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Forums > Living in Kunming > Hip hop music

Steady on, you sound like my dad. We can all think of 'dumb' pop tunes. However, there are many popular artists over the years who have smashed that mould.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Linking MasterCard and Visa to WeChat

Yes, you can still pay in cash, currently. Credit card usage is still not truly universal (big data will help here).

Which way are things going, towards cash or away from cash?

Like most people I believe that moving away from cash is a bad thing, for manifold reasons.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Linking MasterCard and Visa to WeChat

@alien. If you rely on cash, and do not have a bank account, you would be excluded under the system. Cash if free to access. Mobile payment systems require a phone and a phone contract. All this before we even think about how big data will be used to put some people into a risk category with restrictions or fee barriers.

If you think this sounds like a conspiracy theory, insurance companies are already charging higher premiums to people with hotmail email addresses.www.theguardian.com/[...] Descrmination based on other e-habits are also likely.

@kurtosis. everything you say used to be true of credit and debit cards. Universal usage was the banks dream, and it came true for cards. It will follow for mobile epayments as well, with time.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Linking MasterCard and Visa to WeChat

Buying gasoline on the highway to Dali, they no longer take card payments. Only cash and mobile epayments.
I read an article last week (sorry can't find the link), a convenience store has just opened (USA I think) that only takes mobile epayments. You don't even need to checkout.
The trend is for banks and businesses to move away from cash, completely if possible.

Many have moved away from card payments. This has been the trend for at least 10 years in the UK, mainly because card fees (including debit) are so high for the retailer. In fact banks also charge a significant amount for handling cash from businesses; which is why many retailers offer 'cash back' services (you can use your card to draw cash at the checkout).

What does the future hold? Perhaps a cashless and cardless society (more class division), where all payments are automatically taken out of your ewallet as you walk out of an almost staffless store, and all data is mined to maximise sales and profits. However, once a computer has taken my job, you won't be able to get the robot to buy a new car, or shoes, or drink coffee. Even selling cappuccinos online will have been botified.

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I found tomb sweeping to be a nice family day out. A branch, or several branches, of the family will visit the tomb and pay respects to the ancestors.

The tomb is cleared of weeds. Firecrackers. There is a small offering of food, wine, money (fake) etc. and some kowtowing. After that it becomes a family picnic, with my family.
All in all a pleasant time out. Not morbid, and very social.

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Some of the old double deckers already have a few tables up top, but I doubt these will be put into new busses. Buses are hugely overcrowded at peak times, anything that potentially reduces bums on seats would not be considered. Anything mobile, like flip down aircraft seat type tables, would soon be broken.

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Baisha village has developed a lot in the last 8 years or so, but is still peaceful. The Naxi art museum was very informative and well run. We visited last year and there were even a couple of guest houses and a brew pub.
If the Dongba Kingdom is the place with totem poles (look modern), forget it. It is a privately owned tourist attraction with a 280rmb entrance fee. I walked passed, and from what I could see it appears to be not much more than a glorified visitor centre.
Shuhe has changed and is no longer as quiet as it used to be. However, entrance is now free. In addition you can walk along the dirt road (no cars allowed) from Shuhe to Baisha village. It is a much shorter distance than driving.

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The cut flowers are about 700m east on Duonan Jie. The plants and trees are about 700 m west and follow Duocai Section.

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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.

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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.

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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.