@JanJal
I was at Haidong wetland park 2 days ago, and there were many people walking in the shallow waters. Imagine if the water was clean, what a wonderful place it would be to swim, fish, windsurf, sail. It's a shame that it was allowed to get so bad, but I'm pleased to see the government making real efforts to clean it up. It's going to take time, but it's getting better every day.
The last 2.6 million years is known as the Quaternary (or The Ice Age) and is characterised by ice. Until there is almost no year round ice, we are still in the Ice Age. The Quaternary has been characterised by colder and warmer glacial and interglacial periods. The last 11,700 years has been a warmer interglacial period
known as the Holocene. However there are still huge amounts of year-round ice at both poles and at high altitudes all over the world. The debate among quaternary scientists is whether or not to designate the Anthropocene (the last 200 years or so since industrial development started) an official separate period from the Holocene. It is difficult, without tens of thousands of years of hindsight, to tell whether the recent violent changes in climate are going to be the beginning of the end of the ice age, or whether the upcoming cooler period glacial will brush aside our attempts to warm the planet. Probably none of us will live to find out.
congrats JanJal
sharia is only for muslims and some muslim countries, so dont worry. all you have to do is not convert and not live in saudi or similar countries
Geezer, have you ever seen a religious patrol? I used to live in Rusholme Manchester, one of the most Muslim areas of the UK. I never saw or heard about a religious patrol. Sounds like Daily Mail/Express nonsense to me. Even if it has happened, it's not a big deal if people are free to ignore them/ give them dog's abuse.
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a very pleasant park with a tall pagoda you can climb and take photos of the city if you wish. Roses in summer, blossom in spring, nice lawn to sit on, bbq areas.
Recently the food seems to be better. Decent steak at a decent price, decent pizza, some decent wine, and the music is more suitable these days (Rammenstein wasn't the right mood music for Cantina)!
Had lunch - grilled chicken on top of mashed cuttlefish and a salad. The chicken was tasty and well cooked, and there was plenty of meat/fish to fill up even a hungry person. The salad was overdressed and nothing special - I won't order one next time. The service is a decent imitation of what you might find in the west. A large menu of food and drink. A nice civilised place to go for food or drink, but some of the dishes (i.e. the steaks) are very pricey. You could easily spend 300rmb+ per person here. Equally, it is possible to have lunch for under 60rmb per person (as we did). Warning - the bottle of water on each table costs an eye watering 48rmb! Don't be a sucker by opening it!
Went for a spot of lunch. Best pizza I've had in Kunming by some distance. In fact, one of the best pizzas I've ever had - quality ingredients, thin base, cooked to perfection. Sashimi salmon tasted very fresh and was well presented. The drinks are expensive, and one of the waiters was letting the side down by being a bit scruffy and impolite (hence not 5 stars), but definitely go and try the pizza.
Not bad. Pizza base was a little thick for my taste. Great selection of craft beers in the fridge, a few beers on tap, and well priced mixed drinks and cocktails. Staff were pleasant. A 14" pizza is the perfect size for two people, and very reasonably priced at 45-70RMB. Beware that the English menu, whilst written in perfect English, is not necessarily accurate. I ordered the 'local one' pizza expecting pepperoni and mango but got neither. The waitress explained that was a mistake on the menu. Would be nice if the menu corresponded with what you get on the plate! Hopefully this will get sorted.
Bear attacks increasing in northeast Yunnan
发布者bloody Chinese medicine. It should be illegal to prescribe any substance taken from a wild animal, with long jail sentences for those who persist in doing so. For endangered animals the sentences should be even longer.
Gulls arrival in Kunming warrants special treatment
发布者If they think that a bit of chlorine is going to prevent bird flu, they are very naive. People are also very naive to deliberately come into contact with these birds through feeding them etc, though I have to say their naivety is quite endearing.
Report: Domestic violence claims rising in Yunnan
发布者It's good that they are aware of the issue and trying to give help to women and children in need.
Seems from this article that China is basically a set of united states, each with their own laws and differing interpretations of national laws.
BTW Alien, Sweden very much sees prostitution as a form of violence against women. Only the customers are treated as perpetrators. Not sure how far I agree with this perspective, but I definitely see where they are coming from.
In China I frequently see women hitting or kicking men in public, perhaps there should be a a service for abused men too!
Recipe: Eight Treasures Chicken
发布者and only 23 ingredients!
Child trafficking ring uncovered in Yunnan
发布者So they are going to try to give them back to their parents who didn't want them or felt they were too poor to give them a good life? Everybody suffers in this scenario - the kids grow up either with parents who don't want them or as orphans, the parents get shamed by their community, and the traffickers do long prison sentences, when actually they were just profiting from providing a service that there is clearly a big demand for. Clearly legal adoption needs to be made quicker and easier for parents who can't have their own children but who really want them so that desperate wannabe parents don't resort to buying kids on the black market.