Forums > Study > Trump VS. The Resistance Okay, I don't like Trump, and Resistance means something to me, but it's because my main thought is that any economico-socio-political system that can't do better than offering people a choice for Ruler like the last one is seriously busted and needs radical replacement - well, radical alteration, at least. Short of that, the planet will only suffer further disasters like the one we're embarked on now, and have been embarked on for quite a while.
As for Napoleon, I can't imagine how one can imagine that one is away from politics anywhere these days, though rock climbing and screwing perhaps come close.
Forums > Living in Kunming > New Household Registration Needs I think I had to take my lease for my new flat when I moved in in December, haven't had to since, although I've been in & out of the country twice since then, most recently in mid-March. Registration has been a little more time-consuming recently, as police staff visited each other to figure out how to do it (used to be very simple), but all ways polite and basically unproblematic for me.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Train to Beijing For me, 15 hours by hard sleeper on an ordinary Chinese train beats sitting economy class on a plane for 15 hours any day.
Forums > Study > Kindly Read My Translation Report and Comment Not sure what you want, but 'sub-rooms' is simply confusing - a room is a room is a room, I've never heard of a 'sub-room', and there's no need to create a neologism here.
And no, I don't think the English language needs the term sanfangzhaobi, though you could give it alongside your translation of its meaning, since it is a standardized Chinese term for the form of the house.
The Help Out — Philippines Fundraiser
发布者Hcamez, I get your point, I'm just saying that it is important to watch this sort of thing carefully, that's all. I know from experience that on SOME levels (perhaps not international aid on the scale required for the Philippines at present) it is entirely possible just to get together with friends and DO IT, no overhead (after all, what's stopping you?) - massive administrative organization guarantees neither efficiency nor waste, it all depends on the situation. On this score, I'd like to know the practical results of the efforts of both maeflor and jan-jan - may not be possible to know this, but the point is, after all, to make sure the job gets done, and nothing else.
And my best wishes to the present effort.
Kunming to monetize street vendor chaos
发布者For God's sake and all that is holy may they very soon do something similar on Wenhuaxiang! Ideally they'd get rid of all the cars too, but that's a problem because people with money, rather than ordinary people, are living in the apartments there, and many of them, at least, own cars.
Getting Away: Jianchuan Old Town
发布者Modern & postmodern culture, including modern & postmodern portrayals of the past, is often merely a matter of producing something to sell to people - 'success' and 'truth' tend to mean: 'whatever makes money', and/or maintains and/or legitimizes the power of those who already have it. There is a lot of past, and it is worthwhile to figure out who is selecting the items for its present incarnations, and why they are doing so as they are.
Think of any museum - ANY museum.
The Help Out — Philippines Fundraiser
发布者Hey, I didn't mean to put a damper on this, just a suggestion. And I've bought my book of tickets.
The Help Out — Philippines Fundraiser
发布者Excellent idea, but is the Hong Kong Red Cross the best way to make contributions? I have no criticism to make of them but it is the case that a lot of charitable organizations spend more than perhaps they should on admin, staff salaries, etc. I really think those who are organizing this important effort should perhaps check out different possible routes for assisting those in need. My general impression is that, in the Haiti relief effort, Medicins sans frontiers (Doctors without Borders) and the Cuban medical relief effort produced particularly good results with less cash going to overhead etc.