My friend Anthony was in China recently and came back with amazing photos. I got his permission to show some of them here.
This is a photo of the Yu Gardens in Shanghai. If you look closely, you’ll see there’s a Starbucks (woo hoo!) in the middle of the picture. In my part of the world, people freak out if there’s a Starbucks opening in a chain-free neighborhood. But this is a Starbucks in communist China. Where were the picketers to protest this from happening?
Anthony stayed at a hotel next to the Plaza 66 shopping mall in Shanghai. He said the mall stores were so posh, the place was almost empty.
At the Shanghai Metro, this billboard for the latest Spider-Man movie. I’ve always thought, the best way to spread capitalism and democracy is to distribute Hollywood movies everywhere in the world.
And finally, Anthony couldn’t resist taking a picture of this Beijing restaurant which, he observes, borrowed from American Kentucky Fried Chicken by depicting the face of the founder with a red color scheme. Col. Sanders, meet Mr. Lee.
