Dr. Rasheed advised us to go to Sally’s Tailor shop at the Yashow Clothing Mart in Beijing to get suits, shirts or dresses made to our measurements. With Dr. Rasheed’s help, we were able to get suits made for 700 yuan (about $100) and dress shirts for 100 yuan (about $15). I believe these prices are [...]
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Scorpion on a stick. Bon apetit!
At a busy little street market in Beijing, apparently mostly intended for tourists based on the abundance of souvenirs, we saw several concession stands selling some interesting snack items. Most notable: fried scorpions on a stick. And the scorpions were still moving. Several members of the group came back later in the week and tried [...]
Haggling: A real-life demonstration of comparative advantage
The price of just about everything, except the menu at the Western fast food chains for example, is negotiable. Over the past week and a half we’ve become pretty good at haggling. It’s something you have to just dive in and try, and if you get taken, you learn from it and do better next [...]
Suzhou: Worlds apart from Shanghai
There are two sides to Suzhou, a city of 6 million people. There is the Suzhou Industrial Park, a shiny, ultra-modern city in itself with a population of 700,000. Did you get that? It’s an industrial park and it’s almost twice the population of Fort Worth. It’s home to facilities belonging to more than 2,500 [...]