As mentioned in a previous post, we have a machine called an ozonizer. We heard about this machine from a doctor in Hong Kong. The machine uses ozone (O3) to disinfect and kill bacteria from various things like meat, fruits, vegetables, fabric, etc… You can also use the ozonizer to remove odor from the refrigerator, shoes, smoke-filled room, etc… It’s also supposed to remove synthetic substances used on meat/vegetables, like hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, and other harmful chemicals we put into our mouth.

To clean meat, fruits, and vegetables, we place the item in a big bowl and fill it with water. Then, we insert the tube from the ozonizer into the water and turn the machine on for 15-30 minutes depending on how “unclean” the item is.

We use the ozonizer mostly on chicken. We don’t use it on anything else since we eat mostly organic vegetables. We don’t eat pork either.

Does the ozonizer work? We don’t really know for sure, but what we do know is that when we use the ozonizer on regular chicken breasts (bought from Carrefour and Metro), A LOT OF GUNK comes out. It is so gross that we try not to eat too much chicken, and will avoid eating chicken from outside sources. We tested the ozonizer on organic chicken breasts before and didn’t see gunk like this.

Gross, huh?! Our conclusion is that the chicken farmers here in China (and probably in the U.S. too) injected the chickens with a bunch of things like hormones, antibiotics, steroids, you name it!

Unfortunately, our access to organic chicken is limited. So we try not to eat too much chicken, and instead eat more vegetables, fish, and beef.

Below is a video we took of the oxidizing process. We let the machine run for about 40-45 minutes.

• Our Kitchen is Not Big Enough!
• Food Allergies and Jason-Friendly List
• Simply Healthy and Gluten-Free
• Drinking Lots of Vegetable Juice
• The Maker’s Diet

Check out this post to read about how she was stuck at the airport for hours.

Every trip to Taiwan includes visiting relatives, eating lots of good food, and several trip to the night market(s). =)

Taiwan (June 2009) Visiting mom, dad, and relatives in Taiwan.

Making oyster pancake Making oyster pancake	Stinky Tofu Stinky Tofu	Shi Lin Night Market Shi Lin Night Market	Niece playing Chinese yoyo Niece playing Chinese yoyo
	Funny advertisement, not something you’ll see in the U.S. Funny advertisement, not something you’ll see in the U.S.	Lining up for good pearl drink at Gong Guan Lining up for good pearl drink at Gong Guan	With cousins Pei-Shan and Pei-Hwa With cousins Pei-Shan and Pei-Hwa
			PeiHwa lining up for pork blood cake (猪血糕) PeiHwa lining up for pork blood cake (猪血糕)
Pei-Hwa’s favorite snack Pei-Hwa’s favorite snack
		Interesting writing on the ground Interesting writing on the ground	Chiang Kai Shek Memorial in Taipei Chiang Kai Shek Memorial in Taipei
Mom and dad infront of their new home Mom and dad infront of their new home	Kindergarten that Susan and Iris attended in Yungho Kindergarten that Susan and Iris attended in Yungho	Cousin 郁真 and her husband Cousin 郁真 and her husband	Cousin 佩珊 and niece Rainy Cousin 佩珊 and niece Rainy
	Funny ad on the subway. Try reading Obama (歐八馬) in Taiwanese… Funny ad on the subway. Try reading Obama (歐八馬) in Taiwanese…		I want that one! I want that one!
	Yummy 盐酥鸡! Yummy 盐酥鸡!	Eating 魚丸湯 and 啊給 at Danshui Eating 魚丸湯 and 啊給 at Danshui
	Finding a resting place for Iris near mom’s home Finding a resting place for Iris near mom’s home

• Non-Stop from Shanghai to Taipei
• Eating at Ding Tai Fung
• Cleaning Out the Fashion Queen’s Closet
• Taiwan Family Union
• Guilin & Yangshuo (2003)

The key is to make everything from scratch and acquire the right kitchen gadgets!

Over the years, we’ve acquired quite a number of kitchen gadgets. Our kitchen is running out of space! But we’re happy and able to eat very well, healthy, and cheaply too! We’ve come to realize how much restaurants in Shanghai charge premium prices for authentic western food, just because Chinese or non-authentic western restaurants can’t get things right (pizza, hamburgers, spaghetti, sandwiches, cheese cake, burritos, etc…).

