i found THIS short little picture article pretty interesting.
it talks about ten things that you wont be able to find in beijing during the olympics that start in a couple weeks.
i think its too bad that the government there is trying to westernize and "clean up" the city. it seems they are hiding some of the culture and the 'real life' china that you might experience if youve been there before the olympics and the culture that will likely return after all the visitors leave.
ive read reports about forcing cab drivers to learn english and british etiquette and even forcing them to brush their teeth after they eat garlic. what?
sure some of these things might be good things, if the people themselves were choosing to do them. anyway. pretty interesting. check it out
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chunky earrings?
that's a bit silly.
and blasting the sky with chemicals to keep out the rain?
so lame.
crazy article.
This is hilarious.
Smelly cabbies. Give the guys a break they eat, sleep and other… in the car as the have to work insane hours to get by. Their fragrance is unique.
Your visit to China would not be complete with out some old lady hocking a lugey while elbowing you where the sun doesn’t shine to get in front of you at the metro ticket office. Good luck enforcing that no spitting, pushing and budging. It would feel weird if there were orderly lines every where.
Dog meat ban… an animal raised as stock to be eaten is just that, food. It is a weird texture but will probably be better than a Chinese version of beef stroganoff. I know we butchered there food over here. Us Westerners wear cat fur on a lot of the clothing.. what they don’t know won’t hurt them right. Meow or woof. A little terrier stir fry won’t hurt.
I am pretty sure we didn’t ban beef in Canada, for any international event, to keep the 1.3 billion strong Hindu nation at ease.
Cigarettes. The have pro smoking protests going on, where patrons will take over a newly stated no smoking restaurant and kick out all the employees and light up for the press. And there was definitely smoking allowed in the men’s room.
I think this it the best Olympics ever.
I see China as an old man trying to be cool with the grand kids who are coming from over seas for a long visit. He wants to lay down some rules, but keep it cool with the kids. Be the hip and happening crotchety old man. He has purchased an ipod which listens to the latest Mandarin pop top ten while wearing his locally made slippers and sitting under his large than life Mao poster. This old man is letting their parents know what is expected of the kids, and the parents in return letting him know about a few promises he made. All this has made him confused about what it means to clean up his act, to be responsible on his part…chemically changing the weather patterns and sweeping human right violations under the rug mat not be the best solution…
We all hope the visit goes well, as long as the old man doesn’t snap…
I better stop this is too much fun. China is awesome.
Sorry for hogging your comment space Jeremy.
Kori
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