Undergraduate / "Economics in China" Johns Hopkins Essay [4]

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China. Turn on the TV, read Business Week, and it feels like a matter of time that the country rises to the top. Studying in Beijing the summer of 2009, the pace of development was made it clearer. Every morning I watched eight cranes diligently working to add more buildings to the now crowded scene. Walk down the street of Wangfujin, and the stores packed all with residents flocking towards the high class stores such as Rolex, and Chanel. The advancements in the city create an atmosphere nothing like my grandma described, make me wonder "Why not now?"

It was answered quickly. Barely driving outside the city limits of Beijing, the high-rises vanish into straw roof houses and shoeless kids scampering across the dirt school grounds. Pacing through the area I ask a villager if he has seen the city. Only in pictures he replies, too expensive to travel there. Barely 30 minutes from Beijing, the grand site of the 2008 Olympics, and the one billion people in China who live in poverty become a painful reality check.

China triggered my understanding that the power of economics brings. I stood in awe of the immense success that was seen inside the street of Beijing, yet walked the sanded streets of Chuangdixia wondering why so many were left out. From daily transactions, to the policy of a country, economics affects everyone's life and the sharp contrasts in its consequences create a fascinating journey to discover.