On a nice partly cloudy day like the last few, rent/borrow/own a bike and ride to the west entrance of HaiGeng Park via DianChi and GuanJing roads. There is a wonderfully quiet and pretty back road that parallels DianChi if you're up for exploring it out. Go on a weekday and you can even sneak a ride on top of the tourist walkway on GuanJing for some pretty scenery. Once at the park, pay a 10rmb entrance fee and then go have lunch/snacks inside the park. Better yet, is to go as a group and rent a bbq slot or picnic on the grass. The water will most likely be smelly green now, but when it's not, HaiGeng is even nicer. You can ride out of the east exit and explore the nearby sports complex and then make you're way home on XingTi Rd.
The weather and ability to see blue skies is a big reason so many foreigners reside in a tier 2 city of this size. So I like to take advantage of the climate by taking in the pleasant parts of Kunming.
Pulling teeth is much easier, less painful, and possibly less bloody than trying to get cash back from a Chinese merchant.
Try for the 2nd repair. Albeit, they will try to charge you another 200 to 300 rmb for yet another screen/visualizer part. Here you will have to be very demanding and willing to make a scene. Bringing a friend(s) along wouldn't hurt.
If you went to the shop the next day after your faulty repair, you should have a good chance at obtaining a 2nd repair for free. If the problem didn't fully manifest itself till several days later or you waited to complain, then this is much more problematic. Essentially, this now becomes a tug-of-war between how willing you are to make a scene and the Chinese shop owner's obstinacy.
In Shenzhen, the repair shop I frequent for my iPhone would most likely take a 2nd look at it for free. They would repair it without charging me for another expensive part if I start and continue to badger/scream at them they used a crap/wrong part to start with. However, I speak fluent Chinese and have used this shop more than once.
As a practice, I wouldn't have my smartphone or Apple products repaired in Kunming except at an authorized repair shop or the big chains mentioned above. Of course those places all charge considerably more.
I think the scandal with China Red Cross is just from some batty bored face needing rich bich who claimed she and her pals were top red cross officials and gorpt away with it cuz no one bothers to check rich peoples resumes. Similar to how CEO resumes all contain bogus degrees if you just bother to check.
Great article. Didn't know this guy even existed. He does sound like a Chinese Warren Buffet. Too bad guangxi is still more useful than business acumen here.
And yet another show of how the scales of justice are evaluated by judges in Chinese courts; the heavier the bag of rmb, the more the scales tip in your favor.
Never gotten sick once at Sals. Their food is TexMex, so yeah, not authentic Mexican food, but pretty authentic as TexMex goes. Burrito wrap has improved a lot. Like the draft beer option now.
If you haven't had dairy products in a while, and do eat here, best forgo the sour cream. Nothing wrong with it, in fact it's the best sour cream in Kunming, but if you've eaten Chinese for month or months with no dairy intake, your system will react to sour cream or probably any liquid dairy product not so well. Maybe that's what happened with nailer and tallamerican.
It's now 5 working days for regular processing. So I submitted my application a bit before 5pm on a Friday and was told to pick it up next week Friday after 5pm.
Cost is now 400rmb for a single 30 day entry. Or that was what I was charged anyways. There are no posted prices and its cash only with no receipt except for your passport pickup. That's like $65 USD.
You can pay another 150rmb for 2 day or 100rmb for 3 day processing. For 400rmb, they should process it in three days like they used to before, but now you'd pay 500rmb. The office is still like deserted most of the time, so why does it take longer now and cost extra. If you opted for 2 day, thats like $90 usd. All other neighboring countries charge like $25usd.
The rest of and cope review is still good for hours and location.
China forbids some rice imports from Vietnam
发布者It's easy to pick on the little guys.
Ludian Earthquake fundraiser pulls in 23,000 yuan
发布者I think the scandal with China Red Cross is just from some batty bored face needing rich bich who claimed she and her pals were top red cross officials and gorpt away with it cuz no one bothers to check rich peoples resumes. Similar to how CEO resumes all contain bogus degrees if you just bother to check.
We are Yunnan: Ludian earthquake fundraiser
发布者There were a lot of people. Good mix of foreigners and young Chinese. Money wise they raised over 20,000 yuan. I'd say success!
Oh yeah, props to guy who spent 5550 rmb on raffle tickets, and then donated again via public auction all the whiskey and tequila he won.
We are Yunnan: Ludian earthquake fundraiser
发布者Very nice of all the bands and prize sponsors. Count me in. Do you still have to go thru the restaurant to get into laowo/DT bar?
Fujian billionaire loses Yunnan Baiyao lawsuit
发布者Great article. Didn't know this guy even existed. He does sound like a Chinese Warren Buffet. Too bad guangxi is still more useful than business acumen here.
And yet another show of how the scales of justice are evaluated by judges in Chinese courts; the heavier the bag of rmb, the more the scales tip in your favor.