Hindustan Times
The more I travel in small-town China, the more I miss India and the more I marvel at India.
Technically, the small Chinatown concept is not always correct to describe the places I’ve been. But I can’t stop using the phrase because the biggest Chinese boomtowns with multibillion-dollar GDPs seem confined to a small world. Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Bangalore, China, Chinatown, Chinese professionals, delhi, India, Mumbai
In small towns with big wide roads and markets flaunting fake Armani as street fashion, who would notice the acquisition of a refrigerator? But this humble appliance could be China’s most curious household asset sold for the sake of the recession. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Armani, Beijing, China, Chinatown, Czechoslovakia Embassy, refrigerator
My week began with a 30-steel-storey fire across my street and a visit to China’s countryside in a bus led by police cars flashing red lights and halting highway traffic until we passed.
Life in China often feels like living in a well-directed reality show. Your senses stay on alert to try and distinguish between the spontaneous and the staged. Read more
(12 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, China, Chinatown, Huaming, shanghai
