ZHONGHUA (REN)MIN (GONGHE)GUO HEN GUANGRONG: March 2009

It's looking like I'll be back in Tianjin this summer. May 28-Aug 17 or so.

Stay classy.

Reasons the PRC rocks

Cool places to travel to, and trains are fun
"Copyright infringment" extends as far as the CCP deems convenient
Chinese chess is awesome and so are the old people who play it
It has the Roof of the World
Karaoke TV parlors
Korean town massages
Drinking age? Open container laws? What?
OSHA, lawsuits, health inspectors have not been invented yet
It is going to rule the world in 100 years.
People are friendly, unlike some countries (France)
English everywhere
Engrish everywhere
"America" as a culture has at most a few centuries of history. China has four millennia.
Cheap
Novel, exotic, wildly different etc...
Cheap
People stare at you and you feel like a rockstar
Cheap. A beer is $.50, need I say this again?

Reasons the PRC sucks

ZHONGHUA (REN)MIN (GONGHE)GUO HEN GUANGRONG