Crazy stuff. Old lady so fascinated by a paper napkin with flowers stamped on it that she doesn't want to use it because she thinks that somebody laboriously stitched the flower pattern on it. People eating cheesecake with chopsticks. A wedding party held there because American fast food is so...exotic!
Well I thought it was interesting. Even though the premise of the short story was evidently to show the "evils" of capitalism imposed on a socialist society, it is clear that fast food fried chicken is a major step up for most of the Chinese people featured in this story.
I have a new goal for the weekend.