the forbidden city, october 3, 2006

mountains and oceans of people in beijing this national day vacation. my mother noted that the crowds felt differently than the crowds in the u.s. she had just been to disneyworld with my niece and nephew and there, she said, people seemed pushier, here, they pushed. she suggested it might be due to a different sense of personal space. but we chinese don’t like the crowds either, tian qinxin commented, we just don’t have any option. lao fan joked, 1.3 billion chinese and they all come to beijing on the same day.