If we could eat out, we’d be willing to pay those prices! But since we can’t, we make them ourselves and for only a fraction of the price!

Here’s a few appliances occupying our tiny kitchen space.

In addition to these kitchen gadgets, we also have a full-size built-in oven, a microwave, a dishwasher, a double-door refrigerator, two broken rice cookers, a bunch of pots and pans, and about a hundred Lock ‘n’ Lock containers!

Our kitchen is not big enough!!!

• Food Allergies and Jason-Friendly List
• Drinking Lots of Vegetable Juice
• Tears of Joy, But Not from the Onion
• What’s Inside the Chicken We Eat?
• Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Tomato-Free Pizza!

We stayed at the Orange Hotel, recommended to us by a friend. The hotel was very nice and clean, and service was great. We didn’t get to see what the other rooms looked like, but ours had an interesting bathroom design (see pictures below).  We also had a goldfish and a Rubix cube to keep us company. Very nice touch! The room rates were incredibly cheap for a hotel right infront of the West Lake!  We paid around 450RMB/night! All the nice hotels on West Lake were at least 1500RMB/night!  With all that we saved on hotel, we lavishly spent on buffets (lunch and dinner) at the Hyatt.

The main purpose of our trip was to find a nice resting place for some of Iris’ ashes. She’s always wanted to travel around the world, so the whole family has planned various trips throughout the year to places she has traveled to (and liked) or wanted to go. That’s another post for another day.

Here are some pictures from our trip.

Hangzhou 2009

Resting place for Iris Resting place for Iris		Interesting bathroom design… Interesting bathroom design…	Very nice and clean room, for only around 450 RMB/night! Very nice and clean room, for only around 450 RMB/night!
Staying at the “Orange Hotel” across West Lake Staying at the “Orange Hotel” across West Lake		Rent bikes to go around West Lake Rent bikes to go around West Lake
			Our room companion, Francis. We were told not to feed Francis, but if we solved the Rubiks Cube, we get free coffee! Our room companion, Francis. We were told not to feed Francis, but if we solved the Rubiks Cube, we get free coffee!
	The only picture of our Grand Hyatt buffet we took before we were told not to take any pictures… The only picture of our Grand Hyatt buffet we took before we were told not to take any pictures…

• Cleaning Out the Fashion Queen’s Closet
• Food Allergies and Jason-Friendly List
• Simply Healthy and Gluten-Free
• Eating at Ding Tai Fung
• Royal Caribbean Cruise to Japan and Korea

Direct roundtrip flight tickets cost about 3000-3500 RMB, which is around what the non-direct flights tickets used to cost. Now, the non-direct flight tickets via Hong Kong are super cheap! Only 2000 RMB!

Susan made two trips to Taipei this year already! Once in January and again last weekend.

The Terminal 2

We’ve been meaning to write about the first trip in January, but things got terribly busy the weeks and months after the trip, so the story was left untold until now. It was one of those moments in life that makes an entertaining story only afterwards but not so much while experiencing it. It was The Terminal 2, starring Susan Wu.

Upon the short flight and arrival at Tao Yuan airport, Susan was stuck at the customs arrival area. Her passport did not expire nor the U.S. cease to be a country. Rather, her passport had less than 6 months validity, and the customs official wouldn’t let her through.

Apparently, the Taiwan Department of State signed an agreement with the U.S. government that U.S. passport holders can enter Taiwan without a visa for up to 30 days only if the passport is valid for at least 6 months. Susan’s passport was going to expire in 5 months and 20 days, 10 days short of the agreement!!! 

The sad thing was, Susan did renew her U.S. passport two weeks prior to the trip. The U.S. consulate called her the morning of her flight and said her passport was ready for pickup. She didn’t have time to pick up the new passport before her flight, so she left for Taiwan with the old passport, not knowing about the passport validity agreement.

Seriously, how often does one’s passport expire in less than 6 months? (Answer: Every 10 years!) Shame on the airport check-in counter agent for not checking passports and informing travelers…

Six Good Reasons Not to Comply

So without the 6-month validity, the customs officer gave Susan two choices—pay NT$5000 (~$150 USD) for an on-arrival visa or go back to Shanghai! There were no direct flights back to Shanghai that day so the only option was to get an on-arrival visa.

