75 percent of Chinese respondents are inclined to ride in an autonomous taxi, compared to 52 percent of Americans.
Within a decade, Wu Hu, about 200 miles west of Shanghai, aims to become the first city in the world to ban human drivers and go fully autonomous.
A large-scale experiment of that sort is far more likely in China than the US or EU because the country “doesn’t necessarily have to have the debate to reach a conclusion,” says Burns.
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/chinas-plan-first-country-self-driving-cars/