CHINA THEN & NOW II
NANJING 1981
AS THE WHEEL TURNS II
Forbid the ownership of private cars; start allowing for markets, especially in agricultural goods; and Voilà! Chinese farmers hitched up the farm machinery they did have, and drove to the city to sell their wares in town.
Pictured above, vegetables being driven into Nanjing, China, in 1981. Outstanding feature of the vehicle of choice (or of the mother of necessity), what I came to call a "naked engine."
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