Straight from the tap is a bad idea, I think - Chinese people and others who've lived here a long time don't do that.
Nestle would not be my favorite corporation - dodgy things in their corporate history.
I don't necessarily disagree with anything anybody has said, but I have merely been boiling my drinking water in Kunming for 13 years with no noticeable negative consequences. I don't know if 'most people' use bottled water or not, but many certainly do not.
Dr. Robert Detrano gives the place a plus for the examinations they carry out. I can vouch for the person who did the ultrasound on me there some years ago, who turned up something with considerable accuracy, but I question the work of the guy who did the chest X-ray, who seemed to be mostly asleep.
I would expect the person's name, at least. Probably shouldn't be too difficult for the press to find his/her nationality and other particulars as well.
Has anybody pinned down whether there was, in fact, a foreigner killed in a traffic accident in Kunming recently, and if so who was she/he? Might be a good thing to do before any more discussion of the topic of foreigners being killed in Kunming traffic.
Furthermore, if there was a person killed, is there any particular significance to his/her having been a foreigner?
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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.
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.
Too bourgeois.
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.
Ain't no flies on Salvador's.
Kunming educator finalist for Global Teacher Prize
发布者@ Dazzer: At what age does it become definitely known that students have or haven't the capacity to benefit themselves and society by going to university? And is this something to be decided by their English teacher? If my university Spanish teacher had been empowered to do so, he might well have prevented me from getting my university degree.
Kunming educator finalist for Global Teacher Prize
发布者@ tiger: Is that school/program one of those that are quite expensive for students' families? Seems there are a number of schools who focus on not-particularly-good students simply because their parents have the cash to have them study there.
Kunming educator finalist for Global Teacher Prize
发布者I see no point in dealing on a tilted table. Social mobility is indeed a relevant social goal, and there are barriers to it everywhere. Schools should, I think, be part of the effort to remove them. I have no problem with the idea of helping students achieve their full potential, including 'smart' kids. Will involve a lot, and of course it can't all be done by the school.
Kunming educator finalist for Global Teacher Prize
发布者I don't understand what is necessarily wrong with devoting more resources to educating those who may well be disadvantaged by their social backgrounds. Having 20% 'achieve a lot more' doesn't strike me as the only relevant social goal in a competitive society. The game table is not flat, and we all know this.
Hongshan outdoor street market closes permanently
发布者Seems to me the problem with street markets is not that they exist, but that there seems to be a lack of control over how large they grow. Licensing of marketers should be able to control this, if there is a will to do so.