Just to get back on topic for a sec...
The Ordnance - Shanghai's oldest western-style pub, in Lu-Wan district near where my parents live.
And the not so glamorous city of Taiyuan where some of my friends live. It's very polluted and doesn't have the kind of western-style skyscrapers so popular in the coastal cities and Beijing. Taiyuan is the gateway to China's coal country, so it's kind of like a cold version of West Virginia.

The Ordnance - Shanghai's oldest western-style pub, in Lu-Wan district near where my parents live.
And the not so glamorous city of Taiyuan where some of my friends live. It's very polluted and doesn't have the kind of western-style skyscrapers so popular in the coastal cities and Beijing. Taiyuan is the gateway to China's coal country, so it's kind of like a cold version of West Virginia.