Shaoxing
I’m here in Shaoxing, which I saw described as a small town, although it actually has four and a half million people. It seems pretty prosperous, and its prosperity probably comes from the fact that it’s a center of “Red Tourism.” Lots of Communist Party members come here because it’s got the ancestral home of Zhou En-Lai, Lu Xun’s house, Cai Yuan Ping (sp?) house, and the houses of some other significant revolutionary figures. I’d meant to go on to Ningbo from here, but I was unable to reserve a hotel room, so I think I’m just going to go back to Shanghai tomorrow. When one and a half billion people are all going on vacation at the same time, it’s tough to find someplace to stay.