The bicycle was invented by foreigners,but it looked as if it was mainly used by the Chinese.And during the 1980s,the popularity rate of bicycles in China can be said to be second only to the chopsticks.In China,both in cities and remote mountain village,you can see numerous bicycles; and thus China is known as the "kingdom of bicycles".But the situation has changed.For more than 20 years,China's rapid economic development has made it affordable for a lot of people to buy private cars.In many cities,cyclists decreased rapidly. The bicycle was invented by foreigners,but it looked as if it was mainly used by the Chinese.And during the 1980s,the popularity rate of bicycles in China can be said to be second only to the chopsticks.In China,both in cities and remote mountain village,you can see numerous bicycles; and thus China is known as the "kingdom of bicycles".But the situation has changed.For more than 20 years,China's rapid economic development has made it affordable for a lot of people to buy private cars.In many cities,cyclists decreased rapidly.