@ Peter: I don't think it has been seen as either/or, but as both (i.e, primitive and dangerous).

Yes, for those who don't know the place, the DT patio is laid back and chill on a nice afternoon, while inside is right for evening shows and the usual drinking, music and associated popular absurdities of behavior. This is a good opportunity to make it all worth something, even lifesaving, for others as well as fr one's righteous thumping self. Cheap at any price.

A worthwhile effort.

@ ricsap: "...locals do not learn the lesson."
Of course not - in the early rush of widespread consumer prosperity and the very sudden buildup of the auto industry in China, accompanied by 'get rich' propaganda and modern advertising, it is highly unlikely that 'locals' are going to pay that much attention to opinions of relatively few foreigners who largely come from affluent societies where private auto transport has been around for a long time. It's worrying and reveals the social irresponsibility of competitive hierarchic class societies in international cultural, economic etc. competition, where wealth and status are seen as the flying rings that must be grabbed in order to achieve individualized, rather blindered 'Success'. Operates throughout the world, in many ways, with local national societies repeating the serious errors of those who seem 'ahead' of them.
Will take a lot if we are all to straighten out our heads, and frankly I don't think we will.

Damn - I meant "highly unlikely". And it's not only about relations between ethnic groups, but also relations between members of the same ethnic group.
I also question your statement about the Inquisition killing 'millions' of women, and of course the persecution wasn't only of women, 'freethinking' or otherwise.