• New Concept Training School
• Dune Cafe
• Empire Foreign Language School
• Chicago Coffee
• Kunming Yu-Cong Enterprise Management Company
• China Highlights
• Keats School
• IC Holiday Serviced Apartments
• Ganesh Bar & Restaurant
• Bakery 88
• Sandra's
• Tenwest Mandarin School
• Chapter One
• The Box
• JKH Design
• Huiying Dental Clinic
• Heqi Serviced Office Provider
• Salvador's Coffee House

Latest Comments

• • April 17, 2010
  • Kunming taxi fleet behind the times
    

    @Me2:

    Yes, I agree with you completely.

    Rush hour is the best time for the shift change, because that's when demand for taxis is high.

• • November 12, 2009
  • Obituary: Arun Veembur
    

    I won't say any more that danmairen, I feel the same way. Arun was so full of life, I can't believe he's gone. I will miss him very much.

    Please keep us updated on any arrangements or events that we can participate in to say our goodbyes and remember the good times we had with Arun.

    Condolences to all his friends and family

• • December 25, 2008
  • Kunming stunned by cafe bombing
    

    Hey guys, some of the comments from people's mothers woke me up a bit. no matter the cause or outcome, i want to do my part to wish the best to everyone who was involved.

    really, best to all if you, hope you can talk to your family in these days... wish you the very best.

    Phil

• • December 24, 2008
  • Kunming stunned by cafe bombing
    

    and add the fact that:

    "We have spoken with Salvador's co-owner Colin Flahive several times since the explosion and he has confirmed that the explosion was set off by a man who had entered the restaurant with an explosive device."

• • December 24, 2008
  • Kunming stunned by cafe bombing
    

    @Matthew: The latest report I can find is at kunming.cn, posted at 14:47. Do you have anything later?

    http://news.kunming.cn/[...]

Latest Forum Posts

• • March 31, 2010
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Suggestions to reduce friction between Public Security and Immigrant Population
    

    It's good to see posts like this.

    I don't really have any answers, but this is the problem as I see it: there isn't really any hard-and-fast enforcement on nearly any "petty" crime. If you embezzle money or sell drugs, you may face some very severe consequences. If you sell fried potatoes on a piece of street that is off-limits, well, you never know where you stand. Some police will ticket you, but some will buy from you. You aren't sending a clear message at all.

    It seems to me that the administration of the chengguan are making a typical but fatal "parenting" mistake. The idea is: make reasonable rules with reasonable punishments, and then enforce them without exception. Some parents never make rules. Then how will your child know what is acceptable and what not? Some make rules that are too strict and then feel bad about levying punishments. Then your rules mean nothing. Some make reasonable rules but either don't dictate punishments early on. Sometimes the punishment is too light and sometimes to harsh, leading to the child losing respect for you. (Not saying citizens are the children of the government - just talking about relations between authority figures and those who are expected to follow their rules.)

    To me it seems that this kind of thing is happening. Sometimes the police will buy the fried potatoes, blurring the lines for the seller. The next policeman who walks up may overturn the cart, knowing that he'll be protected by the higher-ups.

    I think that reasonable lawmaking supported by accountable enforcement (of the actions of both parties) would go a long way.

    I'm gonna hold my breath until the government says I can have my fried potatoes!

• • March 24, 2010
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Any last words to Google? 88...
    

    What I want to know is:

    Will gmail be accessible???

    Anybody else know for sure? I looked around and couldn't find a place to contact gmail directly...

• • February 25, 2010
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Just had an earthquake....12 57
    

    I felt it. I live up north on the 23rd floor. The doors in my apartment were swaying back and forth for about 30 seconds.

• • February 25, 2010
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > BRAND NEW \ UNLOCKED iphone for sale
    

    wow.

• • February 13, 2010
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > BRAND NEW \ UNLOCKED iphone for sale
    

    if you were actually french, you'd have at least a grasp of definite/indefinite articles and usage of the comma and apostrophe.

    i'm not saying you're chinese, but you aren't western.