https://bchen.net/tags/culture/ Recent content in Culture on Bodong Chen Hugo en Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bchen.net/blog/2018-04-05-china-episodes/ Sat, 07 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://bchen.net/blog/2018-04-05-china-episodes/ <p>I am not an ethnographer.</p> <p>But there were a few episodes from my trip to/in China last month that caught my attention, or &lsquo;gaze&rsquo;. To put these episodes into perspective, my most recent trip to China took place <a href="http://bodong.ch/blog/2016-11-03-trip-to-asia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in October 2016</a>.</p> <h2 id="on-the-escalator">On the Escalator <a href="#on-the-escalator"><svg class="anchor-symbol" aria-hidden="true" height="26" width="26" viewBox="0 0 22 22" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="currentColor"></path> <path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76.0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71.0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71.0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76.0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path> </svg></a> </h2> <p>As more subways are built underground, I encountered more of those super long escalators in mega cities. On one escalator in Shanghai, I heard its accompanying &lsquo;voice reminder system&rsquo; saying:</p>