It was also an experience to see around 1-2 million people in such a short amount of time. They estimate that around 70 million people will be coming to Expo over six months. According to my rough estimate that is around 1/20th of China's population, twice that of Canada. It is all walks of life, all places, all ideas and the such, a great mixed bag. To have such a contact with a population in a country such as China is amazing. Especially in a time when China is becoming the richest most powerful place on earth. How do Chinese people think of the world in a time like this? Mostly they are pretty ignorant about the outside world, most people are still too poor to care, and those who do seem to have a nationalistic fervour about them that is scary at times. Yet people with less stress, more education (money), and by extension more power in society seem to be quite friendly and open, which is a positive sign. I guess all we can do is wait and see, but as people turned out to come and see the world, they seemed to be envious of Canada and our way of life, which fits in with our own prejudices, but anyway.
On towards the rest of my life, but not without a bit of nostalgia.
