Yet you invite direct, serious judgments of life the US knowing full well that this means a one sided conversation without comparisons. Your topics seek to promote criticism of Westerner, Americans in particular, and I wonder why.

What do you think of a discussion of the Hukuo System? Its history, origin and effectiveness. What role does it play in contemporary Chinese society? In light of China's drive to urbanization, does the Hukou System result in uneducated, low cost workers and save social costs as claimed by some in the Chinese medial?

But it is your 五毛.

Alien, have you ever been to the US? Is your knowledge of US life first hand?

This is other sensitive topics you are proposing. I am confident most expats understand any frank discussion of western (US) lifestyle would involve comparisons and judgments and ought to be avoided in public forums.

But then you have the right to input your 五毛.

For years I have been getting news from Yunnan from google news. Today up popped a Beijinger article: In and Out (Yunnan): Diverse Cuisine with an Authentic Ethnic Flair. As a meat eating lover of horrible American burgers and thinking In-N-Out Burger was coming to Kunming I clicked. Turns out it is purported Yunnan cuisine in Sanlitun.

This place has an interesting deal: "On Mondays, the restaurant has a unique promotion where customers can get 50 percent off the bill – provided they seal their mobile phones into a box that remains untouched for the duration of the meal." Hmmm... maybe a restaurant called "Mobile in the Box" would work.

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I have no doubt that speaking ideas and opinions directly in opposition to government policy is unwise.

Thanks for the reminder. You are right. This topic has nothing to do with Kunming and is far too sensitive for debate here.