Culture in China Today

[attilio]

Hi all,

I've spent some time in China and was quite disappointed to see the lack of culture in modern China. It seems that a lot of culture has been destroyed, probably of course, during the cultural revolution.

Beijing today has just a handful of old buildings left. It looks more like New York than an old city. Even the Forbidden City has a Starbucks in it!

I would say that superstitious traditions still live in. For example, the popularity of number 8 and 0 and the hatred of the number 4. When you buy a mobile number the one with 4's in is cheap whereas the one with 8's and 0's is expensive. So i guess there are some traditions you can't kill off.

What do others think about this?

[Gaal]

hi Attilio,

Just arrived In Beijing two days ago,
And cannot believe the change I found after my last visit to China 14 years ago.
Globalization has made the looks similar to the rest of the world.
Thank God I saw a couple of people sitting in the squatting position in the street.

Do I miss the bike lanes
And de luxe cars everywhere just like in Mexco where i live.

A little early to say more, besides I have not hit the center of town yet.

Will send some impression once in a while