@misfit: I am happy you have found alternatives to GoK. Use them.

Sorry you disagree with a definition of what a forum is. Yeah, I'd say there is a lot of discussion on GoK. Some of it may not interest you. I agree that some topics get out of hand and others get hijacked. As for the hijacking, at times the first instance of off topic posting is a rant loaded with misinformation and begs rebuttal. Two wrongs don't make a right but hey, highly opinionated posts with bad info beg for a response. I hate perpetuating an off topic discussion, but opinions expressing falsehoods piss me off. I know responding is bending the rules.

I have no idea why GoK does not provide you with the information on movies and show times you want. That gross malfeasance and omission never bother me too much. Perhaps you can spend the time collecting the information and post it on GoK as a service for those that care.

Many events do occur in town and reports on GoK tend to be after the fact. Guess the answer is for you to mandate all event organizers be required to provide detailed information to GoK, in a timely manner, so all events can be listed. Somehow, I don't think GoK would mind if you contacted promoters and organizers of events and supplied GoK with the information.

I don't understand your objection to GoK being a commercial activity. How much are you willing to pay for the information you want? How much time are you willing to spend collecting the information?

GoK, in spite of your un-satisfaction, does provide a service at price that is very acceptable.

As for the bitching about all us weirdos that post here, remember a website's ability to attract revenue depends on how many hits it gets.

That is a good question. I have never found one. This site will answer questions, so they say:

onestop.globaltimes.cn/

Do you mean the municipality of Beijing or the central government of China?

In Beijing, the districts have a lot of departments and policies are not consistent one district to another.

Best way is to do a lot of searches. Clearly results depend on the search word(s) or phrases.

The next problem is finding gumbment websites that are updated and current.

Finally, no one seems to answer phones or emails. Contacting departments usually means a visit and guanxi really helps if you can get introduced.

'29 pages of nonsense,' certainly is a learned pronouncement after reading 3 pages. How can anyone argue with that? Especially weirdos.

May the almighty save us from crass commercialism. There must be a way to do business without adverts and information.

Frankly, I found GoK to be a resource. I could find useful information and if I could not find it I could ask. I learned a lot about Yunnan from this site and I appreciate it being here.

Here is the weirdo part: I pick and choose what I read, I blame no one else for what I read. Some times I conclude I have wasted a few minutes but I made the choice to read. The last thing I like to see is some clown deciding for me what is right, proper, necessary, wrong, weird, unnecessary and demanding everyone follow the clown's line of thinking. Yup, sometimes harmony sucks, but this is a forum. This is a place for discussion and there should be an expectation of disagreement. Such is the nature of ideas.

HaHa. That was funny