Thoughts on China

After buying my bicycle, I was going to the Temple of Heaven (ToH). I wanted to find a small pot to boil water in, so that I could make tea in my room. I had passed a WalMart Supercenter on the way to shopping the day before (also on the way to the ToH) and thought that would be a good place to check. Besides, I had to see what the differences were between the store we Americans love to hate but still shop at and the Chinese model. I didn’t get a lot of pictures inside, but I did get a couple. I wish I would have gotten the food section (this is a Super WalMart, after all). There was a girl explaining something to several customers about the tank of turtles there, there were fish tanks full of fish for someone’s dinner, the cooked chickens were neatly displayed in a deli case with the necks and heads intact (not something you see in the States), etc. I asked the greeter if I could take her picture, but got a stern “No” (in English) in reply. They are girls about 20 years old that have huge sashes diagonally across their torso. In any case, I found the water pot (not as small as I desired, but suitable) and was on my way…