what a surprise

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wangbo

A Kiwi teaching English to oil workers in Beijing, studying Chinese in my spare time, married to a beautiful Beijing lass, consuming vast quantities of green tea (usually Xihu Longjing/西湖龙井, if that means anything to you), eating good food (except for when I cook), missing good Kiwi ale, breathing smog, generally living as best I can outside Godzone and having a good time of it.

2 thoughts on “what a surprise”

  1. I assume you would expect this because of more open spaces etc.

    The only thing that confuses me is that city kids tend to come from much better educated and wealthier families in China. I would think that would translate in more doctor visit and better awareness on health issues, but I guess it also means laziness and overindulgence.

  2. I think the laziness and overindulgence, plus much greater access to junk food, wangba, and computer games explains it.Remember, rural Beijing isn’t grindingly poor, but not as wealthy as the city, so a rural childhood = fresh air, exercise, and much more plain, fresh food instead of processed rubbish. Fresh air? Yeah, I’m sure the vast difference in air and water quality in the mountain suburbs to the west and north explains a lot, too.

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