Better to be free than comfortable in captivity

We took our 3-year-old son to one of the nation's biggest aquariums at Beijing Zoo on Sunday. It was amazing to see all the marine life, however, I have mixed feelings about the place and I hope my son will understand one day.

Instead of the informative and educational place I had expected, the aquarium looked to me more like an amusement park focusing on making money from eager parents.

Almost all the visitors were parents with toddlers or teenage children. The aquarium wasted no time or space in encouraging the parents to keep spending.