It's 4am here, and as usual I am up and unable to sleep--was my habit last trip to China. This time, however, I have a companion awake with me. Nathan agreed to share some of his first thoughts with everyone. I'm taking transcription, but these are his words. Hi. When we were walking around last night, I saw everything you could see in America. I saw a man with a very small cage for a very big dog at the airport. I saw a lot of police officers at the airport. Surprisingly, when we walked outside at the airport, I saw very few cars but many taxis and buses. On our way to the hotel from the airport I saw lots of bicycles and pedestrians. It seemed like everyone was avoiding driving cars. I noticed there
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