Reflections on China

After three weeks in China, I feel I have finally begun to get to grips with the country, at least a little. It is very apparent that this is a country struggling to keep up with the rapid economic development it is undergoing, and it's enormous population makes this all the more complex. While politically and ideologically it is a country that still wants to keep itself separate from the rest of the world, in terms of trade and financial development it is becoming increasingly western, and the balance between these two sides of China, old and new, is very clear wherever you go.