These are photos from the vast silk and cloth market in Shanghai. I see many many foreigners here. Americans, Brits, and what have you? They were all over the place haggling with the clothiers specifying the various cuts and designs wanted. I saw an American young man speaking Mandarin in a monotone voice, haggling over bales of silk. (He can't quite master the pronunciation of Mandarin as it is a tonal language. He reminded me of those corny Cylons in Battlestar Galactica.)
Yes, it was freezing cloth. The complex is a various labyrinthine place. Corridors upon corridors of such shops. I was staggered.
It's unbelievable. One has to see it to believe it.
1 comment:
His audacity and tenacity are to be commended. Who else would try to learn by using the language like that? It's very admirable man!
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