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- conservationist
  May 21, 2013
- Inside a pu'er tea factory
  I agree. Most interesting. We see the tea cakes everywhere, but have no idea — or not much of one — about how they are produced. I'd like to see a follow-up article to this, however, about different types of tea and how puer was developed and why and how it compares.
- scally
  May 20, 2013
- Giveaway: Nie Er Symphony Orchestra
  We have our winners! Congratulations to Jake, Dan and Shlomi. We still have two pairs of tickets to give away. Visit our Facebook page for an opportunity to win:
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- Chingis
  May 20, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  "...when Diaoyu Island is possessed by Japanese"
  You need to take that up with the Qing dynasty man, not the CCP
- Stathis
  May 19, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Young people are forgetting their history...right, how could i forget those history i have learned for more than ten years. It seems some people are really blamed young generation for being "foreign-oriented". It's like exposing badness to the other countries means young people don't love this country anymore. We young people do this because we are oppressed since going to the kindergarten. We can't go to a demonstration when the Olympic torch is grabbed, when those innocent sailor got killed on the Mekong River, when Diaoyu Island is possessed by Japanese... We can't do nothing but watch the gov saying:"We are always trying to settle disputes peacefully...".
  Yeah, young people are lost. Do u know why? We do not dare to protest until our ordinary life is threatened.
  About Marxism, Ian Fu, what China are doing now is really what Marx has said. You know much better than me.
- dtedheshi
  May 19, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  I was at the protest and the police presence was pretty damn intimidating. However, the people were undeterred, even though the actual AMOUNT of people was quite disappointing. The government's measures to reduce the level of participation worked pretty well. The energy from the small crowd, however was really great. I did not participate for several obvious reasons, yet I was photographed a bunch and those pix ended up all over the internets. I'll let the foreign community know of the repurcussions...
  I agree many many of the recent posts about the midguidedness of the protests. I think its possible that the Kunming populace could keep the factory in check regarding safeguarding the environment, so its better to for it to be constructed here. If its out in some rural area, there will be a less-educated populace with no power to make sure the factory is run according to environmental regulations. Local officials in more rural areas are easier to corrupt and there's a lot less press.
  I'm a KM resident, my wife and I own a business here and I love this city, but I think there are much much much more pressing issues to demonstrate against in this country than the construction of a factory nearby.
- bluppfisk
  May 19, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  it's not as much about PX as about the quality standard of the plant. China is notorious for corner-cutting resulting in rattling structures. You don't want a rattling chemical plant in your back yard.
- abcdabcd
  May 19, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  and ironically, there's a protest in shandong going on at the moment. they want the proposed chemical plant there moved to yunnan.
- yiyannanjin
  May 19, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Modern life demands complex chemistry and technology. Business demands profits. The further the profit is from the site of production and the drones who labour, the greater the indifference to environmental disasters. Add in the layers of chinese corruption and it is no wonder a chinese person does not want an industrial process any where near their city. Pollution, profit and poisonous futures are the short term outcomes that precede quality of life, sense of shared responsibility and effective regulation. But only when people can make their voices heard !!!
- Liumingke1234
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  That's an excellent idea!
- jessica0081
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Actually, there's people organized to protest again on June 6th. at the International conference and exhibition center with banner and mask, same day with the opening of South Asia Expo, try to draw attention to prime minister Li Keqiang and foreign press.
- abcdabcd
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  I have a better idea. Rather than take part in silly protests and hold the unethical view that it's ok for other people to suffer the ill effects of the pollution we create by moving the oil refineries and chemical plants to their back yards or blame the govt for everything, let's figure out how to stop polluting.
- Liumingke1234
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Right! As long as I live in Yunnan, I agree with them. Ha..ha.
- abcdabcd
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Yes, they don't want it in yunnan and want it go somewhere else so it becomes someone else's problem.
- Liumingke1234
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  I think the point of it all is that they do not want it in Yunnan. Why? Because China has a bad record of pollution and cleaning it up. Look at the Dianchi lake and how they are failing to clean it up and how long it's going to take. If the new plant was to have a disaster they feel that China couldn't handle it in a timely manner. With all the corruption, I tend to agree. I hope they decide to go somewhere else.
- Pierre
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Mmmhhh... Glass bottles. Now we're talking carbon footprint!
- cloudtrapezer
  May 18, 2013
- Interview: Mr Chelonian
  Maybe try a more free and easy style for interviews? Break out of the Q: A: formula?
- cloudtrapezer
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Real Nimbys drink Perrier water.
- abcdabcd
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Plastic Planet
  www.rottentomatoes.com/m/plastic-planet/
- Pierre
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  Yeah, it's not only the carbon footprint.
  Let's ask Alex directly: Look around where you are right now... Can you see an outdoor jacket? Maybe a backpack? Or how about a PET bottle? Maybe you just had a sip of coke, iced tea, green tea, Fanta, water? Do you see any of these items?
  I'd say yes. Am I right? If so, I urge you to throw these out immediately as they are made out of PX. Yeah, that's right. When you manufacturer polyester you start with PX. Then you add oxygen to it after that you combined it with an alcohol and voilá, you have plastic.
  So, I believe maybe you should rethink your position about PX or throw out everything made out, or containing polyester. Should I sum up some items which you cannot use anymore?
  Or is it just the NIMBY problem? Google it and you know what I mean.
- abcdabcd
  May 18, 2013
- Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
  yeah, 'they'.
  i love it how people blame all the pollution problems on 'they'/'them'.
  i have a simple question i'd like to ask everyone protesting. what's your carbon footprint?

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