Comments on: Tengchong and Heshun http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/04/tengchong-and-heshun/ A China Journal Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:02:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chriswaugh_bj http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/04/tengchong-and-heshun/comment-page-1/#comment-81717 chriswaugh_bj Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:55:59 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=655#comment-81717 "the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party that governed the mainland from 1911 to 1949" Ha. Well, nominally at least. "When I asked whether he was concerned rampant tourism would ruin Tengchong's spirit, he simply laughed and said that the economic development to him was progress." I suspect that's a fairly common attitude, and not just in China, but in any 3rd world country frequented by tourists from developed nations. What the tourists see as a quaint, traditional lifestyle the locals experience as dire poverty. But hey, it's easy for the tourists, right? They don't have to live that way. But I'm sure you and I have ranted about this phenomenon thousands of times already. Get your arse back up to Beijing, I have some baijiu waiting for you. Good stuff, I promise. “the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party that governed the mainland from 1911 to 1949″

Ha. Well, nominally at least.

“When I asked whether he was concerned rampant tourism would ruin Tengchong’s spirit, he simply laughed and said that the economic development to him was progress.”

I suspect that’s a fairly common attitude, and not just in China, but in any 3rd world country frequented by tourists from developed nations. What the tourists see as a quaint, traditional lifestyle the locals experience as dire poverty. But hey, it’s easy for the tourists, right? They don’t have to live that way.

But I’m sure you and I have ranted about this phenomenon thousands of times already.

Get your arse back up to Beijing, I have some baijiu waiting for you. Good stuff, I promise.

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