the State of China

My friend Yoon Hee Kim arrived from Korea to meet up with us in Fujian to check out the white tea farms, and the head boss was there to pick us up in his new Mercedes. White tea must be big business!

Otherwise it's all Olympic fever all time everywhere. Never before has China had a chance to share the world stage participating in such a popular event, and I sincerely hope, whatever politics one may favour, that it goes well. After all, positivity and friendship usually does more than hatred and condemnation. One is usually more likely to change out of positive support rather than ostracization. But in any case, change is constant and ever present in China. People's lives are improving, though in the countryside, the average farmer still makes only about 12K rmb a year. The average tea farmer though makes 5 times that.

But not all changes are welcomed by me. Here is one small, minute example. At the hotel we stayed at in Chengdu, we were greeted with 2 nice gaiwans, and.....some teabags. So, what is more ironic, the teabags, or the gaiwans, or their simultaneous existence?

Taken from http://teapersonality.blogspot.com/