China 2000

CHINA 2000 What is China? Is it maybe the image of the ancient times with the glorious old dynasties, the powerful emperors, the wondrous temples, the fascinating winding gardens…? Or is it maybe a strict communist world with uniformed people wearing Mao suits and living in dreary gray concrete apartment blocks…? Or perhaps it is the skyscrapers of Hong Kong and Shanghai, the horrendous traffic, the buzzing commotion, ultra modern electronics and plate glass buildings…? In …

…be left with no subsidized medical care or homes; the less privileged will be left with hardly any means at all as welfare services are being swept away by privatization; 1,300,000 people will be imposed with a new life-style upon completion of the Gorges Dam… Supposedly, the country's economy will be boosted and as it is said, "all it takes is time", time to go Western. But how much time? And what happens in the meantime?