The Mighty Chinese Tsunami

Everywhere I walked, the vendors call out in Chinese.  The tourists are all speaking Chinese.  Once in a while, I can hear Cantonese and once I hear Thai.  The Chinese are everywhere and buying up the whole town of Myeongdong street, the no 1 tourist street of Korea.  All the vendors it seems speak Chinese.  During dinner, there are two Chinese girls chatting and they work in the cosmetic retail. 


Japanese use to go everywhere to buy branded goods in Europe and now the Chinese is doing the same.  It is the power of Chinese Yuan.  When you are rich and spending, everyone bow to you.  Hong Kongers used to look down on people speaking mandarin.  Today, they speak mandarin and did not bat an eyelid.