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Shanghai Looks Similar to US, But... You can call everything as just appreance and image. But actually things happen in China and Shanghai are not just about the appearances...It's very profound and deeply impated a lot of people's life in a good way. Mr. wang and many many chinese who live in Shanghai are very good examples. 30 or 20 years ago, (Mr. wang's parents generation) People live the same life styles, wore the same style even same color clothes (only grey, black and dark blue could be found on the street). Any negative comments about government could be put in jail...People were not allowed to go abroad, young students were deprived the opportunities of getting education. Look at today's Shanghai and China. things have changed greatly. More and more people are going abroad either for study or traveling. There are many rich Chinese in Shanghai now. Can you really say that the changes are superfacial and all about image? A lot of Chinese have witnessed the changes. the changes have to be gradually, when you dig deeper, there are still many social problems due to long feudaralist history, wars and cultural revolution. As a developing country, China's development speed definitely is fast. Again, it's not just about image. |
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Shanghai Looks Similar to US, But... Patrick, the problem is that China is so so different from US...When we compare Shanghai with New York, we have to also compare the history and the culture...It was easier to paint a good picture on a blank paper and that was America. While China, for five thousand years, the industrial revolution and capitalism seems never happened on this land..If government didn't push the progress...I can hardly imagine how today's Shanghai and China look like. From this point, it's unfair to put all the blames on government... |