David goes to China

One of the points of a trip like this is to move outside my comfort zone, to have some of my views challenged and changed. For me this is usually a slow process, not a Damascene flash. I'll assimilate what I've experienced slowly over the next months.
One thing I've noticed is that I'm tolerant of the taste (decor, clothing, habits) of my hosts (defintiely not to my taste) , and much less tolerant in UK, even though people are clearly living out their version of their cultural identity just as truly, based on class, ethnicity, education, wealth etc.