Only after coming to China, did I get to know that there is food so much
more tastier than burgers and pizzas;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that their cops don't carry
guns, not only that, they could get the bejeezus beaten out of them by mobs
from time to time;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that buses can be available
every 15 minutes, and reach every corner of the city;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that the metro cars don't have
to smell like piss;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that calling paramedics and
getting treated by ER does not bankrupt you;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that if you are not happy with
your medical treatment, you can knock the doctors and/or nursers out of
consciousness and get away with that;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that it only takes one month
salary to get a full denture install;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that trains can travel as fast
as planes;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that there do have buildings
constructed a thousand years ago;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that there could be so many
different choices of clothes for online shopping;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that if government officials
don't do their jobs, they do really get fired;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that it does not take 30 years
to build a tunnel and it does not have to leak. (the big dig, anyone?)
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that when disasters happen,
earthquakes, floods, etc., the army are coming and actually to the rescue;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that school kids don't have to
press their hands on the chest and sing to the national flag;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that someone can curse their
own nation for everything and do it with self-righteousness;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that the so-called public
intellectuals are a bunch of idiots who don't know shit, yet they are public
welcomed;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that there do exist the bunch
of people that actually believe that the US is the paradise and the hope of
human race;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that if you are ethnically
minority, and you blow things up or hurt people with machete, you usually
will likely be pardoned;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that racial discrimination can
be defined as against one's own race;
Only after coming to China, did I get to know that a redneck like me can one
day be treated as elite;
