1) Accessing foreign media only sometimes works. Maybe 2 out of 3 days we can get the New York Times. I don't understand why it's not an all or nothing thing. But it's nice to be able to read this kind of story, which so rarely appear in the "China Daily News US Edition":
2) At the National Museum of China, we saw the "Road to Rejuvenation"; a relatively detailed account of 20th century Chinese history. We were surprised to find that there was a massive gap between the 1949 revolution and the leadership of Deng Xiaoping. Literally nothing. It was bizarre.
3) It is extremely smoggy. At no point have I not been able to stare directly into the sun (if I can find it!) with anything more than mild discomfort. It's hard to distinguish smog from clouds, prompting a line from Andrew I enjoyed: "I'm not sure if it's about to rain, or if a factory just exploded."
4) Transformers are very popular. Most truck have a big sticker of the transformer they transform into on the driver's side door. I enjoy this, but it confuses me. Isn't it antithetical to the very raison d'être of a transformer: camouflage?
I will describe an ad I saw on a TV in a subway station: a young man is driving a sports car; his girlfriend is in the front seat; he is drinking from a tetrapack; the girlfriend pouts; he crumples the tetrapack and throws it out the window; he spins the wheel to the left, putting the car into a powerslide; the camera pan back and the car transforms into a transformer; the transformer jumps onto the side of a building and rapidly climbs the building; a graphic appears, promoting "low lactose dairy drink". Anyone thirsty?
Why do you incorporate so much francais in your entries?
ReplyDeleteJust an observation.