Comment Much cultural, much done before... (Score 1) 692
OK, first of all, much of this is cultural
Second, this is "new development"
Third, this is not pervasive. This is like talking about new services in some of the biggest coastal cities (the gold coast).
Having lived in Asia, I found myself saying "Hmm, I've seen a lot of this before elsewhere".
I would break the article down into these areas:
Parts 1 (Cell phones), 7 (Wireless service bells), 8 (Parking data)
These are new developments, allowed by the jump allowed by not having an infrastructure. They are being done elsewhere, but it's a "wow, we hopped by the stuff over there"
Parts 2, 3, 9, 10
These I know I have seen in Hong Kong and Singapore, to name some places. They styles may be new, but timed lights are nothing, really.
Seating in Asian theaters has often been by row and seat number, and I have used touch screen theater seating (even self serve) way back in 1998 in Singapore.
Parts 4 5
These are cultural. Shoot, there's a park near my house that has exercise path. That's not so uncommon. As for a place for people to congregate, that's also because there's not a lot of privacy living in a multigenerational house.
Anti-theft slipcovers. Nice touch, but cultural and talks about the problems due to the range of incomes there.
All and all, this smells like someone who is either bragging or suffering some "culture shock" that China isn't the backward place so often projected in the west.
Second, this is "new development"
Third, this is not pervasive. This is like talking about new services in some of the biggest coastal cities (the gold coast).
Having lived in Asia, I found myself saying "Hmm, I've seen a lot of this before elsewhere".
I would break the article down into these areas:
Parts 1 (Cell phones), 7 (Wireless service bells), 8 (Parking data)
These are new developments, allowed by the jump allowed by not having an infrastructure. They are being done elsewhere, but it's a "wow, we hopped by the stuff over there"
Parts 2, 3, 9, 10
These I know I have seen in Hong Kong and Singapore, to name some places. They styles may be new, but timed lights are nothing, really.
Seating in Asian theaters has often been by row and seat number, and I have used touch screen theater seating (even self serve) way back in 1998 in Singapore.
Parts 4 5
These are cultural. Shoot, there's a park near my house that has exercise path. That's not so uncommon. As for a place for people to congregate, that's also because there's not a lot of privacy living in a multigenerational house.
Anti-theft slipcovers. Nice touch, but cultural and talks about the problems due to the range of incomes there.
All and all, this smells like someone who is either bragging or suffering some "culture shock" that China isn't the backward place so often projected in the west.
