The picture above is nothing but what Angela and Lee, two youngsters from Chongqing we spend the afternoon with, present to us with pride as the BIGGEST TOILETS IN THE WORLD. They are part of a brand new theme park in Chongqing called Foreigners Street.
This was launched by Meixin a local successful entrepreneur who started business in safety doors and then grew into a huge conglomerate including real estate, car and motorcycle manufacturing and entertainment.
The park now includes a replica of the great wall, a typical Anglican church with a massive Hummer in front for wedding ceremonies, dutch traditional houses, a Venetian bridge and a replica of a revolutionary theater from the deadly times of the 70ies (which is apparently only disgraceful to me)…
Everywhere messages in English and Chinese posted on massive boards like ‘we shall learn to tolerate, love and grace’, ‘impulsion is devil’, ‘respect others property’, or ‘the way to solve all problems in develop procedure is to speed up the pace of development’ (sic).
But back to the toilets, that we religiously visit, despite the smell that makes the performance even more real. To Lee and Angela, they are clearly the master piece of the theme park.
This is of course an extreme example, nevertheless, it reflects an interesting way of fuelling change in China. There is a clear sense of pride in modern China for competing at world level, whatever the field. Breaking a record is a way to show capability and to gain further self confidence in the process to strive for more.
And the Beijing Olympics are still to come...
This was launched by Meixin a local successful entrepreneur who started business in safety doors and then grew into a huge conglomerate including real estate, car and motorcycle manufacturing and entertainment.
The park now includes a replica of the great wall, a typical Anglican church with a massive Hummer in front for wedding ceremonies, dutch traditional houses, a Venetian bridge and a replica of a revolutionary theater from the deadly times of the 70ies (which is apparently only disgraceful to me)…
Everywhere messages in English and Chinese posted on massive boards like ‘we shall learn to tolerate, love and grace’, ‘impulsion is devil’, ‘respect others property’, or ‘the way to solve all problems in develop procedure is to speed up the pace of development’ (sic).
But back to the toilets, that we religiously visit, despite the smell that makes the performance even more real. To Lee and Angela, they are clearly the master piece of the theme park.
This is of course an extreme example, nevertheless, it reflects an interesting way of fuelling change in China. There is a clear sense of pride in modern China for competing at world level, whatever the field. Breaking a record is a way to show capability and to gain further self confidence in the process to strive for more.
And the Beijing Olympics are still to come...
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