Anyway, the VPN has been off for some time, making my navigation to the underground web logs of the West rather difficult. Summer is fading and frustration still sings in the ears of the young and hungry working in Shenzhen. I'll wager that frustration has never sang before...
I cannot report on anything interesting these days as the gossip is stale and I have largely removed myself from it, and work remains just that. The only glimmer is perhaps a new client that I am responsible for vetting, and it is the closest thing to an entirely China-play yet. We'll see what happens there as I continue to get on the due-diligence train.
I promise to be more interesting in subsequent autumnal posts, and rest assured I have not forgotten to snap photos of Shenzhen's lovely public art explosion, in fact, I'll load a couple that are trapped on my little cellphone:
These are just two of the lovelies that are around the city, both up very quickly, and one is invariably part of a fountain as well which is definitely a theme here with public art. The fountain is in COCO park shopping area and sits in the middle of a large sidewalk that once provided ample space for foot traffic and is now an eyesore and an impedance.
Along with the sculptures several flocks of plastic sheep that appeared one day as well, dotting roadsides in displays that remind me of the nativity sets that emerge on good Christian lawns come Christmas season. We're not sure of the significance of the sheep, but us foreigners love to speculate. More to come.
