"Speedtest" is nowhere near reliable right now. Depending on the server I am as slow as 0.18 mbps whereas in real life I usually achieve download speeds of 610 KB/s. That's fast and exactly what was advertised.
Another story is the response time, called Ping. It is very high here in China which makes the connection feel really slow.
I also hear from my friends that their modems switch off because they loose the ADSL signal which is the result of bad phone lines in the building or a broken switch for the area.
maps.google.com/[...] Follow this link to Google Maps... The markets that have dog supplies (those I know of) are markers F / C and E. I haven't been to the other ones yet.
There is another market centered in this location just off BeijingLu here: maps.google.com/[...]
If you want to ship to the US, I'd use FedEX. You just call them (they have English service available that actually works!) and they will come by your home to pick up your goods. Easy, pain free, reliable but also a little bit more expensive.
Sending in China works good with ShunFeng 顺丰速运. It's the same model, you call them, they pick up at your location. I think they also offer an English service, but I am not sure.
Phone numbers can be found on the Chinese websites, Google is your friend
Please make sure that with whatever company you send it, you get a tracking number. In general you can say: No tracking number, no insurance! (there may be exceptions)
@Mike4g_air
The problem is that EMS uses different handlers in countries outside China. This means that a parcel sent to germany for example will not arrive with EMS but with a small crappy postal service that is trying to press the last cent out of it's customers (like charging extra for customs even though one already paid through EMS, bad delivery times, costly second delivery attempts...). But I heard service in the US is much better. Also in some countries there is a difference between parcel (smaller and no tracking number) and package (again, Germany for example). Within Germany, parcels and packages can be handled by DHL, which is somehow still a part of the German postal system. But... a parcel sent by Post in Germany will be handled by DHL (within Germany) and then by ChinaPost, while a package arrives here by DHL. This may explain your bad German shipping experience.
there are large markets in town which consist of smaller vendors. The problem is that most of these vendors sell the same low quality items but some have better (or even good) stuff. You have to search in every shop to find just what you need. For example I am living with my dogs here in Kunming for about 3 years now and have yet to find a good (fitting) harness. On the other hand you can see that something is happening here as you can get grain-free imported god food now (not everywhere though). Please be careful with dog food, as some vendors will tell you that it's faked (to explain the cheap price) but some won't. I also don't know about the quality of dog toys, I would suggest you to smell on the toys to find out what you want to give to your dog and what not (trust me, after you did it you know what I mean)
Unfortunately I can't point you any direction as google maps is not working right now. I'll post again if I have some news.
2: You could try a browser called "Maxthone", I know some Chinese using this one. You want to try version 1 (also called classic), as it's is still built on IE7, therefore the problems with IE8 "should" be gone (unless it's a driver issue).
SOLUTION 3: If you have a WindowsXP cd lying around you can install a virtual machine on your Windows7 computer. Your computer will emulate (or fake) a new computer on your existing operating system. On this computer you can install WindowsXP and get back all the China-Compatibility you need. It's pretty pain free and very safe as you don't make any changes to your running system other than installing software. I should point you to the needed program, it's called virtualbox, you'll find it at www.virtualbox.org .
If you want more infos on this one I can sure help you out, but it would get too long for this thread (I am running one on Linux and installed one on OsX, Windows won't be much of an obstacle). Also gives you the advantage of having a clean and fresh system every time you start it, no viruses, no trojans... safer online banking. Think about it
Thanks Ian. That summed it up very well. Nice to hear a voice of reason here. If I could I'd promote your comment. I guess my latest Forum post went in the same direction, just so much more sarcastic.
Again, I couldn't agree more.
To answer (or raise) questions about the relationship of the safari park and the zoo, I can offer you some "experts" (as well as some journalists) opinions, quoted from a China daily article in 2004. You'll find the link to the whole article on the bottom of my post...
... "The zoo is a well-run commonweal which belongs to the public and State," she says. "The wild animal park is a private enterprise. I could never understand why such a good base for zoological education and research should be dumped and its assets be given to a private entity — Huzhou Jinjing Investment Co Ltd from Zhejiang. Isn't this a drain of State property?"...
..."in China, most such [safari] parks are simply artificial surroundings for animals to run loose, some experts point out. So there is no essential difference between such parks and zoos, except parks are farther out of ordinary citizens' reach and charge more for admission.In Kunming's case, the zoo charges 10 yuan (US$1.25) for adults and five yuan (about 60 cents) for children, as compared to the park's 35 and 100 yuan (US$4 or 12) for locals and tourists from outside Kunming, not to mention its distance from the city."...
..."As a commonweal, a zoo focuses on education, research and other public interests, while a park as an enterprise is destined to pursue profits."...
I think there is just no empathy for animals left, and oh yeah, how is a zoo in Anning or Chneggong close enough to be called in "ordinary citizen's reach"? Let's hope they'll only extend the premises and not the number of animals too.
Hmmm, no air conditioning? I don't know, this could work out but I wouldn't bet on it. During winter it should be "ok". It's cold outside you wear a lot of stuff and so you just leave your jacket, scarf and hat on when you get on the train. BUT, summer on the elevated tracks going out towards the airport? This summer we had several AC's failing on our German bullet trains and it was a disaster. People collapsed with heat strokes on the train, emergency stops on the open tracks just to get the people out, etc... ...
And then the guy pointing out: "The subway's signal system is controlled by a computer, and within the controlling system, each train will have sensing antennae installed," Yang said. "The antennae will transmit information such as car location to the controlling platform, with computers automatically directing the conductors of each train."
I mean, this is Train protection system 101, every track should have something like this by now (in working condition too). Hopefully the trains won't have an easy safety override for the conductors/engineers.
