Comments on: Beijing: Chinatown in Disneyland http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/china-stuff/china-travel/beijing-chinatown-in-disneyland/ No-nonsense China Expat & Travel Community Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: China-Matt http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/china-stuff/china-travel/beijing-chinatown-in-disneyland/#comment-10959 China-Matt Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:21:20 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/?p=748#comment-10959 Things have even changed here in Shenzhen (though construction is still constant and annoying). It's kind of weird seeing so many people glued to public TVs around here--even had a bus driver asking passengers about the basketball game that was showing on the bus. Things have even changed here in Shenzhen (though construction is still constant and annoying). It’s kind of weird seeing so many people glued to public TVs around here–even had a bus driver asking passengers about the basketball game that was showing on the bus.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/china-stuff/china-travel/beijing-chinatown-in-disneyland/#comment-10946 Ryan Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:35:55 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/?p=748#comment-10946 Never saw a single stray dog during the 2004 Olympics. Packs of them plagued my travels in Athens a few short months before the Games... My house is a mess. Come over, it'll be clean. It's not "real", but it looks nice. Still, I hear what you're saying, and I guess not being in Beijing I don't feel very threatened by it. Downtown Suzhou is still only minutes away and there are plenty of noodles waiting for me. :-) <blockquote>The Beijing people seem happy in the way that the staff at a five star hotel are happy, but not in the way that a group of old men playing mahjong in a hutong are happy.</blockquote> Fantastic simile(s). Never saw a single stray dog during the 2004 Olympics. Packs of them plagued my travels in Athens a few short months before the Games…

My house is a mess. Come over, it’ll be clean. It’s not “real”, but it looks nice.

Still, I hear what you’re saying, and I guess not being in Beijing I don’t feel very threatened by it. Downtown Suzhou is still only minutes away and there are plenty of noodles waiting for me. :-)

The Beijing people seem happy in the way that the staff at a five star hotel are happy, but not in the way that a group of old men playing mahjong in a hutong are happy.

Fantastic simile(s).

]]> By: Tam http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/china-stuff/china-travel/beijing-chinatown-in-disneyland/#comment-10945 Tam Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:28:33 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/?p=748#comment-10945 Turner this is an interesting assessment. I have to say I feel about the same as Biscuet, having been in Beijing many times I'll be returning to work there in September - having missed its temporary "hiaitus". The British press has reported the hiring of cheerleaders to fill in seats at some stadiums, but in most venues the atmosphere seems pretty good. The commentators do, noticeably, pick up on the same lack of atmosphere on the streets that you mention. I do get the feeling we're looking at a sanitised version of the city and certainly not the reality, although I'm sure that's pretty much the same for all Olympic host cities. Turner this is an interesting assessment. I have to say I feel about the same as Biscuet, having been in Beijing many times I’ll be returning to work there in September – having missed its temporary “hiaitus”.
The British press has reported the hiring of cheerleaders to fill in seats at some stadiums, but in most venues the atmosphere seems pretty good. The commentators do, noticeably, pick up on the same lack of atmosphere on the streets that you mention.
I do get the feeling we’re looking at a sanitised version of the city and certainly not the reality, although I’m sure that’s pretty much the same for all Olympic host cities.

]]> By: Biscuet http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/china-stuff/china-travel/beijing-chinatown-in-disneyland/#comment-10943 Biscuet Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:25:48 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/?p=748#comment-10943 Although it's not the real Beijing, i really wish i was there to see it right now. By the time i get back to Beijing in September everything will be back to normal. I'll be like a little kid who is shown pictures of Disneyland, but not allowed to go. Sad. Although it’s not the real Beijing, i really wish i was there to see it right now. By the time i get back to Beijing in September everything will be back to normal. I’ll be like a little kid who is shown pictures of Disneyland, but not allowed to go. Sad.

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