Hello, my fellow Americans! (to quote Richard Nixon, another traveler to China) Well, while you all were busy digesting your Thanksgiving turkey, Gigi, Emilia and I took a trip to the Wal-Mart in Shanghai so we could be even more proud of our heritage! I mean, brilliant! Why should Wal-Mart pay all those pesky cargo charges--open up a store close to the source! You will be interested to know, however, that they use an "in-culture" marketing strategy. The pharmacy is full of herbs and Chinese medicines (like seahorses) and the supermarket--well, just look at the pictures. It's NOT your corner Wal-Mart. After our visit to the capitalist giant, we balanced out the day with a visit to the house where Chinese communism was born. It sits around the corner from a Starbucks and across the street
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