Forums > Living in Kunming > Anyone here gotten a Chinese Green Card? I have made my application (through marriage to a local). It remains a torturous and costly process. Once the application was finally completed I was told there was absolutely no guarantee it would be successful (processed in Beijing) and I would only hear back from them if it WAS successful (ie no notification if it failed). They estimated 10-12 months to process. My fingers are crossed, but, if I knew before I started what I know now, I don't think I would have tried for one.
Forums > Living in Kunming > yahoo dammit Yahoo Mail seems to be back now, even without a VeePeeN. I also had a day without being able to access it.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Wikipedia gone Seems Wiki in English has gone the same way as YouTube, Facebook etc
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48269608
Forums > Living in Kunming > Weechat english-language group for preschoolers Try "kunming with kids playgroup" on Wechat or
www.facebook.com/groups/kunmingwithkids/
Forums > Living in Kunming > Update on 'Ice boy' Thanks. It's all too easy sometimes to forget how much real poverty there is in parts of China.
Searching for green space in the Spring City: Xihua Park
发布者Looks worth a visit. Thank you. Nice article.
Yuxi-Mengzi: China's newest railway
发布者"Factory-scared hills" is a great typo!
Kunming ranks fifth nationally in expat poll
发布者Having been told I HAD to take part in this survey (for the second year running) and guided towards choosing Kunming as top in all categories I can assure the results are meaningless. Even if you have travelled to many of the alternative cities (as I have) it's unlikely you will have lived and worked in many of them, so commenting on local governmental attitudes to and services for expats is a nonsense. But hey, well done Kunming (I guess... 5th out of 10??)
Yunnan raises minimum wage
发布者... there are traffic laws??
Life after the boom – Yunnan's tin capital goes bust
发布者I have fond memories of my time in Gejiu and it's a shame to read of its gradual demise. There must be tourism possibilities. Trip down a mine, anyone?