I don't understand what "rumbled" means.
The US has used nukes and clearly both the US and Russia have the capability use them. Neither has actually threatened to use them.
I may be wrong but so far the only nation known to possess nukes and has threatened to use them is North Korea.
@Alien: "common knowledge" is a pretty lame excuse for defending a personal bias. Shall we descend into using jingoist propaganda to make points?
How bizarre can it get?
ESPN pulled sports announcer Robert Lee from working a college football game be cause ESPN feared his name would offend people. Statues of Confederate general Robert E Lee have been protested lately.
Sports announcer Robert Lee is Asian.
Where do you get "more than any other nation's?"
Are you just pulling it out of your posterior orifice?
The US is far from perfect but that doesn't license you to make stuff up when you really can't make a point.
@Alien: Could provide some support for your BS claims?
When has the US, any administration, claimed the right to dominate the world?
Where did you find information that the US maintains "the majority of the world's nuclear weapons?"
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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's Dulong minority, isolated no more
发布者Fascinating look at disappearing culture. A really frank report on the effects of the introduction of modern ideas and methods.
Thanks, good article.
George Forrest: Scotland's Qing-era plant hunter
发布者I read either a book or long article on Forrest and his work in the last year or two which was interesting. As my memory fades I can't locate it. Did find this story on an attempt to locate Forrest's grave.
www.rhododendron.org/v53n1p8.htm
Book Review: Xinjiang: A Traveler's Guide to Far West China
发布者This is a great book! Josh is a font of knowledge on Xinjiang and this book is useful. I spent a month there a few years back and found it to be one of the more pleasant travel destinations in China.
All but one of my Han Chinese friends warned me not to go to Xinjiang. My girl friend begged me not to go. Xinjiang is dirty and dangerous I was told and far too hot as well. But a Chinese teacher I worked with had spent a few years there told me to go. So I did.
I went in July and the weather was great. A little rain every day kept the temperatures down. Security did not seem to be a problem despite just about every male carrying a knife on his belt.
If I had "Xinjiang: A Traveler's Guide to Far West China" back then I would had a more interesting trip.
Climbing Away: Liming
发布者Sounds like a great trip even if you don't climb. Wish I was still healthy.
Go before it gets "developed."
Mike Dobie's blog:
mikedobie.tumblr.com/
Burmese soldiers reportedly killed near Chinese border
发布者I can recommend a recent book on China which has a section on Yunnan. by David Eimer, "The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China." Kindle Edition.
Mentions the Kokang. Section on Xinjiang and Uighurs is excellent.