I concluded my journey throughout China at the city of Guagzha. I wrote the final chapter of my observations on China on board the plane. Articles, "Notes "and "thoughts" that have not been documented instantly will evaporate. I documented 37 Notes during my tour in China, each of which fits to be a separate article.. However, I summarized the too many articles in the following: The typical picture of straw hat, uniforms and bicycles no longer exist in the Chinese cities and among today's generation. China may (officially) be a communist country under the ruling of one-party, but in reality enjoys the freedom of trade, a thriving economy and rate of growth greater than capitalist countries. Today, words such as "Marxism" and "communism" mean nothing to under the age of twenty-fifth. They remain merely slogans comes within Official tittles and news. Chinese drink a lot of sugarless tea to the extent that I found it difficult to track exact number of tea drinkers. On the other hand, I do not remember seeing any one drinking coffee. The "child per family" law has made each child unique, well cared for and educated by his family which will no doubt lead to a qualitative outstanding for next generation. Interestingly, quantity superiority can turn into qualitative superiority when needed. Should China request every citizen to get rid of ten rats it will dispose of ten billions rats within 24 hours. Although the "one child" law will ensures qualitative outstanding for next generation it may result in lack of manpower, which will soon force massive China on the import of foreign labor. To proof that, when you enter a park in Saudi Arabia you will see a large numbers of children, whereas in China you do not see children, but rather a large numbers of elderly people. I have also noted that 90% of cars in China are made locally. For this reason, Mercedes and Porsche are sold for quarter of the price we have (it is only frustrating to know that they are not allowed for export). China is not only excelling in the industrial and economical fields. The average ages is over eighty, child mortality is equivalent to that of Europe, and the one child law will allow to focus on the quality of education rather than the number of graduates. It is hard to communicate with Chinese (I also heard this comment from Saudi airlines staff there). Most of them do not speak English, and it is difficult to understand those who do. They are no doubt nice people, but the language barrier, shyness, the rigidity of features and a long history of suspecting foreigners might suggest otherwise. Contrary to what I expected and unlike the look of their thin bodies, Chinese eat a lot and wherever they go. They eat in the streets, in front of traffic signals, in-store and while waiting for the bus. You can hardly count the number of restaurants in the same street. They are able to eat things such as scorpions, snakes, cockroaches, rotten eggs and bat nests. Many of them are vegetarians. Public toilets in Beijing are not only as bad as our toilets but they lack drainage, doors or barriers separating toilets. I have pictures to prove it. No one can outperform Chinese when it comes to buying and selling. They ironically call themselves the "The Jews of Asia". For this reason, there are no fixed prices or rules to follow. You can bargain to the lowest price you want, yet in the end you will feel that you have been fooled. Gambling is officially prohibited. However, Chinese will bet on everything. Gambling is everywhere and on unimaginable bets such as "whether a duck in water will turns to the right or to the left". Despite rapid growth in southern and eastern provinces, China's rate of growth is not speared equally or fairly. Rural and western provinces continue to suffer from poverty and underdevelopment. China will however, be the greatest economic power in the world without the need for others. The new generations obsessed with consumption and China's factories are able to expand and meet demands. Finally; as soon as returned from China, I become convinced that the Italian globetrotter Marco Bolo was not telling the truth. Despite the many allegations he made he did not mention the two most important landmarks in China: Great wall .. and the four thousand kinds of tea.
