[Levin]

If you had been to one Chinese city, you had been to all.

They all look the same.

And they dress the same.

A trip to a Chinese city gives the same feeling as one to JB.

You get the sense that you are out of Singapore

You feel good because Singapore is so small

So China is good for some sight seeing, to see something different.

To see some Soviet style buildings

But longer than that, and you will

FEEL BORED!

No lah, while many cities in the world (including China) gave me the same feelings, some don't. Chengdu, Xian, Urumqi, Lhasa, Suzhou etc gave a very different feel. Especially when the cities have mountains, forests next to them (Jap cities are like that too, just not as differentiated as Chinese ones although the southern most and the northern most Jap cities are quite different from Tokyo)

For living, I definitely prefer the Chinese cities to the American ones that I have worked in. European cities are nicer than the American ones too but East Asian cities are the ones for me (except Malaysia. Malaysia's cities have too many landed properties, very badly planned).