Susan had about NT$1000 (enough money for a cab ride to mom/dad’s house) and $60USD, which makes a total of about NT$3000. She did not have enough money to get a visa, and visa wasn’t accepted. No visa. No visa. (Get it?)

Susan gave the custom officer 6 VERY GOOD reasons why she should let her through just this time.

1. She didn’t have money to pay for the visa. It’s the visa office’s fault for not accepting credit card.
2. She’s a Taiwan-born Taiwanese citizen (who happened to have a U.S. passport). Let her enter her own country!!!
3. Her mom was injured and in the hospital.
4. Her passport validity was only 10 days short of the no-visa agreement.
5. She has a valid, new passport, just not with her.
6. She’s only going to be in Taiwan for 4 days.

With all the begging and whining, the customs official still wouldn’t budge and said even if she were the president of the United States, he still couldn’t let her pass. An agreement is an agreement. He kindly pointed her to the foreign exchange booth.

Got Money?

It was then that Susan saw that RMB bills were accepted at the foreign exchange, only that she didn’t bring ANY with her because why would anyone want to bring RMBs to Taiwan?! Oh right, because now there’s direct flights between Shanghai and Taiwan! If only she knew, she wouldn’t have pulled out the big wad of RMB bills out of her wallet that morning!!! 

So the final and last resort? Get money from the ATM machine. There was only one ATM machine, next to the foreign exchange booth. Good thing she brought her bank cards with her!

But as luck would have it, the ATM machine was broken! After numerous attempts at inserting her Bank of America ATM card, China Construction ATM card, ICBC ATM card, Bank of China ATM card, Agricultural Bank ATM card, and even her credit card, the machine just did not want to give Susan any money! She was told that there might be a working ATM machine outside the customs arrival area, but oh wait, there was a reason why she was still inside and not outside!!!  Doh!  Whichever idiot that suggested this had the audacity to say “Why don’t you give me your ATM card and PIN number, and I’ll get some money for you?” 

When It Rains, It Pours

And that’s what happened. Unlike Viktor Navorski who made the best of a terrible God-forbid-it-ever-happens-to-you situation, Susan sat down smack in the middle of the in-between land and wailed, ranted, and screamed like HK Airport Auntie. The security guards came and took her away. 

The man at the foreign exchange booth had pity on her. He gave Susan enough money to pay for the on-arrival visa, then called a flight attendant to escort her to outside the customs arrival area where the working ATM machines were.

After withdrawing enough money and giving the money to the flight attendant to give back to the foreign exchange guy, Susan finally made it outside the airport, 6 hours later. So much for a fast direct flight to Taiwan!

The first smell and step into the real Taiwan was quite anticlimactic. There was no parade or cheers or sad parting or anything of that sort. Just taxis honking for business. But Susan stretched out her hands anyway and soaked in the pleasure of being outside and not inside.

• Taiwan Trip (2009)
• Eating at Ding Tai Fung
• Cleaning Out the Fashion Queen’s Closet
• Two Years and a Lifetime to Go
• German Centre Set Lunch

This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series Tribute to Iris

(Post by Susan)

Yesterday was Iris’ 33rd birthday, the first birthday without hearing her voice and her laughter. Even though I can’t remember when was the last birthday that we celebrated together, I’d call every year and it was always the same thing—a nice dinner out and then mango mousse cake.

Iris… happy Birthday. We all miss you so much.

The last time there were three candles on a cake was 30 years ago, in Taiwan.

• Eating at Ding Tai Fung
• Cleaning Out the Fashion Queen’s Closet
• Taiwan Family Reunion (2006)
• Celebrating the Life of Iris Wu
• The Three Sisters

Below is a video from CNN. If the embedded video does not appear, you can view the video directly from CNN’s website here.

Below is a video from AFP. If the embedded video does not appear, you can view the video directly from YouTube here.

• China Moments
• Year of the Roasted Pig
• Interesting Read
• 15 Guidelines For Chinese Tourists Abroad
• Driving Along the Edge

(Video Source: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODc0MTM0ODQ=.html)

The same beggar/artist was in Guiyang last year around September, earning his living from writing calligraphy and sketching beautiful art on the sidewalks.

