China’s re-customization to prosperity and the wonders of things like all-you-can-eat buffets and boat cruise dining can make for some interesting YouTube videos.  As China “modernizes” so will some of the dining etiquette. But for now “buffet” in China can be a bit of a contact sport.  See this YouTube video to see what I mean.

And you thought that traffic in LA, the Bay area or Seattle could be bad?  Think again.  Click HERE to read about this recent 60 mile traffic jam in China.

The size and scale of emerging markets like China and India, including their immense populations, can be overwhelming to many Westerners.   The point of this post … not to be a snob, not to be elitist, not to make fun of anybody, but rather to help prepare you to adjust your sense of personal space and distance when we travel to China.  There, when people say a town is a “small town”, that may mean it has a mere two million people in it.