A friend is in China right now.

I spent some time on the phone with him the other day, as he wandered around the city where he's working.

It was Sunday there, most people's day off, and he was amazed at how many people were out in the public parks, playing chess and go, kids on the playground equipment. inter-generational interaction.

His impression was that China has a much higher level of people randomly interacting with other's IRL than here in the US.