• Video: Tribute to the Earthquake in Sichuan
• Migrant Workers in Urban China
• Backpacking in Yunnan
• What’s Inside the Chicken We Eat?
• Competing for Jobs in China

This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series Lent 2009

Lent this year was from February 25 to April 12. We read Henri Nouwen’s Show Me the Way: Daily Lenten Readings during this period and wrote/posted 14 reflections on our blog (plus many more in our private journals), all of which have helped us through this period of “darkness” as we reflected upon Jesus’ last 40+ days while mourning and grieving the loss of our beloved Iris.

Here’s the complete list of all the Lenten reflections, including the dates:

1. February 25: The Lent Season Begins
2. February 26: Repent and Live: There’s More to Life
3. March 1: Endless Causes For Worry
4. March 3: The Love Languages of God
5. March 10: Taken, Blessed, Broken, and Given
6. March 13: Our Unique Call
7. March 15: Returning to Our One True Home
8. March 18: The Ways of a Hidden God
9. March 21: God With Us
10. March 23: Our Way to the House of the Father
11. March 24: A Movement Toward New Life
12. March 31: The Loving Presence of God
13. April 7: Christus auf Palmesel, Christ on a Donkey
14. April 12: A Very Dark Day in History

These reflections were written and posted, not so much for an audience, but for our own reflections as the writings bear much of what’s on our hearts that cannot be articulated coherently in speech. Writing is, in fact, quite therapeutic.

As Nouwen so eloquently writes:

Writing can be a true spiritual discipline. Writing can help us to concentrate, to get in touch with the deeper stirrings of our hearts, to clarify our minds, to process confusing emotions, to reflect on our experiences, to give artistic expression to what we are living, and to store significant events in our memories. Writing can also be good for others who might read what we write.

Quite often a difficult, painful, or frustrating day can be “redeemed” by writing about it. By writing we can claim what we have lived and thus integrate it more fully into our journeys. Then writing can become lifesaving for us and sometimes for others too.

One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.

Most of what we write stem from what we’ve experienced, struggled/wrestled with, reflected upon, and are still trying to figure out. While most will find these writings no different than reading a boring book (or blog), there are some who read (or will read) our reflections and are able relate and somehow find comfort because they too have gone through or are going through similar experiences.

We find that we are not alone in our “sufferings.” Some have walked before us. Some trail behind us. But most importantly, we have One who walks with us and shows us the way.

• Christus auf Palmesel, Christ on a Donkey
• The Loving Presence of God
• The Ways of a Hidden God
• A Movement Toward New life
• Our Unique Call

This entry is part 14 of 15 in the series Lent 2009

Lent was over more than a month ago. Easter Sunday this year was April 12. It has taken us (or shall we say, the only person who writes here) a long time to write the next installment of our Lenten reflections. What is there to say/write when nothing sparks? Does one write/share only when he/she is inspired or has anything edifying to impart? Or does free speech run wild at the expense of causing another to stumble?

After much delay and writer’s block, here goes a post about a taboo topic not meant to enlighten anyone nor is it bedtime reading for the lighthearted.

All Living is Dying

Excerpt from Henri Nouwen’s Show Me the Way: Daily Lenten Readings:

If the God who revealed life to us, and whose only desire is to bring us to life, loved us so much that he wanted to experience with us the total absurdity of death, then — yes, then there must be hope; then there must be something more than death; then there must be a promise that is not fulfilled in our short existence in this world; then leaving behind the ones you love, the flowers and the trees, the mountains and the oceans, the beauty of art and music, and all the exuberant gifts of life cannot be just the destruction and cruel end of all things; then indeed we have to wait for the third day.

But mortification — literally, “making death” — is what life is all about, a slow discovery of the mortality of all that is created so that we can appreciate its beauty without clinging to it as if it were a lasting possession. Our lives can indeed be seen as a process of becoming familiar with death, as a school in the art of dying. I do not mean this is a morbid way. On the contrary, when we see life constantly relativized by death, we can enjoy it for what it is: a free gift. The pictures, letters, and books of the past reveal life to us as a constant saying of farewell to beautiful places, good people, and wonderful experiences. All these times have passed by like friendly visitors, leaving us with dear memories but also with the sad recognition of the shortness of life. In every arrival there is a leave-taking; in every reunion there is a separation; in each one’s growing up there is a growing old; in every smile there is a tear; and in every success there is a loss. All living is dying, and all celebration is mortification too.

