Forums > Living in Kunming > Kunming FM International Thinking about the business case.
Your audience - How many expats are there in Kunming, and what percentage would be regular listeners? You might be able to find out how many expats their are in Kunming from official figures. You could also guesstimate the percentage who would listen by posting a poll on here to count how many people would be interested in such a service (divide positive responses by 3), then finding out how many registered users on Gokunming and work out your percentage. This final number would be a guesstimate of your total audience (some regular, some less so).
Your revenue streams - somewhat dependent on your audience size.
Your outgoings - how much time, money are other resources can you commit.
Cost-benefit analysis - net positive or net negative.
If you are not thinking about making any money out of this, and it is just a pet project, then you need to minimize your investment (time, energy, money). Consider podcasts or blogs (going out of fashion) or vlogs (which you don't want to do).
Forums > Study > How to get a student visa For student visa age limit issues, I would contact a university. I would aim for one of the big Chinese learning programmes in Shanghai or Beijing, as by sheer weight of student numbers they will have come across this before. Someone who does not know will just fob you off and waste your time and this needs to be avoided. Pitch your inquiry as someone who wants to study there.
Exceptions. If you are already here on a work visa or family visa (with residence permit) you can study here without a student visa.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Air Quality!!! Kunming Not So Good. China is getting better, but still considering EU or US standards it is pretty poor. If kids are asthmatic, then anywhere in China is not good. If you are already in, and committed to China then Kunming is comparatively not so bad. If you are only going to stay for a year or so the long term damage will be limited. If you are serious about health then you need to consider any long term effects of pollution PLUS altitude.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Dentist in Kunming We were told that the best dental department is in Kunhua (I think that is Yunnan People's No1 Hospital) It is the one next to Jinbi Square, on Jinbi Lu. If memory serves it is on the ground floor of the first building behind the gate, at the very back of the building behind the lobby area.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Dentist in Kunming The cheaper back street dentists may not. The larger hospitals will all use anesthetic if you ask them to. I was told that many Chinese people don't like the idea of anesthetic drugs.
Dental departments in Chinese hospitals have a lot of experience, mostly with major repair. Your case should pose no problems.
My advice would be to pay the extra for the VIP registration, and you will be seen by one of the consultant dentists. It is not expensive.
The issue for you will be language, but if you have a bilingual friend who can go with you it is easy.
Report: Rubber plantations threaten biodiversity and livelihoods
发布者Leaving it up to the stakeholders is what happened in Lijiang. The role of government as regulator is important, but where the government is also a stakeholder, and individuals government officials have personal stakes, it takes the 'poacher gamekeeper' paradigm to a whole new level.
Researching the Nuosu Yi language in Sichuan
发布者Heart of Darkness may have been adapted by Coppola for the movie Apocalypse Now, but it is far from an Asia classic.
The book is about a journey up the Congo River. I would say an Africa classic.
All aboard: Kunming-Vientiane railway inches forward
发布者China can afford this project, Laos cannot. Chinese companies would benefit to a far greater amount (total) than would Laos companies.
If you think of possible cost of the project, and the benefits in increased tax revenues etc. for government. For Laos it will probably never pay back. 60% of GDP could bankrupt a country.
For China the sums involved are chump change.
Perhaps a more equitable solution would be for China to 'gift' the infrastructure, and then earn money from leasing rail time/space to Laos train companies. Or even for China Rail to run services on an exclusive basis for an agreed number of years in the first instance. If you want bullet trains the rolling stock will be Chinese through trains anyway.
China's national meat scandal hits Yunnan
发布者This has probably been going on for years. Some things only seem to get dealt with when they come to the public's attention.
'Kunming Foreigner Street' tenants speak out
发布者It is sad is a facility is lost, but I think the fault lies with the developer, don't be too quick to blame the 100 local residents.
The business owners also seem to be placing the blame squarely at the door of the developer.
The residents were quite used to the usual antics of Wenhua Xiang. It is the new development that has changed things. It seems like things are outside of the law.
In Chenggong you can not put a sign out on the street or the Chengguan will confiscate it and levy a fine. Even though there is a street market.
I have seem the same thing happen in other cities. An area is developed and the developer does not get certain planning permissions for activities on the sidewalk. In Zhengzhou there was a place with a 15m wide sidewalk, and the street was full of restaurants that had outside tables, and still there was room for car to drive up and down the sidewalk. It was soon stopped.
Same happened to areas of Shanghai.