Fascinating stuff! I also found the traffic in Cuba to be incredibly lively, and at the same time very cooperative, in that everyone LETS the other guy in!!! It's like they drive aggressively and courteously at the same time. The horns are used to alert other drivers that you are about to make a move, not to insult or threaten them.

It sounds like the traffic in China is a lot denser, though, and I bet it's pretty noisy.

I will refresh this thread now and then, and hopefully hear more from Seth when he returns from Cheng Du.

- LH