tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36773120.post7750209968683207333..comments2023-09-16T19:12:43.147+09:00Comments on The Hired Tongue: Shanghai: Pictures of DynamismJoe Streckerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13848690885706346774noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36773120.post-51114534405656966522008-05-20T13:20:00.000+09:002008-05-20T13:20:00.000+09:00We didn't go into any fast food places, so I could...We didn't go into any fast food places, so I couldn't tell you what they had. I haven't even been to a Japanese McDonald's, though I'm sort of curious about the teriyaki burger. It's supposedly very non-awful. <BR/><BR/>We were outside a mall in Shanghai and Kori and I had a conversation that pretty much mirrored what you said here- that it could be Tokyo, L.A., or London. As soulless as something like a shopping mall is, I tried to glean something positive out of it. Namely, that China is not implacable or unchanging. It's not a closed monolith- it's engaged with the world. China has changed and will change more, and hopefully the world will benefit from as much.Joe Streckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848690885706346774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36773120.post-460204114226592982008-05-20T10:32:00.000+09:002008-05-20T10:32:00.000+09:00It's crazy how non-foreign Shanghai looks! The sho...It's crazy how non-foreign Shanghai looks! The shopping scenes could be Moscow or Lyon or even Paris. And I love the smiling Colonel in contrast with the smiling Buddahs of your earlier post. What crazy crap does the McDonald's have? I know they have McCurry in India. They didn't have anything special in Moscow, except they called the Fish'o'Filet "King Fish," spelled phonetically (we sounded the Cyrillic out like "keeng feesh"). Did the Colonel serve up anything interesting? Were there like Szechuan Wings? Deep fried bok choi? Sadness dumplings? (Dumplings stuffed with popcorn chicken, instant potatoes, crummy gravy and corn niblets.)Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360198761136198922noreply@blogger.com