A few random impressions of China: Different dome looking phonebooths Chinese people have been very helpful, even if they speak almost no English, they will point on our map, etc.. Some people think that if they repeat the same thing in Chinese enough times, we will get it There is a lot of spitting, hoarking, pretty gross. The Chinese have an interesting and fascinating solution to toilet training. I first noticed these weird pants on 1-2 year olds at the zoo. They have a split opening in the front and back. (See photo) When the child needs to pee, their parent lets them squat and pee wherever (ie. middle of the zoo sidewalk). It's weird though, you see kids climbing around, with everything in full view. The food has been decent. Fresh produce is relatively expensive.
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