The excerpt above was from Nouwen’s Lenten reading for day 40, Saturday, the day after the crucifixion. It was the day that Jesus’ followers—His disciples, His family, His friends—mourned the loss of their beloved Jesus. It was also the Sabbath day. No one could do anything or go anywhere. Every heart wreaked with despair because everything these people hoped for was nailed on the cross and buried in a tomb. It was a dark moment in history when death ended everything there was to live/hope for.

Have you ever experienced moments like this when death ended everything there was to live/hope for?

For most people, probably not. Some have come close to it and some have experienced it through the the death of a dearly loved one—a parent, a spouse, a child, a sibling, a relative, a dear friend—that brought them face-to-face with human mortality and left to ponder upon the meaning of life.

This is the ‘death’ that Nouwen reflected upon, the part of life that no one wants to think about, witness, experience, partake, nor remember. And he calls us to think about why Jesus took part in something that mankind throughout history have sought to escape from in its vain search for the elixir of life, be it an actual magic potion, cosmetics, or modern medicine.

In the end, we all die. Some younger than others. Jesus the son of God died a mortal man at 33. Iris was 32 when she died. Jason brushed death last year at the age of 31. And who knows, Susan might not live to celebrate her 30th birthday this year.

Purpose Drive Death

Nouwen says all of life is about making death, becoming familiar with death, and learning the art of dying.

Last year during a business trip to Austin, Susan attended a John Piper conference. The theme of the conference was about suffering. During his message, Piper said something about living a “purpose driven death.” Was he jokingly mocking Rick Warren? Or has he been enlightened like Nouwen was? Piper and Nouwen would have been good friends. 

Who in their 20s and 30s think about dying? We’re just at the prime of life having passed the vicissitude of the 20s (job/career, relationship/marriage). We’re just starting to live! This is the decade when people usually don’t have to think or worry about health issues, major illnesses, aging parents, and dying family members… at least not yet.

So when Nouwen writes about death and dying, it makes us uneasy because we don’t want to think about such morbid topic. It’s the last thing we want to think about having just lost a sister to cancer and still mourning and grieving over such tragedy. We are still living as if it was Saturday, the day after the crucifixion. It has been Saturday every day for a few months.

A Very Slow Discovery

If what Nouwen says is true, that “life is a slow discovery of the mortality of all that is created,” then we see life for what it is and not something to be hoarded. Every day is a gift we don’t deserve because we all deserve to die, for the penalty of sin is death. If it weren’t for what Jesus did on the cross, death would have truly ended everything that was good. But because Jesus victoried over death, came back to life, lives today, and gave us LIFE and HOPE, death is and will not be the end.

What does that really mean to us? How does that change what and how we think/feel today? How long does one mourn over the dead? How long will grief last? When will we think of Iris and not shed tears? When will the frequent and sporadic waves of sadness go away? When will we see her again? Will we see her again?

We don’t know. We don’t know…

We’re at a loss for words. This is not the way to end a post nor is it the way to end Lent. One of these days when we have answers, some answers, we’ll write more. As is, this is probably our last post for our 2009 Lenten reflections.

Thanks for journeying with us, if you’ve read this far.

• The Ways of a Hidden God
• The Loving Presence of God
• A Movement Toward New life
• Repent and Live: There’s More to Life
• Complete Lenten Reflections (2009)

• Sichuan Earthquake Video Footage
• A Country in Mourning
• One-Legged Beggar (and Artist) in China
• One Day
• What’s Inside the Chicken We Eat?

Migrant workers are the hardest working, yet most underpaid workers. They work 10-12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week. Most of them earn less than 1000 RMB ($150 USD) a month. Because of China’s hukou system, migrant workers are not protected by labor laws nor are they able to access government services such as education and basic health care. Their children can’t attend public schools, so many of them take hour-long bus rides to migrant schools outside of the cities.

Migrant workers live as second class citizens in big cities, but they are the backbone of China’s economic boom. They built the country’s skyscrapers, assembled its exports, and sent billions of dollars back home to their families in the poor rural regions. Some of the country’s biggest and wealthiest banks like China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank got rich from migrant workers sending money home.

Below is a photo/video documentary of migrant workers in Shanghai.

Living in the Shadows: China’s Internal Migrants from David Campbell on Vimeo.

