Living in China: A What-If Scenario

There are many aspects of Chinese living that one may, in the beginning, find strange, abnormal, and even bizarre. However, with time, these same oddities eventually become first accepted, then normalized. I often wonder, walking around Xujiahui, what would happen if OSHA had a say in all this?

Let's see... women will no longer be allowed to ride on mopeds with their six year child in lap. Unregulated RAID bug spray, the kind that makes the right side of your brain twitch, will be pulled off shelves. Traffic violation revenues would sky rocket.

And, what if the Motion Picture Association of America had their two cents? Why, they'd no longer allow me to buy pirated DVDs.

In fact, that may not be so far from the truth. The Chinese government has recently launched an anti-pirating campaign, seizing business licenses and, since July, destroying over 13 million pirated CDs and DVDs. Not too surprising, especially with the budding symbiosis between Chinese and American relations. Chinese piracy cost the MPAA a pretty $240M last year and they're not happy. What is the Chinese populace to do when all is said and done? Subscribe to Netflix, of course.