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In shanghai, i saw great contrasts. on one street there would be impressive shops selling copies of the latest word in glamorous european fashion, and around the corner on a back street there were poor families crammed into one room with a naked light bulb. one evening i heard a chinese family singing "happy birthday." it was weird. you would have thought that they'd have their own happy birthday song. every dominant society in the world - whether it's french or british or american - imposes its culture on less developed societies.
-Doris Lessing
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In Shanghai, I Saw Great Contrasts. On

Doris Lessing
In shanghai, i saw great contrasts. on one street there would be impressive shops selling copies of the latest word in glamorous european fashion, and around the corner on a back street there were poor families crammed into one room with a naked light bulb. one evening i heard a chinese family singing "happy birthday." it was weird. you would have thought that they'd have their own happy birthday song. every dominant society in the world - whether it's french or british or american - imposes its culture on less developed societies.
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