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RE: An Unusual Review of China and a Book: The Three Body Problem
Definitely need to check this out. I lived in China back in 2008 and it was such a different experience I was 20 so it was really the first time I was living on my own, but the most striking thing about living there was just how different the way of thinking is there. Not just in Beijing where I lived, but it was drastically different when you traveled elsewhere in the country as well. People think the US is so big and diverse that it really seems to contain a bunch of separate countries. Now take that and put thousands of years of culture ingrained in different parts of it.
Absolutely. I'm not American, so I cannot really compare those two - but after spending time in China, I definitely felt more European, the differences between European countries also far smaller than the difference with China. I hope you will enjoy the book, let me know when you've read it, will be interested to hear what you think about it!