What “Mao” sees now

A young man we’re very fond of goes off to college in a few days. We hosted a luncheon today to celebrate and wish him well.

He’s recently back from an extensive visit to China. Naturally, folks asked him: “What was it like?”

Here’s one episode he shared: He was entering a Shanghai department story in front of which was a statue of Mao. He thought is would be interesting to stand at the base of the statue and imagine the statue had come to life. What would Mao see?

“Across the square side-by-side each other were a Starbucks, a KFC, a Hagen-Dazs, a McDonald’s and a TGIF. I started laughing.”