/via Reuters
Catherine Yang
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Bicycling at night has become a popular activity among university students in China, attracting attention as thousands simultaneously turn out at a time when morale among young people in the communist country has hit a low because of bleak employment prospects.
On Nov. 8, the turnout in Kaifeng city, Henan Province, neared 200,000 by some counts on Chinese social media, drawing a reaction from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with police urgently trying to shut the activity down.
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.