So are they friendly here?" I ask when we enter Beijing's Friendship Store.
"Of course not," my friend Peace explains. "This is China. When they say one thing, believe the opposite."
The Friendship Store, by the way, is not where one comes to buy friends. (I'm told there are other places for that in Beijing). Instead, it is the state-run department store, and Peace is right. Nobody here is particularly friendly. Only in China, would a government ever attempt to make itself synonymous with the word friendship.
"Of course not," my friend Peace explains. "This is China. When they say one thing, believe the opposite."
The Friendship Store, by the way, is not where one comes to buy friends. (I'm told there are other places for that in Beijing). Instead, it is the state-run department store, and Peace is right. Nobody here is particularly friendly. Only in China, would a government ever attempt to make itself synonymous with the word friendship.
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