Crossing the Street in China (by Jacob)

Crossing the street in China is frightening.  In China, they don't drive through an intersection like the cars do in the United States.  Here, the smaller vehicles (or pedestrians) have to look out for the bigger vehicles.  At an intersection, the cars don't really care about the people.  They expect the people to avoid the cars and motorcycles, because it seems like if the people don't look for the cars, the cars would hit them.  This drives me bananas because I'm looking at it from an American perspective.  In America, the pedestrians have the right of way when the light is green for them.  In China, you have to avoid the cars in both the beginning and at the end of each street you cross, because that is where the turn lanes are, and cars in the turn lanes don't have to stop.   I have found crossing the street in Beijing to be more difficult than in Shanghai.  I'm not looking forward to crossing the street in Vietnam, but will let you know how it goes.