went to suzhou and zhouzhuang today, the "venice of the east," to look at canals, gardens, and ride in a gondola. okay, a chinese gondola.
spotted in giant letters on a billboard outside the suzhou new industrial area:
... this after driving past construction workers plowing down quaint ancient-looking chinese homes along the grand canal to make way for new euro-villa condos. my parents lamented the chinese lack of concern for historical buildings, but it's hard fighting an immutable truth. if the old doesn't go, the new won't come, as they say.
(on a related note, this blog would certainly benefit from a digital camera. too bad i'm generally a "late adopter.")
Posted by cce at April 3, 2004 10:45 AM | TrackBackyes, they are developing too fast and ignoring the old stuff...look what happened to the stuff along Yangzi River after they built the dam.
Looks like you're having a fun time in China there (: Everytime i go there has to be some unpleasant thing happening. I'm just kinda scared of that place now, it look developed and the people seem to be ok but they're just a bunch of monkeys wearing a suit!
Oh, yes, I do enjoy looking around the beauty of the landscape, the old buildings and architecture in China. Too bad the new stuff are a big joke.
Posted by: alizz at April 3, 2004 04:56 PM