I'm slightly surprised by the language used by the Americans here. I am aware that the US can be a bit more brutal than Europe when it comes to crime, but is it really like this? Do the other Americans feel it's a "kill-or-be-killed" world as well? I know we are kinda sheltered in northern Europe, but really?
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Laotou,, I'm slightly worried on your behalf :) I would do everything to walk away if something happened on the street but I'm thinking more like encountering robbers or burglars at home, where you might not really have any options. It's not that I generally don't feel safe around here -apart from in traffic- but if someone would abduct a migrant worker for her 500 kuai, stab her eyes and hold her for ransom for 1 wan, I can't help wondering if it isn't a real posibility that these kinds of people would follow a foreigner home to see where he lives or try to get their hands on his loved ones. Yes, I am being slightly paranoid about this I know, but I have a wife now, and a baby on the way so I just can't help wondering what I'd do in that situation.
Now I can't imagine having a bat at home is against the law, but I am still not sure about carrying a small canister of mace around, which I feel would be ideal for fending off an attacker in a non-lethal way. Anyone?
I feel like chipping in with something that MIGHT make all of this disappear, since you said she has been told she can't have another baby after getting an abortion. This might be some superstitious and/or uninformed information she's been fed by nongmin relatives, stupid friends or she's misunderstood the doctor. I'm guessing unless you guys are going to shack up and live happily ever after, the best thing for everyone in this mess is for her to get the abortion, and if she's been misinformed or is acting on it, it definitely might be worth looking into this option. As far as I know -especially in China with the largest number of abortions a year by FAR- if you go to the right place, the risk of ending up infertile is miniscule.
Yuan. I think I'd prefer a baseball bat to a cleaver as in incapacitate insted of murdering someone.
I know some foreigners who carry mace around. Legal? A small canister would probably be preferable to more lethal weapons.
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The comment from Chris had deserved a wider audience. Beluga?
Went there yesterday and it totally made my week. Nice decor and friendly staff and a real salad bar. Sadly we both wanted mexican food so I can't really say much about their other courses. The food was great but just a tad spicier would have improved the dish. The best thing was that we almost had the place to ourselves and we could have a quiet conversation without shouting, spitting Chinese people in the background. I realised how much I had missed that since coming here.
We went to Chicago Coffee a couple of days ago and it was a nice experience. The place is cozy with soft comfy chairs (I realized how much I have missed one since coming here) and they have a nice little collection of English language books in the corner consisting mainly of classics and travel litterature. I was looking forward to trying their advertized tortilla bar but it wasn't up and running that evening.
Instead we went for 2 12 inch pizzas -roast chicken and pepperoni- but we quickly realized that 1 would have been enough. Those things are heavy. I am mainly into Italian style pizza but Chicago's double layered pizzas are well worth a try. Their coffee seems to be a bit on the expensive side but people say good things about it and they have got a nice selection. I wouldn't mind dropping by again some day,, hopefully when they've got the tortilla thing going. English speaking staff btw.
Yunnan news roundup
发布者I assume this test only involved a very limited amount of traffic since the North-South traffic in Kunming today was worse than imaginable. Cool that the IMAX is ready to go. They are awesome.
Yunnan news roundup
发布者260 yuan?! Ridiculous.
I've had a phone stolen in 61 myself. Kinda had me reconsider my previous stand on people beating up thieves. I don't know how to spot all the kinds of thieves but I am getting better at it. The more pro kind usually work in pairs. They are probably somewhere between 18 and 25 yo and never wear a bag. They usually try to blend in with darkish casual clothes. Be aware if you see two guys waiting for the bus who clearly know eachother but when they enter one goes to the back and the other stays at the front.
I'd love to see you punch one of those guys if you detect them but the Chinese say that most of them carry knives so it might be better to play it cool. Anyway you never know if the thief has a partner in the bus who is prepared to help him (the main reason he is there is to create confusion and loudly vouch for a detected partner in crime - just enough to have time for the bus to reach the next stop).
Another kind my gf has encountered a couple of times is the single elderly man or woman with one arm covered by a jacket. They'll move close to you and try to fish something out of your bag or pockets with the hidden hand, pretending to have bumped into you by mistake if discovered.
Kunming's chengguan suffering image problems
发布者Although the way the chengguan are going about their business can sometimes be questionable they actually have important work to do. Who are we to say that there should be no regulations for streetvendors and snacksellers and no reinforcement of the law? There are hundreds -if not thousands- of streets in Kunming designated for late night street food but one of the problems is that the popular streets get filled up completely and no cars (and hence no emergency vehicles) can pass. That's not even mentioning the "quality" of the food that the amount of competition just keeps lowering.
We all know that a law not enforced here in China is no law at all so lets get a more qualified and well trained cheng guan to get things rolling.
Hu visits Yunnan stressing importance of ethnic unity
发布者"While in Yao'an, Hu inspected rubble from this month's earthquake. Hu agreed that it was in fact rubble thereby ending a week long standoff between rubble supporters and rubble deniers in the area."
Kunming warily hosting postponed academic conference
发布者They have recently tightened up the rules for in which hotels foreigners can stay as well. I actually ran into a psb officer at one of the hotels I tried to book at. He said the tightening of procedures were to protect us mentioning Xinjiang and Uighurs and stuff like that.