Eric's Beijing Diary

I took a cab to the Beijing Exhibition Hall this evening. I was there for the last showing of West Side Story. The cab driver dropped me off in front of the Hall, and the actual ticket sales office was some distance away. I was hounded by ticket scalpers, but it was clear from their tickets that they were trying to sell me tickets for the earlier performance that was almost over. A kind lady finally helped me to find the ticket office. The lowest price ticket they had left was 28O RMB about $35. Too rich for my blood. It's kinda awkward in China. Because China is a cash oriented society, the only way to get advance tickets is to make an advance trip to the theater or music hall. There are a few exceptions to this. Sometimes they do offer a delivery service to your place of business. In those situations, it is cash on delivery. Oh, well. The show probably wasn't that good, and I'd rather go to the coffee bar and read anyway.