Living Shanghai, My Perspective!

Jesus Land spilling north

Canadians wake up today to a changed political landscape as well as a young and good looking but conservative new Prime Minister Steven Harper.

Both Sue and I are interested in this Canadian election since we feel close to this country –we used to drive across the river to Windsor to enjoy the fine dim sum weekend mornings when we were living in Detroit. We also went to the Windsor casino for better currency exchange rate when we needed to travel in Canada (but often ended up losing the difference plus some extra to the gambling machines in there –what a trap!). Oh, that’s also the place where fine Cuban cigars could be found. We have also been to several other places in Canada such as Toronto and Niagara Fall and had lots of fun. In addition, I was in fact in Toronto for an overnight visit less than two weeks ago and we are going back to Ottawa for a conference as well as a family vacation later in the spring. In spite of all above, all Chinese should feel close to this land of Dr. Norman Bethune anyway.

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Geely in Detroit

Just got back in Shanghai from Detroit, and one thing I felt quite differently during the trip this time than before was the feel of China’s economic influence finally reaching this American mid-west industrial hub city.

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An angry New Yorker: TWU = Transit Worker Union? (Photo: web)

Can you imagine Shanghai in rush hour without public transportation? (Well, 20 years ago it might not be that bad because a lot of people were still living in the inner city close to work and were riding bicycles anyway:-) It’s happening in New York City now –due to the city’s transit union (ATU) strike, and many commuters had to improvise ways of getting to work (walking, biking, carpooling …) in freezing weather (single digit Fahrenheit in wind chill, I guess).

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