The recent car regulations in Beijing have resulted in some interesting fallout that just proves bikes are best. It has been lottery overload with winners facing a ticking clock before their luck literally runs out. And expats are facing their own dilemma, outlined by Agenda.

Since the tainted tea and carcinogenic capsules, food scandals have been hitting the headlines non-stop. Beijingers are also bemoaning their car problems, whether they have one or not. Expats may start getting friendly reminders when their visa is up and China is remaking Titanic (the ship, not the movie).

Beijing's Auto China 2012 trade show is currently making more noise in the global media than a boy racer's souped-up exhaust. Here we round up the coverage and what will soon be causing gridlock on our city's streets.  The event opens to the public from today (April 27) until May 2. If you can't make it along to the China International Exhibition Center in Shunyi, then read on for a truckload of points so you can talk the torque with any petrolheads you may run into.

For better or worse, China’s always been pretty lax about seat belt usage. But now, with several lethal accidents occurring at the end of 2011 and start of 2012, the central government is launching campaigns to get China buckling up. Will it actually work?

The number of Beijing cars finally broke the five-million mark last week. The slight glimmer of good news is that due to the license plate lottery that was put into effect early last year Beijing only added 173,000 cars to the road in 2011 (a drop from more than 700,000 in 2010), dramatically postponing the proposed date for hitting five million by nearly a year.