A longer-term problem is the extensive environmental pollution which. Apparently, the pollution 'was even a factor in why Beijing was not chosen for the 2000 Olympics. Polluters Face Stern Penalties. The Entrepreneurial Spirit. Were I to choose one illustration of activity at the micro level, the pervasive entrepreneurial spirit within the context of the pricing system would get my vote.
Vendors selling everything from artistic prints to bottled water are everywhere.
Small stores and shops line most streets. Even visitors exiting Mao's tomb are routed through a walkway of several hundred vendors. Visitors are confronted with a gamut of merchants outside Mao's Tomb. Great Wall tourism is big business. The Bund, the modern business district in Shanghai.