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Forums > Living in Kunming > laowai stats

Your assessment may be correct, lemon.

The crisis involving Rohingya refugees have dominated so much of the news headlines, many may have overlooked the plight of other ethnicity groups entrenched in Myanmar's Kachin conflicts resulting in tens of thousands of Burmese asylum seeking refugees to traverse into Yunnan in years past. If the case, the influx of Kachin refugees in Yunnan may have been included in the 2020 census, notwithstanding their obscure, legal status.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Meat thermometer and other kitchen utilities

Perhaps a pack of hungry tigers would prefer to devour it raw as the main feast, lol. Moreover, raw pork may not sit well with Chinese families given recent scare of African swine fever outbreak.

Shouldn't elevation & pressure variables be plugged into that equation? Our 1,900m above sea level ought to increase temp or lengthen the cooking time a bit, no?

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Meat thermometer and other kitchen utilities

Nope, no thermometer in stock at Carrefour nor Muji.

The cheaper "Carrefour Home" utensil brand is giving Fackelmann run for their money.

Good luck with that x'mas ham! Remember, imperfect family TLC time is more valuable than perfect tenderness of ham.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Meat thermometer and other kitchen utilities

Carrefour has a bunch of Fackelmann kitchen utensils.

Last minute reminder... this morning 10am at Carrefour and Muji is the last day of 60 minus 30rmb via Unionpay using SamsungPay, ApplePay, HuaweiPay, MiPay, and/or MeizuPay.

I'll be going to battle with antsy shoppers in two hours. I'll keep an eye out for meat thermometers.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Francois - Yunnanfu 1900

Incredible share @Peter! Almost 1,000 posts. Hope you reach it.

You seem to be right that most article features on 19th and early 20th century Auguste Francois are photographs, not video. The b&w motion really brings a bygone era back to life.

Because Vimeo is blocked in China, I took the liberty of downloading and then uploading the video to WeTransfer for all w/o VPN to enjoy (automatic deletion in 7 days):

we.tl/t-YMIeJQArIX

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Lets just say Princess Peach is unimpressed by Toad's misrepresentation as a phallic symbol for a certain self-congratulatory man, who was recently laughed at on the world stage for another tiny reason.

Google "Trump Toad" if you're still confused.

Allow me to bring back the actual fungi discussion back while somewhat tie-in your "Too Much Communication" post.

Here's another fungi fact new to most of us...

The undergrowth of fungi is like the "wood wide web" of entire forests. Fungi mycelium filament branches connect tree roots. They help trees communicate with one another in a grand neural network of electrical & chemical impulses.

Miraculously, just one teaspoon of forest soil may contain kilometers of fungi filaments. This dense fungal network acts as an intermediary in transferring signals among trees, forewarning impending threats of insects, droughts, and so on.

This fungal information superhighway between one tree to the next also facilitate the communication of susceptible trees in need, otherwise isolated in doom. Healthy trees would assist weaker trees, even among different tree species. All thanks to the long-range interconnectivity of Fungi Telecom, whose slogan ought to be "We Connect Trees."

Outside the Hobbit world, trees talk like we do on the internet, albeit in the form of underground neural signals or above-ground olfactory scents. Perhaps even auditory, as latest research show seedling roots react to sounds of root crackling at 220Hz.

Certain trees in the African Savanna release toxic chemicals to make their leafs taste bitter when being consumed by giraffes. Simultaneously, a scent compound is emitted by the tree to alert neighboring trees. Upon detection of the scent, nearby trees would follow suit by releasing similar toxicity of their own. Giraffes would be put off by the unpalatability of collaborative trees in the proximity. These herbivores would subsequently wander approximately 100 yards before taste-testing again.

This olfactory siren of inducing toxicity among trees apply to insect threats as well, not just a defense mechanism against herbivores.

Moreover, trees may collectively emit alluring scent compounds to attract birds. These avian allies may help them devour insects such as caterpillars or beetles. The saliva of distinctive insects are identified by the trees via leaf receptors. Trees release unique pheromones to summon beneficial predators to fend off targeted insects.

So yeah, communication is prevalent even in the slow-paced woodland and undergrowth world, where there's no such thing as too much communication.

Building bridges can be perceived as erecting walls from another perspective.

In the case of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is not in India's best interest. India would much rather Pakistan continue its backward path as an isolated, breeding ground for Islamic extremism. CPEC is the main reason why India has rejected China's Belt and Road Initiative.

With proposed injection of USD10B by Saudi Arabia as the third investor to CPEC, India is in a quandary of being left out from the party.

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