To Jonathan Ming Ren Liu, assistant president of America Asia Travel Center, the recent Chinese stock market crash is just a distant story on his television.
On a recent weekday morning, five buses roar to life behind the travel agency's Monterey Park office as more than 200 Chinese tourists line up to board, bound for places including Disneyland, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. The next day, the agency is expecting more than 600 riders.
In the weeks after China's main stock index lost $3 trillion — nearly a third of its value — investors around the world braced for an economic earthquake.