Editor's note: Our Canadian forum reader, known as Shark Minnow, makes a list of many positive changes he has witnessed since 2002, after traveling to numerous provinces and regions in China. Do you agree? You're welcome to leave your comments.
1. Successful anti-corruption clampdowns at high levels
2. Relaxing of one-child policy
3. Closure of laogai, known as "re-education through labor"system
4. Establishment of BRICS/more global influence
5. Anti-smoking campaigns
6. Continued development of Western China
7. Expansion of the middle class
8. More developed infrastructure
9. More convenient transportation, such as subways/high speed rail/airports
10. More cosmopolitan in major cities
