Often dubbed China’s “city of scooters”, Shenzhen’s sweeping crackdown on its ubiquitous electric two-wheelers ahead of a key regional forum is exposing tensions between safety and mobility. SHENZHEN: The electric scooter’s canopy came within inches of Simon Li’s neck. The 26-year-old Shenzhen resident was walking along a pedestrian path when the modified vehicle sped past him. “It came very fast and almost scraped my neck,” he told CNA. Close calls like this have become increasingly common in