About three decades ago, China was known as the “Bicycle Kingdom”．But the two­wheeled transport's popularity began to fade, with many bikes soon replaced by their fuel­powered competitors.

But recent months have seen a renaissance of the bike across China, with an increasing number of people choosing cycling instead of driving to schools, to workplaces or to do sightseeing.The introduction of bike­sharing schemes, first developed by new companies like Ofo and Mobike, has brought the trend to a new level.According to data from iResearch Consulting Group, the first week of this year saw 5.85 million active users of Mobike while Ofo had 1.4 million active users.

People can unlock the shared bikes by simply using their smartphones.The bikes are equipped with GPS and can be left anywhere in public places for the next user.They're popular among many Chinese people as they provide an effective answer to the “last mile” problem, which refers to a person's final journey.“In places where the subway doesn't reach and where it's difficult to change from one kind of transport to another, it's so easy to get where you want to go with Mobike，” Hu Hong, 29, said.She rides a bike to work.

However, the schemes have also led to problems such as illegal parking, vandalism (故意破坏) and theft.“Bike­sharing is a greener method of transportation and provides a user­friendly experience，” said Liu Xiaoming, Vice­Minister of Transport.“But it's a combination of online and offline business.Operators are usually strong in online services, but lack offline business experience.”

In fact, these problems are also shared by bike­sharing schemes abroad.Set up in 2007, Vélib is a large­scale public bike sharing system in Paris.By October, 2009, a large number of Vélib's initial bikes had to be replaced due to vandalism or theft.Bikes were found hanging from lampposts (街灯柱) or thrown into the Seine River.

If you want to disturb the car industry, you’d better have a few billion dollars: Mom-and-pop carmakers are unlikely to beat the biggest car companies. But in agriculture, small farmers can get the best of the major players. By connecting directly with customers, and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems, small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys. As the co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC, 美国青年农会) and a family farmer myself, I have a front-row seat to the innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.

For example, the Quick Cut Greens Harvester is a tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local Slow Money group. It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour — a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand — suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California. Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn’t touch the price per pound offered by California farms. But now, with the combination of a better price and a generally fresher product, they can stay in business.

The sustainable success of small farmers, though, won’t happen without fundamental changes to the industry. One crucial factor is secure access to land. Competition from investors, developers, and established large farmers makes owning one’s own land unattainable for many new farmers. From 2004 to 2013, agricultural land values doubled, and they continue to rise in many regions. Another challenge for more than a million of the most qualified farm workers and managers is a non-existent path to citizenship — the great barrier to building a farm of their own.

There are solutions that could light a path toward a more sustainable and fair farm economy, but farmers can’t awkwardly put them together before us. We at the NYFC need broad support as we urge Congress to increase farmland conservation, as we push for immigration reform, and as we seek policies that will ensure the success of a diverse and ambitious next generation of farmer from all backgrounds. With a new farm bill to be debated in Congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.

The last day or so has seen an outpouring of grief and anger over the disappearance of Sarah Everard, who vanished last week as she walked home in Clapham, south London. 【小题1】 For many women, it has caused far broader concerns about the abuse and violence they face. Harassment（骚扰）and attack by men are anything but rare. The frustration and rage expressed on social media is the product of a society where it is normal for women to live in fear.

This week, a survey for UN Women UK found that almost all young women in the UK（97% of 18- to 24-year-olds）have been somehow harassed. 【小题2】 They tend to choose to keep it to themselves. Women spend their lives planning routes, clenching keys and readying themselves to run. And online, many also list what they do not do. 【小题3】 “We do safety work all the time and it costs us – our time, our imaginations, our space to experience joy,” wrote an expert on violence against women .

【小题4】 On average, two a week in England and Wales are killed by abusive partners or former partners and the numbers are feared to have risen since the pandemic began because public place are closed and they can not go out.

We teach girls to shrink their lives, while doing too little to educate boys and men not only to respect women, but also to challenge those who do not do so. The government should consider a street harassment law like that introduced in France. 【小题5】 However, much more still needs to be done. Women cannot be equal if we cannot feel safe. And we cannot achieve that alone.