16 days abroad to China and Singapore brings me many meaningful and thoughtful memories. Our first destination was Dalian, followed by Luoyang, Hangzhou, Xuzhou, Xi An, Shenzhen, Hongkong and Singapore. We visited 6 factories, 8 major tourist destination and 5 minor tourist destinations. The major tourist destination include China’s First Emperor (Qin Shi Wang) Terracota, Liu Bang First Emperor of Han Dynasty’s Archeology Museum, Yang Gui Fei’s Bath Mansion called Hua Qing Shi, Tomb of Guan Gong (Guan Yu), Temple of 500 Buddhas, Gate of Red Dragon across the Yang Tze River, Mountain of Yun Tai Shan where we witnessed the first discovery of red stone Quartz 3000 years ago, and the home of SHEN WAN SAN. The visit to these major tourist destinations has augmented my curiosity of the history and myths left behind by 13 dynasties of China. Most notable is the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. With that, we were fortunate to be served with many delicious feasts from five different states that somehow gave us a little insights about the emperor’s taste Besides the adventurous tourist destination, we also observed a great change in the public road, public transportation, airports, highways, public laws and the number of new factories that sprang across the South of China. China’s government has truly succeeded in providing a better commerce and humanitarian world for China’s within. The country’s GDP Growth has brought pride to the G20 meeting and overseas Chinese businessman. We see many domestic brands such as LI BAI (detergent brand), HONGQI (Limousine) started occupying the market. We believe that China’s reliant on exports will no longer be a threat to the nation and soon China will become the greatest consumer in the world.
Despite the slum currently facing foreign car manufacturing companies, the Chinese auto market remains buoyant, with supply unable to keep up with the robust demand. In the first half of this year, China overtook the US as the largest auto consumer market in the world, with total car sales of 6.09 million units. In first tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, families are now buying a second car, with 18% of buyers financing these purchases with a bank loan, a situation unheard of even a few years ago.
Despite the slum currently facing foreign car manufacturing companies, the Chinese auto market remains buoyant, with supply unable to keep up with the robust demand. In the first half of this year, China overtook the US as the largest auto consumer market in the world, with total car sales of 6.09 million units. In first tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, families are now buying a second car, with 18% of buyers financing these purchases with a bank loan, a situation unheard of even a few years ago.
The China’s property market has taken just one year to rebound from the hit it took at the start of the financial crisis, but both house prices and sales volumes in 70 large and medium size cities have picked up since the spring festival. China gave out more than RMB 7.4 trillion loans in the first six months of this year, which is the primary reason for the quick recovery of the property sector.
In this journey we also experience the first three days of sensation in the month of October. It was sensational to both China and the world. October First is China’s National Day which is China’s 60th Anniversary of victory as an independent nation. That very day, Beijing’s traffic reached 70.000 people per day. Newspapers were populated with testimonials about China’s 60 years of change. Overseas Chinese around the world were also celebrating by holding a gala at the capital city respectively. On that day, our family were leaving the state of Xuzhou and arriving at Xi An at 17:05. People all around China were watching television which show-case the National Day ceremony and parade. The ceremony began with 60 cannon shots and the release of 60 thousand pigeons on the sky followed by Military parade that lasted about 66 minutes. 56 phalanxes to represent 56 ethnic groups, 14 more phalanxes, including one with 378 female soldiers, 30 military weapon display teams and the highlights display of the latest spaceship, battle tanks and helicopters. At 9:45pm, world’s largest fireworks show case 300.000 shots, double the Olympics size and the dance performance by 50.000 dancers concludes with song led by Hongkong Star Jackie Chan and mainland singer Liu Yuan Yuan.
In this journey we also experience the first three days of sensation in the month of October. It was sensational to both China and the world. October First is China’s National Day which is China’s 60th Anniversary of victory as an independent nation. That very day, Beijing’s traffic reached 70.000 people per day. Newspapers were populated with testimonials about China’s 60 years of change. Overseas Chinese around the world were also celebrating by holding a gala at the capital city respectively. On that day, our family were leaving the state of Xuzhou and arriving at Xi An at 17:05. People all around China were watching television which show-case the National Day ceremony and parade. The ceremony began with 60 cannon shots and the release of 60 thousand pigeons on the sky followed by Military parade that lasted about 66 minutes. 56 phalanxes to represent 56 ethnic groups, 14 more phalanxes, including one with 378 female soldiers, 30 military weapon display teams and the highlights display of the latest spaceship, battle tanks and helicopters. At 9:45pm, world’s largest fireworks show case 300.000 shots, double the Olympics size and the dance performance by 50.000 dancers concludes with song led by Hongkong Star Jackie Chan and mainland singer Liu Yuan Yuan.
The number “60” holds a unique significance in Chinese society. In the ancient Chinese caendar of 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly brances, a span of 60 years is known as jiazi formulated in the ninth century BC. It was amazing to
realize that flipping the number “60” upside down produces “09” which correspond to the year 2009.During this National day, China’s prime minister Wen Jia Bao deliverd a speech to 4000 invited guests, saying that “through consistent efforts of future generations, China would emerge as a rich, democratic and harmonious country when it celebrated its’ 100th anniversary”
The next day, we were awakened by news broadcast of Brazil victory in becoming the home state for 2016 Olympic competition. The day following that was the 15th day of the 8th lunar month where Chinese around the world shared a moon cake with their families. It was an auspicious day with people making wishes to the moon above. These three days were truly meaningful to me. I sent out messages to the people I love. I was very happy to receive a reply in return.
The day after that, we were once again on board the flight to Singapore. We found a bridge that was served as a short cut land journey from Shenzhen to Hongkong. On arrival at Singapore, I was pleased to meet my Cedar classmates who still remained a good friend to me till this day. They have all grown up to be beautiful ladies. Hopefully we will stay in touch all throughout our lives.
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