i hope the movies on the airplane don’t suck
in case you cared: i arrive in shanghai in approximately 24 hours.
shortly thereafter, the shanghai diaries should start arriving again, too.
08.29.2003, 8:30 PM · Summer Tour 2003 · Comments (1)
i’ll believe it when i see it
from today’s new york times …
SHANGHAI — For many tourists, one of the indelible images of China is that of the cutie-pie baby wearing the pants with the giant hole on the bottom. If their timing is right, the tourists might even catch a toddler relieving himself, right on the street.Visitors may find this disgusting, or delightful, but they may not see such sights much longer, at least in the cities. China’s famous split pants may soon be eclipsed by the disposable diaper.
Urban consumers are embracing the diaper and turning China into one of the world’s fastest growing markets. Annual sales for some brands are climbing by 50 percent or more. Upscale stores are no longer carrying split-pants outfits, but rather shelf after shelf of diapers. Just about all of the babies who grace China’s sleek parenting magazines are wearing diapers.
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08.05.2003, 1:12 PM · News · Comments (6)