It is good news that more and more people choose the bicycle as the means of transportation in China because there is too much traffic in the busy streets.
Xu Shima was 16 in 1980 and had to learn a trade (买卖). He (choose) bicycle repair. Over the next twenty years, it proved to be a wise (decide). At that time, China was known The "Kingdom of Bicycles" and was home to the world's largest number of people who ride bicycles. In the 1990s, Xu's business was (success).
, in 2000, Xu had to give up his trade because more and more people began to use electric bicycles and cars. He even made a living by (sell) fruits and working as a factory security guard (保安). He showed no interest in returning to bicycle repair.
Yet the tide has again turned, and in 2009 Xu returned to his trade and now (repair) a lot of bicycles day. Xu is one of 155 bike mechanics at the Hangzhou Public Bicycle Transportation Development Co. and fixes the company's (near) 70, 000 public bicycles in the city.
"I'm glad cycling is popular again, " says Xu.
Inspired by the public bicycle system in Paris, Hangzhou government set up (it) own project in May 2008, hoping to ease the city's increasing traffic jams in this way.
