http://legacy.iranian.com/main/taxonomy/term/242/0 China has awakened and is moving at full speed, and wherever it’s heading, it will take the whole world with it. If U.S., Canada and Western Europe created the stress on the environment, China is going to finish the job. However, any sustainable development solution can become immediately viable in China due to economy of scale. Approximately 600 million people live in the cities and another 800 million are farmers. Any government that can provide bare necessities for such population deserves recognition. I found Chinese people to be more content with life and happier as a result, than their North American counterparts. They are cordial and attentive in shops and restaurants, more so than what you experience in China towns of North American cities. The work force is mostly under 30 and it makes you wonder how the older people make ends meet. It is not an exaggeration if I say that most of the cities’ development has started after 1995 and especially in the past five years. They work non-stop on many construction sites due to their push for 2008 Olympics. On my trip to China in October of 2007, I visited Beijing, Xian, Guilin and Shanghai. Xian and Guilin deserve their own photo essays, which I will post in the coming weeks. en http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10354 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10354 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10349 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10349 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10351 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10351 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10353 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10353 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10355 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10355 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10350 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10350 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10352 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10352 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10347 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10347 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10342 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10342 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10344 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10344 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10346 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10346 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10348 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10348 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10343 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10343 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10345 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10345 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10338 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:14 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10338 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10340 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:14 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10340 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10339 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:14 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10339 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10341 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:14 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10341 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10331 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:13 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10331 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/10333 Sleeping giant no more Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:13 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 10333 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main