@neddy: BTW, 12 years ago, if a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle, the pedestrian was responsible, by law, for any damage to the vehicle.
I think the original law reflected the days when autos were either state owned or owned by power and wealthy people. In the run up to the 2008 Olympics the law was changed.
@neddy: When you say Chinese break their own laws because it is their culture to do so, you insult the vast majority of Chinese. When you say ignoring petty laws makes sense, you insult where ever you come from.
Some of us have been visiting or lived in China for many years. In my case it is more than 30 years since I first came into China and I lived in China for 12 years. As HFCAMPO says, China is improving.
Spitting, urinating and defecating in the streets, ignoring traffic laws, are habits that are changing albeit, slowly.
Defending and calling culture unsanitary or dangerous behavior, especially when they violate Chinese law demonstrates your inability to recognize that not all Chinese behave this way. Most educated urban Chinese would fit nicely in any city in the world and do.
Ignorant foreigners, new to China, become instant apologists for what they mistake as culture. They do so before they fully understand the Chinese and Chinese culture.
I love China and enjoyed living there but it can be pretty rude and even ugly from time to time. Stop being so judgmental of experienced 老外。I have noticed judgmental 老外 don't last.
Practice English, sell you something, investments you can make...
Define "tunnel vision"
In a word: religion
God forbid people think, question, innovate, change and be different.
Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship the God of Abraham. God gave them Ten Commandments. Yet in the corpus of these great religions exist thousands, if not tens of thousands, of rules.
Written by men, these additional rules are said to be inspired by God. Yet these man made rules allow, condone, or even mandate slavery, persecution and killing of people often in the name of God.
Thus sayeth the omnipotent, benevolent, just and loving God.
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Good for quality, but pricey, hand tools.
Be aware they will push whatever they are selling. Some of the staff have no idea about the technical side of appliances.
I went there to buy a stove. I repeatedly told them I would be using bottled gas. They sold me a stove. When I went to my local gas guy, I learned there are at least three kinds of gas sold. Luckily, B&Q did not deliver as promised. I went back to the store and discovered they had sold me a stove they needed to be hooked up to the gas main. I got my money back.
The sales lady was almost in tears, 没有问题！I don't know if it a safety or design issue, but I would think B&Q would know and care.
Last week had an 8:45am flight.
Subway starts at 9am. I have no idea where to catch an airport express bus. Eight taxis refused to go to the airport. After almost an hour standing on Beijing Lu took a black taxi, this dude drives slower than my mother, 120 yuan.
Flight back was delayed so I learned the subway stops running at 6:10pm.
Getting a taxi back was easy, more taxis than customers. Taxi was 87 yuan including 1o yuan toll, airport to Beichen area. Yes, he took a longer route than necessary.
Kunming imagines being a gateway for international travelers. New airport but hard to get to and from it.
World Class Airport, NOT!
Tonight "Peacock", a performance by Yang Liping (杨丽萍), to begin her world tour, 8pm, 100-1680 yuan at Yunna Haigeng Auditorium.
Saw this lady perform at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, in California, in 1995. Quite a good and interesting show.
I'm going to try to make it.
Not so good. Kimchi had a very sour taste. Other food was nothing to brag about. I don't think I would go back.
This bus station is not located as indicated. It is further North!
Yunnan appoints Hubei heavyweight as governor
发布者@Dazzer +1
Book Review: Travels through Dali with a leg of ham
发布者This is a pretty good book. I got my kindle version ($10.99 USD) a month ago. Scally's review pegs it well.
Yunlong ham is salt cured. In fact, Zhang Mei takes you to the salt villages where you learn how salt is mined. Then the curing process is explained. It is interesting and well written.
Zhang's husband, John Pomfret, has written a couple of books on China as well.
Wenshan politician, shamed for denigrating Miao, issues apology
发布者How little Han attitudes toward other cultures have changed. In 1407 - 1428, the Ming re-conquest of Dai Viet (Vietnam) was militarily harsh and the imposition of direct political rule and cultural assimilation all too real. Upon arriving, the "Ming burned Dai Viet books in an attempt to reset the Vietnamese clock to Chinese imperial time. Scores of Chinese bureaucrats debarked to run the province, pushing local leaders out of the way and scorning 'barbarian' customs as they did so."
Goscha, Christopher. Vietnam: A New History. Basic Books. 2016
No end in sight for Xuefu Lu traffic upheaval
发布者Renminnanlu? 在哪里?
Friction of terrain: Cycling through Zomia (part V)
发布者Thanks for this series.
Zomia is indeed being sliced and diced. For centuries, people have lived out their lives close to the land with success.
Now progress intrudes and a way of life disappears. Money replaces barter, electricity flows and folk are pushed aside. Cheap power and lights for China but little for people of Zomia.