Out with the old, in with the new

The speed with which Chinese cities keep changing is amazing. Most of the buildings in the centre of Kunming are from the past few years, and virtually nothing of the previous decades, let alone centuries, is visible anymore. Around our school, there have still been a few older 2-storey buildings, made of brick with old style roofs, grass pushing up between the tiles. All in all, very nice looking little buildings, with small shops occupying the ground floors. Until now. The destruction is well under way, a couple of days ago one of the building was still there when I went to school in the morning and when we came out for lunch, there was only a heap of brick in its place. And the previous day the shops were still open as usual, makes you wonder how much warning the people were given. Apparently the people from around had been protesting the demolition, and they were all taken into police custody. Just like a friend said, their building were destroyed but hey, the got free accommodation in the cells instead... Now it looks like all the other old building around the area are facing the same destiny.

Changes.