Morning in Xi'an
"We Chinese are very impressed with what your country has done in just 200 years," our Beijing guide told us a few days ago. Tuesday morning has broken clear, breezy and cool and I am walking through downtown Xi'an trying to make sense of the jumble of images and people we've met. I pass several construction workers headed for one of the endless new skyscrapers under construction and wonder what the next 200 years will bring; or even the next 20.
School children in Xi'an waving to the busload of foreigners.