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One of the weirdest things about China is that every morning I wake up and realize this is not a like Dallas in the 80’s when JR got shot. The forty-nineth season of my life has not been ”just a dream”.
Actually, the weirdest and most charming thing about China is that everything’s either super old or brand spanking new.
For instance, where else in the world could you get both a cappuccino and yakuccino? You can get a Starbucks mocha decaf tall or Tibetan tea made with yak butter… that’s short on taste.
Yak!!!!!
Where else in the world can you get the clasp of a Coach bag fixed on the street for about a quarter?
Or witness a Lexus having a fender bender with a donkey cart ?
One of the most obvious intersections of the old and new China has to be at one the country’s zillion construction sites. It’s as if the country has been invaded by a gigantic erector set, putting up high rises where fish ponds use to be. You’ll see an ultra modern building go up at record speed, the hard working construction crew carrying out debris in baskets strapped to their backs.
Shopping is also a fusion of old and new. You can see an old woman making embroidered her own Manolo Blahniks in front of a store that sells real Manolo Blahniks.
Yes, China is a thousand year old country that’s acting its shoe size.
And If this is just a weird dream of Pam Ewing, I’m not ready for her to wake up yet.