I went yesterday and processing was easy, but apparently the office of printing passports is closed because of covid now and they are not sure when I can get my new passport. There is a good chance I will need to use an emergency passport that is only good for one year while I wait for my new passport to arrive. My advice would be to either call (8628) 85583992 to contact the general consulate or email them at amcitchengdu@state.gov for the most reliable information available. Furthermore, if you are looking for a place to stay the night when you go, expect most foreigner friendly hotels to turn you down. Even if you go to the local police station, get a document saying it is OK to stay there, and going back with the stamped document, having the police call and talk to them, they will still say no with a bunch of inaccurate excuses that conflict each other, leading to an immeasurable amount of frustration. However, Sandals Guesthouse, 拖板鞋客栈，about 3.5 KM from the consulate and quite cozy will be cool and reasonable, so go ahead and book there.
The Lahu people: Yunnan's 'tiger-eaters'
发布者Awesome article, the Lahu are as diverse as they are fascinating and I have never had an opportunity to know more about Lahu outside of the 边三县 region. I feel like there are many characteristics of these Lahu that almost seem very Miaoesque, at least in clothing. Thanks Jim for an awesome article!
Accidentally celebrating the end of Buddhist Lent in Laos
发布者@Leo27, good suggestion brotha man, I'll do that. So after what had already surpassed what would be considered the healthy serving portion of laolao, I think I finally said that I wanted to get us some Beer Laos! So we came back with a box of large bottles and in an effort to be cool, I thought it would be a wise idea to open the first bottle of beer laos with my phone, cracking the screen internally rendering it unusable. Way to go me.
Princeton students discover life in Chinese countryside
发布者I reckon it would be useful to be more specific about what prefecture and county 邦东 is in....judging from the pictures it looks very Lincang/Puerish
Kunming neighborhoods face water rationing
发布者I would agree with Mr. Woodswoods and also argue that water reductions and outages should be city wide and not restricted to what seems to be the largest common people(老百姓) neighborhoods in the city.
Pu'er to establish elephant feeding ground
发布者@scally,
I'd be careful of how much information you provide to this Matt character. Lots of hunters from Georgia and I wouldn't be surprised if he was planning on using this as an opportunity to get in the ivory trade. Shame on you Georgia Matt!