CHINA 3 Months In China, March-June 2008

After a lifetime of being taught, "Walk, don't run" to the emergency exit, I find it odd that the universal lighted "emergency exit" sign in China shows a running human figure.  I said to my Chinese friend, "If everyone runs, there will be a stampede and people will get crushed.  It's better to walk."  And she said, "Yes, there will be a stampede.  That's why you must run--to get out before people get crushed."