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Danmairen's User Profile

Date registered: Tuesday, 24th June 2008
Region: China

Latest Comments

  • Yunnan drought update
    Monday, 8th March 2010
    Cloud seeding is based on shaky science at best and claiming to have done it with (obvious) little result seems more like an attempt to get a couple of cheap points with the public. As to the ingenious Long-range-intelligent-fire-bla-bla-bla I am fairly certain that helicopters can do a much better, faster and safer job spreading fire repressing chemicals.
  • GoKunming New Year's Eve Preview
    Friday, 1st January 2010
    You're right, it does in fact make you sound like a party pooper.
  • China blogs: 1980s turkey, corruption show, Copenhagen, top lists
    Monday, 28th December 2009
    Love the turkey-story.
  • Third detainee this year dies in Kunming police custody
    Monday, 14th December 2009
    I get why many policeofficers won't make statements due to ongoing investigations coz "Xing was healthy before going into the interrogation waiting room. He went through some emotional changes during the interrogation, but no torture was used." sure sounds fishy.

    That said the more time I spend in China the less compassion I am willing to extend to thieves.
  • American fugitive and environmental activist sentenced to prison in Dali
    Monday, 30th November 2009
    drugdealing, arson, faked papers and known terrorist associations. Seems like a swell guy.

Latest Forum Posts

    Posted: Monday, 8th March 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > NY Times editorials on China's graduates
    Found this on the NY Times website. We've of course heard some of it before but there are some interesting views, news and statistics.

    http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/[...]
    Posted: Thursday, 18th February 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > Weather in kunming
    It's shorts'n' t-shirt weather from the middle of March untill November here. Last year's rainy season was mild with maybe 10 days of rain a month but that was supposedly an exeption. Anyway clothes is cheap here so don't bring too much of that though sizes are generally small to medium.
    Posted: Friday, 12th February 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Travel Yunnan > Malria in Yunnan?
    True that. Haven't heard of any of the foreigners I know here who's contracted malaria so far. I too heard before I came here that Kunming is malaria-country but it really isn't and anyway the medicine used for treatment here is cheap. A LOT cheaper than the tablets you need to take continously to avoid catching it.
    Posted: Saturday, 30th January 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > Buying external speakers for a laptop
    I bought a Hyuandai set with 2 speakers and a sub for 200. The sound is great value for money. Think I got it from Walmart or Carrefour. They both have a good selection in the mid-range.
    Posted: Saturday, 30th January 2010
    Posted in: Forums > Living in Kunming > Forest fire in the North
    If you are up for a scary/awesome sight and have access to a roof then the mountains to the north of Bei shi qu are on fire. It looks contained to 2 hills so hopefully noone will get hurt.
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