home sweet home
Well,
Got home about a week ago... still recovering from the trip... It was good to see family and visit Beijing again. The city has changed sooo much... all the places I used to hang out are gone... not only did they disappaear, but they have been replaced by huge malls and buildings... It was sad to see all the old style homes and buildings disappear to large western style malls and apt. homes... The city is losing it's character... Apparently, the government thinks this is what is appealing to people... but most of the locals and foreigners in the area agreed that they prefer the old to the new... I don't mind a little change, but China is moving way too fast... I think it's a combination of the olympics and booming economy...
One of the central figures of the Bahai faith, Abdul-Baha, said that 'China is the country of the future...' I really understand what he means by that... anyone who visits will have a glimpse of that future...
By the way, I recently read an article on how China can control the rain... They can either stop the rain or start it up by shooting these chemicals in the sky...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/05/china.rain/index.html
Only in China....
posted by ROYA @ 5:16 PM
1 Comments:
It's been 10 years since I was in China and the changes that have taken place would definitely make it seem like a different country. Did you see "An Inconvenient Truth" yet? The part where Al Gore goes to China made me think about the quote of China being the country of the future. Still, I agree, it probably is changing too fast...faster than downtown LA is changing probably. :)
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