Comments on: Trains, Stations and the Narrative of Power https://www.escapeartistes.com/2013/04/25/trains-stations-and-the-narrative-of-power/ Postcards from the Edge Thu, 02 May 2013 05:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2013/04/25/trains-stations-and-the-narrative-of-power/#comment-40593 Thu, 02 May 2013 05:37:38 +0000 http://www.escapeartistes.com/?p=17625#comment-40593 In reply to Sarah Li Cain.

Do you think it’s that many, Sarah? I know in Beijing and Shanghai there’s competition for the international schools from the alpha-alpha tiger mummies who want their kids to go to Ivy League universities, but you’re talking about a fraction of the ultra-elite, there, when they’re paying fees of tens of thousands of dollars annually — here in Harbin, ambitions, even at the top provincial schools, seem to stop at Beijing Da, Beijing Tsinghua or Shanghai Jiaotong.

]]> By: Sarah Li Cain https://www.escapeartistes.com/2013/04/25/trains-stations-and-the-narrative-of-power/#comment-40592 Thu, 02 May 2013 05:19:39 +0000 http://www.escapeartistes.com/?p=17625#comment-40592 The emperor is definitely naked. There is a reason why so many middle class Chinese are trying to give birth overseas or send their children off to schools abroad.

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2013/04/25/trains-stations-and-the-narrative-of-power/#comment-39632 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:44:13 +0000 http://www.escapeartistes.com/?p=17625#comment-39632 In reply to Charli.

It’s depressing reading — I should perhaps have flagged that more obviously…

]]> By: Charli https://www.escapeartistes.com/2013/04/25/trains-stations-and-the-narrative-of-power/#comment-39621 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:13:23 +0000 http://www.escapeartistes.com/?p=17625#comment-39621 There’s something quite magical about train travel although I have to say I’ve never experienced it on an ice proof bullet train!

Fab photo of the station at the top. I’m off to read your ‘China and Japan don’t get along’ post!

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