today
from watching the Itchy Boots and Taste China channels, China comes across as a loud society in ways completely different from US society – we are surrounded by vehicle noise and advertising jingles and industrial noise and notification beeps – Chinese seem to trade a lot of that for spoken announcements – cross walks tell you when you can cross, rental bikes announce their availability, walk you through the rental process, and announce successful rental – food stalls display QR codes for phone payment and announce successful payment