@tiger: I don't doubt you, but there are also many folks you don't get laduzi so often, and who do get it once in a while in other places. Yes, anecdotal. My guess is that it IS more common in China than in some other places, but my experience is that it's not so likely here as to discourage me from eating out, and in fact it's not been any serious problem for me here beyond the infrequent day with a bad stomach.
Had geriardia once in India, took a week or 10 days to get rid of it with meds from local doctor. It was a bit unpleasant, but neither was it terrible.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
发布者Social cooperation is also hard-wired into the individuals of an innately social species such as ourselves, without which the individuals of our species would not have survived to pass on any genes..Rouseau's 'noble savage' never existed, both he and Hobbes were wrong.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
发布者Subjective reports of happiness mean something, but I'm not sure what.
Kunming smells part II: The good, the bad and the ugly
发布者You get used to it all after awhile, as most of Kunming's 7 million inhabitants surely have.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
发布者@nnoble: don't follow - who or what is rotting? I can think of various candidates, but I'm not sure which one you're talking about.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
发布者There are economic issues concerning education in China for very poor communities, which obviously need a bigger share of the economic pie than they are getting. Yet China's 'socialist market economy' is increasing the overall level of economic resources within China.
What's wrong with this picture?