Sewer Oil stands as a term and it's so disgusting that I am not sure whether I should believe it's existence or not, though I have seen stories written about it and I have seen people doing it (maybe it's the usual denial reaction), the story goes like this.
Back in the days, restaurants would discard used cooking oil into the cities sewer system where it would collect on certain points (either floating on top or building up large chunks on the side walls). People would then go down into the sewers and skim off/collect this oil, filter, maybe refine, but in the end sell it again.
I read stories about restaurants getting aware of those collection points on (or close by) their property and selling "licences" to people to, officially, clean the gutters.
The only "upside"I see is that, after cooking with this oil there shouldn't be any traces of viruses or bacteria left, as the oil is probably heated up to over 180 degrees Celsius, which, even on a short time exposure, make sure that everything still living in it should be dead.
Nowadays, every restaurant is supposed (by law) to have an oil filter system (basically a large metal box with different chambers to slow down water flow, so that the oil can be skimmed off) in the kitchen, I guess this makes the operation more economical and cleaner (hate to say this).
But like I said, it's so hard to believe that it might be an urban myth and I am not sure. If you want to see for yourself, google is your friend and will help you, if you ask it about sewer oil nicely.
I would like to see how this operates from a business point of view. You know like, how can they run this with profit, how low can the cost of chemicals be to bleach (what the F are they using to do that anyway) and perfumize actually be?
It's the same with fake eggs"? How can the production cost of a fake egg be possibly lower than that of a real egg?
Can someone shed some light on this?
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Kunming residents rally against chemical plant
发布者Thanks Ian. That summed it up very well. Nice to hear a voice of reason here. If I could I'd promote your comment. I guess my latest Forum post went in the same direction, just so much more sarcastic.
Again, I couldn't agree more.
Kunming Zoo to move, Yuantong Mountain to become park
发布者To answer (or raise) questions about the relationship of the safari park and the zoo, I can offer you some "experts" (as well as some journalists) opinions, quoted from a China daily article in 2004. You'll find the link to the whole article on the bottom of my post...
... "The zoo is a well-run commonweal which belongs to the public and State," she says. "The wild animal park is a private enterprise. I could never understand why such a good base for zoological education and research should be dumped and its assets be given to a private entity — Huzhou Jinjing Investment Co Ltd from Zhejiang. Isn't this a drain of State property?"...
..."in China, most such [safari] parks are simply artificial surroundings for animals to run loose, some experts point out. So there is no essential difference between such parks and zoos, except parks are farther out of ordinary citizens' reach and charge more for admission.In Kunming's case, the zoo charges 10 yuan (US$1.25) for adults and five yuan (about 60 cents) for children, as compared to the park's 35 and 100 yuan (US$4 or 12) for locals and tourists from outside Kunming, not to mention its distance from the city."...
..."As a commonweal, a zoo focuses on education, research and other public interests, while a park as an enterprise is destined to pursue profits."...
Source: www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/29/content_343575.htm
I think there is just no empathy for animals left, and oh yeah, how is a zoo in Anning or Chneggong close enough to be called in "ordinary citizen's reach"? Let's hope they'll only extend the premises and not the number of animals too.
Manufacturer addresses Kunming metro safety, comfort concerns
发布者Hmmm, no air conditioning? I don't know, this could work out but I wouldn't bet on it. During winter it should be "ok". It's cold outside you wear a lot of stuff and so you just leave your jacket, scarf and hat on when you get on the train. BUT, summer on the elevated tracks going out towards the airport? This summer we had several AC's failing on our German bullet trains and it was a disaster. People collapsed with heat strokes on the train, emergency stops on the open tracks just to get the people out, etc... ...
And then the guy pointing out: "The subway's signal system is controlled by a computer, and within the controlling system, each train will have sensing antennae installed," Yang said. "The antennae will transmit information such as car location to the controlling platform, with computers automatically directing the conductors of each train."
I mean, this is Train protection system 101, every track should have something like this by now (in working condition too). Hopefully the trains won't have an easy safety override for the conductors/engineers.
Illegal 'gutter oil' operation casts shadow on Kunming food safety
发布者Sewer Oil stands as a term and it's so disgusting that I am not sure whether I should believe it's existence or not, though I have seen stories written about it and I have seen people doing it (maybe it's the usual denial reaction), the story goes like this.
Back in the days, restaurants would discard used cooking oil into the cities sewer system where it would collect on certain points (either floating on top or building up large chunks on the side walls). People would then go down into the sewers and skim off/collect this oil, filter, maybe refine, but in the end sell it again.
I read stories about restaurants getting aware of those collection points on (or close by) their property and selling "licences" to people to, officially, clean the gutters.
The only "upside"I see is that, after cooking with this oil there shouldn't be any traces of viruses or bacteria left, as the oil is probably heated up to over 180 degrees Celsius, which, even on a short time exposure, make sure that everything still living in it should be dead.
Nowadays, every restaurant is supposed (by law) to have an oil filter system (basically a large metal box with different chambers to slow down water flow, so that the oil can be skimmed off) in the kitchen, I guess this makes the operation more economical and cleaner (hate to say this).
But like I said, it's so hard to believe that it might be an urban myth and I am not sure. If you want to see for yourself, google is your friend and will help you, if you ask it about sewer oil nicely.
Illegal 'gutter oil' operation casts shadow on Kunming food safety
发布者I would like to see how this operates from a business point of view. You know like, how can they run this with profit, how low can the cost of chemicals be to bleach (what the F are they using to do that anyway) and perfumize actually be?
It's the same with fake eggs"? How can the production cost of a fake egg be possibly lower than that of a real egg?
Can someone shed some light on this?