Over the last twelve years, I have spent about fifty weeks all together shopping large Chinese east coast cities, on about thirty trips. —We have direct flights to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai and Beijing from San Francisco.— And it has changed much: The bicyclists can afford cars; the smog is ghastly. The Chinese collectors can afford (good for them) to compete for the "antiques;" and flow of old stuff has dwindled to a trickle and is more expensive. The only thing that remains the same is that the Chinese tend to smoke, spit and eat with their mouths open; not to mention the common restrooms. But I still love the people, the food, culture and especially their art.