what are our expectations? which of the things we desire are within reach? if not now, when? and will there be some left for me? i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found some something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la china s younger generation is driving a growth in consumption. this is where the real power is china. if you live in manhattan like i do and you think you live in the center of the world, this place, shanghai, will confront you with a very different reality. turn down a side street, it s an ancient culture. a centuries-old mix of culinary traditions, smells, flavors. a block away, this. an ultra modern, clanging cash register, levels of wealth, luxury, the sheer volume of things and services unimagined by the greediest, most bourgeois of capitalist imperialists. the city split by the
Defense forces issued the order. regardless military people or the civilians, you cannot use other than standard language. and if you used the okinawan language, you would be killed as a spy, you know. right. but the okinawan people con understand standard language, you know. so the japanese soldiers killed lots of okinawan people. particularly given the experience of the war, how japanese do you think most people feel here? there s a fundamental difference between japanese culture and okinawan culture. japanese culture is warrior s culture but okinawan culture is absence of militarism. okinawan people. do you think that easygoing, that reputation, that tradition