If you only need the tailor for ordinary adjustments to clothing or drapes or something, there is likely to be at least one tailor near your xiaoqu (there are at least 2 near mine, I haven't really looked around for more) - tailors are not rare here, but what do you need done? If it's some western- or high-fashion thing, I don't know who can do what.
Note that Yunnan accents/dialects vary with location. Don't understand why Yunnan peasants and 'Yunnan mountain tribal persons' are the 'soul & essence of China' - China's a big place, lotta local variations all over, including linguistic ones.
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Don't know but there were at least 2 events of off-road competition about 8 years ago in Simao Prefecture, perhaps has continued. Involved very experienced guys from Malaysia.
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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.
The French, Miao and Yi in Mengzi
发布者I think Peter is right about the boats during the French semi-colonial period.
The French, Miao and Yi in Mengzi
发布者Voltaire, I've got a reference or two for the British in Simao, but my files are disorganized, can't do a search right now, but contact me if you're interested & I'll do it later.
Shanren win national music competition Sing My Song
发布者Glad to see this article and to read about the success of shanren, a really fine band.
Kunming trees and utilities still suffering from January cold
发布者Can't remember personally planting anything for a very long time. However, I'd imagine the cheap farmers have. I'm not sure the problem is their ignorance, but perhaps that of their leaders, but they're stuck for economic reasons and so have to follow orders. Anyway, it's not as if their are no good gardeners in China - seems it's a matter of making sure those who are are allowed to get into positions where their 'orders' will be the ones that make sense.
Kunming trees and utilities still suffering from January cold
发布者@Caqmpo: I don't think this hurts the trees, does it?