If you wonder why I haven't updated my blog for almost half a month, I've been traveling in China and revisited two of China's most important cities--Shanghai and Beijing. On top of touring the spectacular plastic "water cube" Olympics Aquatics Center and traditional hotspots, I tried to capture the day-to-day lives of the 17 million residents in Beijing and 18.5 million in Shanghai, of course, with more or less of a plastics angle. I'll share my experience in the next few weeks. Now, I need to get ready for the Chinaplas show, Asia's largest event for the plastics industry. Chinaplas officially kicks off on April 17 with a few international conferences scheduled prior to and after the show.