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Forums > Living in Kunming > Community News?

As it is primarily an English-language medium, gokunming's readers are, I think, mostly non-Chinese living in Yunnan. Is there any reason why news items concerning events that occur among us should not be reported on a regular basis? I am not criticizing the editors of gokunming, but simply requesting opinions from readers and gokunming staff about the appropriateness of posting what I guess you might call 'society news' (although I hate the term and what it usually means) here (not necessarily fully-worked-up professional articles).
Example: it happens that a long-time former foreign resident of Jinghong has died and been cremated in Chiang Mai - seems to me some more specifics of this might be appropriate, but I'd like to hear other opinions. And I would not want such a platform to turn into an inane and irresponsible gossip affair (e.g.: "Bob was seen with Alice last night, but we'd thought he was gay", or "Ali, pseudonym Alien, was found on the sidewalk in Haikou at 11AM this morning without his shoes but with a terrible hangover resulting from ferocious and unsuccessful competitive drinking at Moondog in Kunming 2 days earlier. He had no idea how..." etc.) - there is such a thing as a right to a certain amount of personal privacy, exemplified by the provision for the use of online pseudonyms - so it seems to me some regular responsible editing might be a good idea.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > best route to Laos (visa run)

Buses to Mohan/Boten border crossing from Jinghong are pretty frequent, if you simply want to go in/out with your visa - from south bus station. There is a daily bus to Luang Nam Tha from south bus station at 11 AM (used be be at ten, but I did it about 2 weeks ago) - about an hour & fifteen minutes from the border crossing to Luang Nam Tha. Go there & stay at Manychan Guest House for 70,000 Kip (about 55 rmb) per night (bank directly across street changes money & has ATM machine), eat at the restaurant downstairs with broad open front on the street. Manychan is a nice lady. Bus from there back to Jinghong at 8AM daily.

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"...Yunnan's rural areas - where health care is not as universal..."

And one looks around Kunming and sees where all the new money goes...seems to me that the economic system and administration have built in, bad priorities.

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Problem is indeed massive, but ships are leaking everywhere. As for foodscams & the morality related, I don't think they will resemble civil war, nor do I think that the polluted Yangtze does either - though we're talking about 400 million people and something indeed needs to be done. I hope the central government is as serious as they say they are, but it's a big leak to plug and, yes, one has to wonder if they're up to it. Anyway, the metaphor of a leaking ship implies an absolute win/lose situation for all on board, and I don't think it's likely to turn out that way any time soon. I doubt if all the leaks will ever be completely plugged, here or anywhere - they never have - but that's no reason to stop trying.

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@Pter99, I understand what you mean about 'campaigns' in China, but I think this one may well be different. I think this is necessary and I don't think it's too late for something to be done. Seems to me it's a good idea, but I hope they carry this out in a manner that involves more than just consulting with local bureaucrats and the heads of local enterprises, who are, largely, part of the problem.

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You cannot 'preserve' cultures - however, you can allow authority/power/control over the changes that all cultures inevitably go through to lie in the hands of those who are affected by them, rather than in the hands of some social-engineering outside force, which will have its own agenda (for example: promotion of Chinese nationalism; tourist profits; propaganda; etc.).

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Not quite what you'd call a jumping place, but not bad at all for rather standard US-type meals, not overly expensive, and with a really good salad bar that's cheap, or free with most dinner dishes after 5:30PM. You can get a bottle of beer or even wine if you really want to, but I've never seen anybody do it - maybe that's just to take out. Chinese Christian run, and they hire people with physical disadvantages, who are pleasant and helpful. Frequented by foreign (mostly North American) Christians and Chinese Christians - was started by a Canadian couple associated with Bless China (previously, Project Grace), who are no longer here, but no religious pressure or any of that. Steaks are nothing special, and I avoid the Korean dishes, which I've had a few times but which did not impress me.

As a shop and bakery, it's very good bread at reasonable prices, of various kinds (Y18 for a good multigrain loaf that certainly weighs well over a pound. Other stuff too, like granola and oatmeal that is local, as well as imported things, including American cornflakes and so forth, which some people seem to require.

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Large portions, seriously so with the pizza, which is Brooklyn/American style, I guess. Convivial, conversational, good place to drink with good folks on both sides of the bar, especially after about 9PM.

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Really good pizza and steaks. The wine machine fuddles me when I'm a bit fuddled, & seems unnecessary. Good folks on both sides of the bar.