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While I was away, my hosts introduced me to a new (to me) genre of videos about day-to-day life in China. My favorites were food videos by an omnivorous Australian woman who lives in China, videos about bizarre beauty trends, and a day-in-the-life video that suggests that much of China is a weird Potemkin village, where things look normal, but lonely people sink into a world of meaningless (and economically crazy) consumerism.<\/p>

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I\u2019ll start with Blondie in China\u2014real name Amy Lyons\u2014the Australian woman who is now permanently based in China with her German husband. Some have accused her of being a Chinese propagandist, and she is, in a way, because her videos are positive and enthusiastic travelogues.<\/p>\n

But her real focus is the food. Amy is a true omnivore whose very well-produced videos share her eating experiences across the length and breadth of China, including such delicacies as pigeon anus (which you\u2019ll see beginning at 16:26 in the second video, which does promote the wonders of modern but is mostly about food).<\/p>\n

Before I get to the second video, though, here\u2019s a typical example of Amy getting out of the big city and showing how real Chinese eat:<\/p>\n