Sorry I haven't posted in a while, been pretty busy and I haven't had a lot of ground shattering news to share.
For those who didn't see one of the comments on my last blog my Aunt Lee Ann asked me why I chose to come to China rather than a European nation, I think this is blog worthy.
I was actually talking to my mom the other day (via skype) about how I really didn't have much of a desire to go to Europe other than to say that I've been. To me Europe is very similar to the US in that we operate with similar political institutions, we have comparable wealth, and is a very 'secure' kind of place. When I chose to come to China I was looking to get outside of my element, I figured my background in developed, wealthy, western countries was all ready pretty good. For this reason developing or undeveloped countries are much more attractive to me (China is developing).
Now I really shouldn't be judging Europe considering that I've never been. There is certainly a lot of rich history, great food, drink, architecture and language, also you can apparently see a lot of Europe in one trip thanks to a great train system and the European Union. So maybe I'll visit Europe some day and love it, but till then I'm very happy with my decision to come to China.
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Hopefully when you visit Europe you'll blog your way across the continent!
ReplyDeleteI never realized you had so much "Indiana Jones" in you. Thanks for sating my curiosity. With all that you mentioned, I guess I've never really considered China as undeveloped. MI3 made it look so advanced and techno. Granted, T.V.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the updates and have fun!!
Well, it's funny you mention MI3 and what not, because parts of China (Shanghai and Hong Kong in particular) not only look modern but even look like they belong to the future. But these are the major metropolitan areas, and while these parts are very modern, there are also many parts that are very rural and totally undeveloped. And becoming a developed nation involves different acedemic stuff that takes into consideration a countries wealth as well as quality of life, life expectancy, literacy rate and other variables. So for every part that looks like it's really super modern/ futuristic, there's another that doesn't have any of that. Thats why China is listed as a developing nation.
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