I have no idea either. Paid the school, gave them my passport and a couple of weeks later I got it back with the new visa in it. Worked the same way when I was teaching. I am sure there is more to getting a visa than my part was.
Anyway, someone will be on duty at the school who can help for a few hours each week. Just got to find out who and when.
I took "my friend is studying at the university" to mean she is on a student visa. The school should handle the new student visa paperwork.
Maybe she didn't tell the school she would be a returning student. Kinda hard to help the clueless/helpless.
Try to be a little specific. You say "at the university," like there is only one university in town. You say "the Visa department" which is probably means nothing to anyone here. If you mean the university office that handles visa applications then you should know what the visa process entails.
China is extremely bureaucratic and if you wander into some office, somewhere, and ask unintelligent questions of bored, uncaring people who resent working while most of the school is on holiday, you will get answers that amount to "No."
"No" means, "Go away and bother someone else." At most universities staff might work only mornings or only certain days during holiday.
My question is why wait until time is short to do visa stuff? Think! Learn! Prepare! Be proactive when it comes to maintaining legal status in China, or, just be the victim of self imposed ignorance.
Paul's yes, Jack's not a clue...
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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
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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.