One of the greatest treasures that we took home from our first two years in China was the ability to laugh. Looking at life in China from the viewpoints of outsiders, there was so much that brought us laughter just as this scene did during our first two weeks in Changzhou in 2006. For us, this was part of our answer to feeling more comfortable with a culture that was so different and for our longing for the familiarity of home, family and friends. For us and for many other expats, China became the land of the great silly. For the local people, these scenes were part of normal life, a life that would be missed when and if life offered them the opportunity to live and work in the foreign western world.