It seems to me, that the most interesting place in the world now is China. They are preparing for the Olympiad so hard that it will be no wonder if next Olympiad will be spent also there.
China develops economically so improbably quickly. Recently there were no cars at all, but now I see so many Chinese cars in our city! One my friend even has bought such car. Of course he swears strongly at it, but I think that they will very quickly learn how to do good cars, not worse than German or Japanese.
It is a pity, that there is few interesting information about China and I don’t have any friend who would live there. I think that the country with such rich history can change much in our life. For example, the Chinese medicine could compete with our, habitual. This can be not only their teas, but also real exercises of yoga and massage. I would try this with pleasure.