From the Christian Science Monitor:
On a hazy afternoon that threatens rain, my two companions and I hail a taxi. Our driver, Wang Yi, is friendly and professional.
He flips the fare meter and starts a small narrative as we make our way through the city’s urban labyrinth…
Actually, Yi is not a real taxi driver – yet. For the next 40 days, he’ll practice again and again, seven hours a day, six days a week at a taxi school here on the outskirts of Beijing. This is where etiquette and English collide with a no-holds-barred street culture that Chinese officials are determined to tame before the 2008 Olympics.