Once such an emotional issue starts, it becomes a game of one upmanship whereby one group want to prove they are more nationalist than the last group, hence the upward spiral of violence.
The problem here is its turning into an emotional issue very quickly. Its changed rather fast from "save our islands" to "anti Japan" to "boycott Japanese products" to "destroy Japanese products" to "anti America because they stand behind Japan (due to their self defence agreement signed post WWII)" to "attack foreign shops" to "looting" as can be seen in the pics...
This is exactly what happens anywhere if the government encourages through tacit agreement people getting angry. They get confirmation they should be angry, which makes them rise up on nationalist sentiment. Then at that point it quickly degrades into anything goes...
Excellent rant! Is there a B&Q listing on GoKM? I did a search which came back blank (possibly the search is down?). Would be a better place for your rant probably!
Wow, good post!
So surprised the Chinese police/government aren't cracking down on those protests. Shouldn't matter the reason, look at the damage being done! All it needs is one of those fires to get out of control and it will be a national disaster...
Rioting in malls, destroying a Rolex shop... these aren't acts aimed at Japanese it seems, wonder why the police don't stop those sorts of actions?
I don't think commenting on such things is a bad idea Geezer.
For instance there have been many territorial disputes in the past. The way many have been sorted out peacefully (relatively) is through the International Court of Justice. Each side presents their arguments as to why they should have the disputed territory. The court looks at the information and decides, which creates international and legal recognition. As both are full UN members, each is aware of this process and are basically signatories to the UN process. Hell both countries even have active judges in the court.
Instead China and Japan go to the brink of war (sabre rattling) until something else distracts them and/or they agree to a mutual backdown until the next flare up. One day, this will lead to war when one side accidentally pulls a trigger when they weren't supposed to.
Which is the safer option? Why can't we have an opinion on this?
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So fast, so convenient. One star off for opening before the train station stop is connected!
Wow, just wow. Possibly the best Chinese food I have had in Kunming. And in one of the nicest, traditional courtyard style restaurant I have been in. A woman dressed in traditional qi pao playing a gu zheng just adds to it.
We had okra, mushroom soup, dried beef and chou dofu. All top notch with the bill coming in at just over 250 kuai. But we could have fed 3 people for that so not too bad at about 80-90 kuai each. Not the cheapest but for the quality, it's damn good.
If you have people visiting and want to take them to a traditional Chinese style restaurant with Yunnan style food, or want a romantic night out with a gal, you can't go wrong here. Close to Green Lake (down a little alley) for a romantic walk... Just perfect.
Pretty good place for getting all your documents translated and/or notarised. Note that there are a number of notaries in the building which you can find by going up the stairs (the elevators are impossible). But you have to find the stairs to do so... go in the door, head over to the right, go up the big wide stairs which head up a floor, turn right then right again into the elevator area and right again into the stairwells. Whew!
One point off for the elevators never being available and having to hike 7-9 flights of stairs (not good if you have to go 3-4 times a day like I often did!)
This does not stop at the Jinanya hotel at Da Shang Hui as the flyers state (and is on the images tab here). They need to have another stop in the same area or else they are missing out on covering a big chunk of the city.
You can take another bus, the 919C, I believe, if you are nearby Da Shang Hui, which leaves from the bus station on HeHong Lu, nearby the Qianxing road intersection. This bus goes every hour and is white, found at the western end of the station. It is operated by a different company and takes about 1 hour 10 minutes to get to the airport due to a large number of stops especially near the airport.
Great bus though if you can catch it!
Friendly people, even got to the talk to the vice consulate, who told me she had done a stint in Malaysia's Siberian Consulate!
English is spoken by some of the Chinese girls working at the desk who are pleasant to deal with. I assume they do Visa's as well but I wasn't here for a visa, this time!
Chinese Nic Cage epic finally to reach theaters
发布者When I saw the preview for this I thought "This has a 90% chance of being unwatchable". Now that it's been sent back for re-editing by (likely) the Chinese government, I revise my estimate to 99%.
Official: Yunnan will have two bullet trains by 2016
发布者Think you will find the Wifi is local to the train (travelling with the train) and if implemented may or may not allow internet connections. Wifi is different to mobile internet (GPRS/2G/3G etc) laotou, conflating the two is inappropriate.
Theoretically they could provide local Wifi which is only local, but could connect to an on train server which allows movies to be watched through the server, much like a plane but each connected device becomes a screen like on the back of long haul flights.
If they were to also provide internet they would likely need to run another cable along the train line with some pretty high tech devices to detect the signal. Alternatively (easier) is to use the power line itself as a medium to also transfer data. On board internet though is difficult and expensive to set up/maintain, my guess is it will never happen.
Megatrudge 2014: 400 kilometers across the Gobi
发布者I have been in a few bike and running races with Chinese people before, I know exactly what you mean about them not racing smart! Funny because they also have the rabbit/tortoise story as one of their common idioms...
US-owned Sanford Health opens pediatric facility in Kunming
发布者But it does if you compare it to human health in the USA. High quality doctors and equipment while having poor overall health is a travesty caused by putting money men in charge of health outcomes.
Update: Officials fired after school stampede kills six
发布者Ha haaaa, wow, pretty amazing tiger, but not at all surprising.