| Joshua Allen, it's not fair to project the dead-white-man-culture stereotype onto my post when I didn't invoke it. When I say culture in the sense of my post, I mean people that are alive today and producing original art, creating a recorded history for their community. Shanghai is very lacking in that category, compared to places like Beijing for art, and Beijing/Wuhan/Chengdu for non-mainstream metal/rock/punk music. And as far as these types of culture, it is much more widespread in America than it is China (for various reasons).
I admit that I forgot to consider architecture. Shanghai really is a gem in that category. And I think it's worth making up our minds about whether you want old culture to be preserved or not: are they "irrelevant old European pasttimes" or "culture worth preserving"? Evidenced by people's behavior, some things are worth preserving and others are not. What determines the value of a piece or practice of culture? |
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