This picture is a very simple: Changsha traffic police are pushing a public transport bus in the middle of traffic.

And yet, there’s so much more to this picture, perhaps even as a metaphor for using the internet in China. Consider, if you will:

• The advertisement on the back of the bus is for 4G internet access.
• 4G internet access is the next stage of technology for mobile phones and will provide incredibly fast browsing and downloads.
• The public bus is often a slower form of transportation relative to the speedier cars that routinely pass it.
• This public bus has broken down, and is hindering traffic on the highway.
• The men who are pushing the bus are police officers, and are tasked with policing the highways of China.
• Along with pushing, these police officers are controlling the direction of the bus.
• Anyone who is dismayed by using public transportation in China can provide for their own speedy transportation using their own vehicle, or a proxy of one, at an additional cost.

While pictures are worth a thousand words, to write anything else would just be snark.

Photo: Changsha Traffic Police via Weibo