If you do not come, and if I do not hear from you, then I shall know that you could never be happy so far from the people and the country which you love.

But Martelly jokes, "He's global and I'm local."

For those who are too uneasy about themselves, their native land is the one that negates them.

What we have now is perhaps just a "cosmopolitan" city with little feelings for the past and cultural foundation.

The less-traveled roads offer the chance to experience a more local China and see stunning scenery that has inspired artists and attracted vacationers for centuries.