I was at Shijiazhuang, provincial capital of Hebei, on my way back from visiting old Maoist-style communes in Shanxi provinces, when I saw the following fast-food chain. Aside from the obvious Lee namesake, doesn’t the picture remind you of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hisen Loong?

(Shijiazhuang, China)

(Shijiazhuang, China)

More on this trip coming up - heading to the villages in Shanxi proved interesting, as I caught a glimpse of how people outside of the major cities interpreted the Maoist legacy, saw gangsters extorting vendors, and stayed at a stranger’s house in a small city (he had a big Maoist poster in his room).