I vaguely remember a Douglas Adams story where he said the biggest trouble with time travel was tourists. Setting up the tourist infrastructure made all times alike and got rid of any reason to go there.
I kind of feel that way bout China. I was there in 1989 and it was DIFFERENT and FASCINATING. When I go there now, it is just like everyplace else. (i.e gentrifieD).
@rrb @StillIRise1963 I visited Guangzhou close to twenty years ago. It was very cool because it was in no way catering to Westerners like me. I wonder what it's like now. So much money for development. And you know what Cyndi Lauper said about money: "Money changes everything."