Even though this comes from the mouth of the devil it is a very interesting story. It is almost like the Chinese want to reinforce whatever generic idea the rest of the world may already have of them. Denying all the internal cultural differences for a unified “attractive” version. Kind of sad considering China has so much real history and culture reaching so far back – yet they just want to be known now as modern, slick and “cute.”
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On Saturday we woke up dark and early before the sun in order to catch our Uber to LAX before 7am. We were flying southwest and had checked in the day before right at the buzzer, the instant we were allowed to, but still ended up in C group. When we finally lined up we […]
Our train arrived in Paris after sunset and we tried to use the “easy” subway system we experienced in London and Brussels but were quickly stymied by a glitchy machine that wouldn’t keep English selected past the initial screen. Kind of a problem for figuring out what to buy. Belgium even had a guy walking […]
We reached Brussels before sunset, perfect for checking out the Bourse Christmas Market. We’d picked the right lodging in some ways and the worst in others. The hotel was right next to the market and the hub of the city, but it was also somehow very loud at night with clanging and banging and strange […]
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olydowney19-2008aug19,0,1944221.story
they probably don’t enjoy apple pie either.
And the hits just keep on coming…..”it’s baseball-not dodge ball”