chen bin likes to relax by playing badminton with friends twice a week.tai chi, table-tennis, and badminton are all popular in china. but people meet privately to pursue their pastimes because there are few organized activities. chen drives back home in his suv, a "hover" model built by the chinese automaker "great wall." chen has lots of material possessions, but he misses the social cohesion of the old days. something, i'd just go over to a neighbor's house and borrow it -- and they'd do the same with me. it was a real community. but today, i don't know anything about my neighbors. i don't even know what they do for a living. residential district in the beijing suburbs. nearby. zhao enjoys buying fresh produce here. she stocks up on greens. she and chen are having a few of their friends over for dinner. rather buy at a supermarket she trusts. many chinese like to go out to a restaurant for dinner, but zhao and chen prefer to entertain at home. it's more personal. they're even serving pizza because their friends aren't that familiar with western food. th