China

In China there are a lot of extremes. I live in Ankang of 200,000 people, yet in one hour you can ride a bike out of the city and be in the country. The city has lots of people but people have the time to say hello and greet you they have this time not only for people that they know but total strangers. This is not only how they treat the foreign but also how they treat each other. This is the view that I can see when looking out of my home office window. Would not the US be better if people had the time to say hello to each other the time is not what we lack in the US but the will. People do not mind if you stop to watch a game of chest that is being played on the sidewalk. People can understand that you don't understand what they say all the time. People have the time to talk with each other when shopping.



The framer work hard but they have the time to tell you which way to go as you walk on their path thought their land. Yet they are not mad at you for the time you spend on their land. The people in and of them selves find no need to get mad when people only want to know about how they live and what they do. The picture was taken last Saturday.