Motor vehicles[edit]
G205, part of the NTHS. This section of G205 (Jingshen Expressway) connects the northern Chinese cities of Beijing and Shenyang.
Two rows of motorbikes, many showing their age and use, parked next to a city street corner. There is a large white-bar-on-red-circle "do not enter" sign at the upper right.
Many Chinese still use motorbike or e-bike (seen here parked on a Shanghai street) to get around, but it is forbidden in some major cities.
NTHS System
Main articles: China National Highways and Expressways of China
During the war with Japan, in the 1930s, China built many roads, the most famous of which is the Burma Road that leads southwest from Kunming to the city of Lashio. Since it came into power, the Communist government initiated a large effort into building highways that extend across China and beyond its borders.