Better to teach Driving than Kung Fu in China?

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China's love affair with the car off to bumpy start

The one person who does believe me is my [driving] instructor, Wang Junsheng, who as it happens is also a kung fu martial arts master from the home of flying fists, the famed Shaolin Temple in Henan province.


Wang, 27, says he would rather be teaching martial arts, but being a driving instructor pays better. "Get out!" he shouts frequently. So I exit the driver's seat of our shiny Hyundai Elantra.


"This is how you do it," Wang says, removing the brick he placed under the gas pedal to keep me from speeding.


In just 23 seconds, he screeches in and out of two parking spaces separated by slalom poles, this challenge being one of three on China's standardized driving test. Beginners like me can take as long as we like to make the maneuver. We're supposed to navigate the poles by using a scheme of colored dots placed on the rear window.

The USA Today article has a picture of him in a stance in front of a car.