Here’s another tale of Chinese innovation: in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, a father removed the seats in the back of his microvan — one of those classic Chinese “bread vans” — and used nylon and steel wires to create a pool. Then he filled it with water. Voila! We have the birth of China’s “swimming pool van.” The pool is 1.7 meters by 1.3 meters, with a water level of about 20 centimeters (with room to spare — just depends on how wet the front-seat passengers want to get, I guess).