What I Liked, and Didn't Like, About China

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT CHINA

Safety

Friendliness

Geographic and cultural diversity

Cleanliness

Gardens and Parks

Food

Cute children

Beautiful women

Chinese pride in their history and culture

China's confidence in its modernity

Lack of fundamentalist religions

Railroads

Inexpensive

China is much more open than I'd expected

Chinese people like to have fun

Per capita energy use still much lower than US

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT CHINA

Most of the pop music is pretty dopey, in my opinion.

Pervasiveness of smoking

Spitting (getting better, but still a problem)

Discrimination against and condescension toward ethnic minorities

Commercialism and materialism is just as much of a problem in China as it is in America.

Moden urban development is destroying old neighborhoods.

Drivers are rude and do not respect pedestrians

Littering (getting better but still a problem)