Forums > Food & Drink > soy sauce and other condiments without msg Some people are really affected negatively by msg - a small percentage. For those who are into 'Nature' and think that Nature is good' (really, folks, Nature doesn't give a damn), it is a naturally-occurring substance, not something hatched in a lab.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Smoking in Starbucks I don't get it about 'foreign-branded establishment'.
I respect anyone's reluctance of having to inhale 2nd-hand smoke in public places, though I can't see why there can't be sections of cafes and bars, or separate cafes and bars, in which people can smoke. As a bartender friend of mine said once: "People don't come here for their health."
I do get tired of moral outrage over smoking, though - look, you're right, smoking is bad for you, you shouldn't have to inhale smoke alla time, but what are your priorities in terms of moral outrage? Or do you just get outraged over everything that you think is wrong, or maybe just that you don't like? Why not get outraged at people who pay taxes to warmongering governments first? Like I said, as a smoker I respect your rights, but please, a little perspective.
Forums > Living in Kunming > re-registering with the PSB yes, 24 hours, but they usually are flexible, but I wouldn`t push it for more than 3 days or so. Never heard of telling them you`re going to leave before you go.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Need advice on travel from HK Guangzhou to Kunming by train is 25 hours.
Five minutes with US Ambassador to China, Max Baucus
发布者The John Wayne film is ridiculous.
Comparing ethnic minorities/minority nationalities in China to American Indians...a lot of ugly history of interethnic conflict in China, but nothing I know of that quite equals what was done to the earlier North Americans by the European immigrants and their descendants.
Yunnan embroiled in national Viagra-booze scandal
发布者@Peter: I'm afraid 'they got rid of opium in Yunnan in one year' several times over the past century.
Climbing Away: Guoliang, Henan
发布者Place looks absolutely beautiful for climbing.
World's largest solar cell maker invests in Yunnan
发布者Never heard of this one, but I doubt it.
World's largest solar cell maker invests in Yunnan
发布者Sounds really good to me, hope to see more of the same, and not only in China.