Filming and editing are two separate things.
FWIW I have had a few short (~3-5 minute) videos (already filmed) professionally edited recently for very reasonable rates... executed within a day, and under 800/minute. Very happy with output quality and service.
I can give you the editor I used's contact details if you wish, send me a PM.
Shenzhen is awesome! So much going on. Everyone is from somewhere else so you don't get that 'lao difang ren' mentality with swearing, arguing on the street, spitting, day-long-mahjong, etc. It's a very young city. The sort of place you can literally make anything happen. A true city of opportunity.
No coverage so I thought to share. Yesterday morning on Hongshan Nan Lu near the intersection of Hongshan Dong Lu a man with a mental illness took an axe to the general public. Multiple people were seriously injured. Police turned up but were unable to constrain the attacker, and ultimately shot him.
Apparently the attacker was a Chinese man in his mid 30s.
I read an article recently, recalled some TM threads here and looked them up.
It seems sad that as an international organization supposedly fostering effective and professional communication they are unable to provide a current, geographically delineated list of clubs and events.
Hi Ronald,
You should get in touch with Jim Goodman, he has pictures of a lot of these that he took himself from the 1990s through early 2000s.
As far as older ones go, he has published a number of books on the province some of which almost certainly include older images which he could provide. (Likely including the one near Baoshan.)
I also have a collection of old Yunnan photographs and other imagery and could provide you with a French era (~1900) black and white of one in southeast Yunnan.
Jim's website which has his email: blackeagleflights.blogspot.hk/
Or just email me and I'll put you in touch with him. My email: walter at the domain name of the website pratyeka.org/
I have a few images of covered bridges from ~2001 onward, but also photographs of some old photos. Unfortunately they would take me a long time to dig up and I don't have time right now. I would suggest contacting the various prefectural museums for additional assistance (eg. Dali, Baoshan, Kunming, Jianshui, Mengzi/Honghe). There is also a private museum in Tengchong which would likely be of use.
A copy of the finished book would be appreciated.
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@nailer is being unfairly dismissed: they are certainly fallible. At one point they were well managed and the only game in town, and their outdoor bar had an interesting social vibe. Recently, none of these is the case (was given a bad bill to the tune of ~300% - no managers present and a subsequent complaint resulted in a less than ideal outcome, many more places are now open, and the outdoor bar is closed). Unless you are specifically seeking faux-Americana (often far better examples elsewhere) or two degrees removed faux-Mexicana, there's little reason to go there. How come French Cafe can serve a great sandwich for 24元 but Sals requires 50元 for a pretend-exoticized nibble? Certainly the business will continue, but the hey-dey is clearly gone. Romaniticizing the past aint gonna help. E-waste recycling by shipping (non carbon neutral) junk across the country? Puh-lease. Garbage processing people here recycle anyway! I applaud the ethical stance of one of the managers, but the place has frankly lost its mojo.
Hands down the best draft craft beer in Kunming. On top of that, very reasonable prices for food and other drinks (especially wine).
Called the number provided on a Friday at 2:15PM while a 10% discount was advertised "on Friday and Saturday" (listed in GoKunming specials).
A Chinese person answered the 'English' phone number in Mandarin then explained in broken English that you need to order 3 hours in advance. (Subtext: As their business is so slow)
Grumble. False advertising. Waste of time. Seems 100% Chinese run. Probably bad pizza.
The listing here is wrong! Teresa's are not defunct, they are just back to being one store instead of two stores on Wenlinjie now! They are still in business, still answer on this phone number, and are still delivering! Points for consistency, it's been years! As of right now, it's 68元 for the more toppings vegetarian at the largest size. They will do thin or thick crust. Yes, it's not to everyone's taste, but I always used to find adding dried chilli powder and some extra salt brought it up to tasty. Might go for a dash of Sichuan pepper oil to spice it up this time around. (You know you've been in China too long when...)
I also had a bad experience here recently.
Honestly, I wish them the best of luck, but I do think the staff are poorly managed and the owners have the wrong attitude and a clear lack of experience in service-oriented business. While the pizza is OK, everything else I have tried (including overnight stay) can be had cheaper and better elsewhere, and the pizza at Roccos is better in my opinion. The service has always fluctuated between acceptable to don't care.
Since they don't have their situation resolved yet, and it has been a few years, I have made the decision not to go there anymore or send anyone else. It's just not worth the hassle, given the crappy location (masked as private or lost). Better pizza with more quiet and privacy on Roccos' terraces.
Interview: Economic ecologist Yi Zhuangfang
发布者Great to see such an intelligent young person committed to bringing about positive changes in their environment despite the numerous challenges. Most people, even from the tiny subset receiving higher education in appropriate professions with a knowledge of Xishuangbanna's local languages, would simply give up in frustration.
There has been a very interesting group of biologists working on such projects in Xishuangbanna for over ten years now, largely German. They have been very persistent and those still with us must be proud to see the fruits of their labour passed on to the next generation, like Yi Zhuangfang.
On the other hand, unfortunately it looks like it's too late to save much of Xishuangbanna's forests from the greedy axe of capitalism, or indeed much of the Jinghong valley's rice growing land from speculatory Han construction projects.
Video: Homemade tofu
发布者Badass video.
Beijing moving to preserve Pu'er tea heritage
发布者PS. Which Buddhist Temple Complex in Jinggu?
Beijing moving to preserve Pu'er tea heritage
发布者I have no direct proof of a relationship, but it seems that these moves may be a direct or partial result of a recent French-Chinese diplomatic-level economic collaboration to promote French wines in China and Chinese tea in France. Basically, the Chinese government wants to support the wider promotion of expensive teas in a manner similar to high end wines in export markets.
Life after the boom – Yunnan's tin capital goes bust
发布者Gejiu Tin Museum (at the Gejiu Tin Company) is really quite good. They have some old imported computers that are super rare, as well as other historic tidbits.
There was a pretty interesting mountain biking store there a few years ago (2006), I even bought a bike there and rode it down to Xishuangbanna. It was just south of the lake.
For nearby tourism, you have Jianshui, Swallow Cave en-route, and Yuanyang to the south.
Road wise, the ride downhill to Nansha (lower Yuanyang) is a fantastic cycle. Certain tourism potential there, though at last check you had to ignore the tunnel police and pedal past them to get through to the new road down to the Red River. (I've done it twice; once during construction back in early 2002 and once in around 2005.)
They should make a decent museum out of the old train system as they were threatening to do a few years back ... Gejiu was one of two terminal stations of an offshoot of the turn of 20th century, French engineered, narrow-guage line that ran from Hanoi to Kunming.