what I learned in Shanghai

Government controlled media in China gives detailed analysis of the global economy, global stock markets and currency and commodity trading. It is more in depth than NPR. Of course it's biased, but it's also informative. Our working class neighborhood masseuses understood that Americans are bankrupt because all Americans do is consume.

Street urchins may seem straight out of central casting, off the main boulevards Shanghai has so much character, I weep in the OC for it.