• One-Legged Beggar (and Artist) in China
• Visiting the Peach Blossom Festival in Nanhui
• Eating at Ding Tai Fung
• Cleaning Out the Fashion Queen’s Closet
• Kia X Games Asia

• Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
• The Girl from Ipanema
• Video Clips from Iris’ Childhood
• Avery and Auntie Being Silly
• When I Get Old

Actually, he cheated once after having been on Chinese medicine for a few months. He had a small bite of Papa John’s pizza and paid dearly for the mistake for weeks and months afterwards.

Last summer, we were in New York City and visited a gluten-free Italian restaurant. We figured, this is the land of the gluten-free, and the chef could accommodate and make a special pizza for Jason without the cheese or the tomato sauce. And he did. He made a pizza with just bread and slices of sausage on top. It was lame. How can you even call that a pizza?! But Jason was happy eating “pizza” for the first time since 8.

So finally, after four years of being married to a man with allergies to everything about Italian food, Susan finally figured out her way around the gluten-free kitchen (and in Shanghai too)! We’ve acquired most of the ingredients necessary to make decent gluten-free and Jason-friendly meals, breads, and snacks. Thanks to our VitaMix and food processor, we are able to grind our own gluten-free flours and knead dough quickly.

Our latest discovery and obsession is making gluten-free, dairy-free, and tomato-free pizza! You’re probably wondering, how can you even call that a pizza? Well, believe it or not, it’s so good that even our neighbors liked it. In the past few weeks, we’ve made curry chicken, Mexican chili, teriyaki chicken, pepperoni, and Hawaiian pizzas. Jason has been very happy eating his gluten-free, dairy-free, and tomato-free pizza!

For those with gluten-free allergies, you can find the pizza dough recipe on our Simply Gluten-Free blog.

• Food Allergies and Jason-Friendly List
• Simply Healthy and Gluten-Free
• Our Kitchen is Not Big Enough!
• Gluten-Free Blog!
• Gluten-Free Muffin

By the time the Olympics came around, China was ready to greet the world. Beijing was a lot more cleaned up than before. The opening ceremony blew everyone away. But the pollution and smog? It was still there. Athletes came out of the plane wearing masks to the bemusement of the rest of the world. The entire few weeks of the Olympics, there was not a single day of clear, blue sky in Beijing. 

Shanghai on the other hand had a beautiful few weeks of clear, blue sky.  It goes to show that no one can play God.

Shanghai Expo 2010

Well, next summer will be the World Expo 2010, right here in Shanghai! The World Expo site is located about 20 minutes from where we live in Pudong. We’ll be at the heart of the excitement. You bet that in the coming weeks and months, the Shanghai city officials and government will be issuing all sorts of rules, policies, and regulations in another attempt preparation to impress the rest of the world again.

So we start with the first policy that we just read about:

Banning smoking in public places!

From Shanghai Daily:

THE city’s first smoking-control law is expected to be issued in January at the annual meeting of the Shanghai People’s Congress, the director of Shanghai Smoking Control Office told a conference yesterday, banning smoking from public places in time for next year’s Expo.

Great policy!! This policy should have been in effect long ago! This is the country where 99% of Chinese men (and even little boys) smoke two packs a day. Everywhere you go, there’s smoke everywhere—restaurants, hotels, taxis, buses, even hospitals. Walking on the streets of Shanghai, there’s always a trail of smoke from in front, left, right, and even behind depending on which direction the wind is blowing. The whole city stinks with second hand smoke, but hopefully, that’ll change soon with the new ban on smoking in public places.

In a c0mmun*st country like China, it’s not that hard to enforce a policy like smoke-ban if the government really wanted to crack down. Just like pirated DVDs, corruption, jaywalking, and spitting, it’s often "睁一只眼闭一只眼" (one eye open, one eye shut). So we are curious to see how the ban on smoking will be enforced this time.

Meanwhile, here’s an image of a smoker’s lung next to a healthy lung. Even if the smoke-ban is not strictly enforced, people should at least see what smoking does to people’s lungs, and not just the smokers’ lungs, but everyone else around them! It upsets us to see men smoking next to their pregnant wife and kids.

• 10 Wonders of the New China
• Wrong!
• Beijing Olympics Garden
• One Yucky Slushy Day
• Interesting (China) News II