You saw a teacher paying for everything? Sounds like he is grooming to me.
Please don't get paranoid about being ripped off. My chinese mother in law always tells me that I pay to much. Yes she buys things for less, but it is a war of attrition with market vendors who in the end give her the lower price just to get rid of her. It is a tactic that only works for old people.
I have hovered around market stalls, listening in to other shoppers, and generally pay the same price as locals.
Try wandering around a market and asking several vendors the price, there is little if any deviation, as I think they agree prices before the day begins. They will not have agreed any laowai price, we are too rare.
Sometimes I get a better price than my Chinese wife.
Where I have been cheated is on weight, they charged for 1kg when it is just over a half. Easy to spot vendors who turn the face of the scale to them, not turned to the side where you can both see.
If you shop regularly, you will build a relationship with a couple of traders.
@faraday
Maybe not called capitalism, but I was taught that the idea of the 'free market economy' was born in England during the industrial revolution.
@misfit
If someone runs a school and customers/parents do not want brown/black skinned teachers, and there were plenty of other schools to choose from... What does the owner do? The fact that ABC/BBC/etc. make better teachers is irrelevant. There are far better food choices than the ubiquitous McD/KFC.
Your point about 'unqualified laowai' is also contestable. I wish people would not feed the urban myth. In 10 years I have only me one person who was not qualified.
It is the plumbing in the building. You can't control that.
We had a similar problem in shanghai with one of the neighbors keeping a dog on the balcony and pushing the dog poop down the drains. It might also be a neighbor peeing in the sink to save water. You can't control others in the building either.
I would move. Put it down to experience and next time check for smell before renting a place.
Another thought.
Your files may now be hidden. I have had this with a compromised thumb drive.
If you use Windows, somewhere in the control panel you can go to the drive and 'show hidden files'. They may then re-appear.
At least in NZ case it was a genuine mistake and they fessed up and did something about it, even though it would hurt the business.
Unlike other cases of deliberate tampering.
If they were to do a complete cycle way (no cars) around Dian Chi, or even just around the Grass Sea (Dianchi North of the Causeway) that would be an asset to the wider community, and would not cost that much. Especially now that there are so many OFO/Mobike rental bikes.
I would think that the 20% is percentage of the population/young population, not the percentage of high school grads who go on to the next level. I would think, but don't know, that most of the people who do not go on to tertiary education, left the system after middle school.
A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.
Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.
In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.
They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.
They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.
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Seven billion yuan Green Lake area renovation to take three years
发布者If they were to do a complete cycle way (no cars) around Dian Chi, or even just around the Grass Sea (Dianchi North of the Causeway) that would be an asset to the wider community, and would not cost that much. Especially now that there are so many OFO/Mobike rental bikes.
Seven billion yuan Green Lake area renovation to take three years
发布者OK so it is the slightly wider area. But that is a lot of money. I don't see them recouping through tourist spending.
Add this to the airport proposals, and it looks like massive gov spending to prop up GDP growth.
Seven billion yuan Green Lake area renovation to take three years
发布者CNY 7 bn = USD 1 Bn plus, for on small park. Things that make you go hmmm?
China to overhaul high school education in "poverty-stricken" regions
发布者Then you are comparing apples and oranges, without switching subjects first.
China to overhaul high school education in "poverty-stricken" regions
发布者I would think that the 20% is percentage of the population/young population, not the percentage of high school grads who go on to the next level. I would think, but don't know, that most of the people who do not go on to tertiary education, left the system after middle school.