Forums > Living in Kunming > Consulates in Kunming I think it is easy to forget that the main role of the consulates is to represent the political/economic interests of a country. The support of expatriots is secondary. That is why most, if not all, of the consulates in Kunming are from ASEAN countries who cross border trade with China through Yunnan.
Chengdu on the other hand is a major trade and economic hub for western China, as designated by PRC Government. There are also over 200 F500 companies in Chengdu.
Even if you count KFC, McD, Pizzza Hut, and Starbucks, Kunming is still under represented by F500 companies.
Forums > Living in Kunming > US Consulate Visit to Kunming @TIC you would need to ask them what limited number of services will be on offer. But I guess you would need to be more specific. I.E. you apply and they will tell you if they can offer that service in their visit to KMG. I guess they will not be doing visas for a start.
Forums > Living in Kunming > My brand new electric scooter was stolen today There is a nice Ferrari branded mountain bike that was launched in China at the end of 2011. Cost 300 000 rmb.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Renting a car to see Yunnan independently @yougaden
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Forums > Living in Kunming > My brand new electric scooter was stolen today In fact doing a hideous paint job might not be a bad idea.
Do it with household paint and brushes. This would make it unsaleable for the thief.
Beijing attempts to curtail "excessive" government spending
发布者I bet the guy on the US 100 dollar bill is also spinning in his grave. But for different reasons.
Beijing attempts to curtail "excessive" government spending
发布者As for going after the lower level guys.
The fat cats were milking other fat cats.
It is all the little lower level guys that make life difficult for the guy on the street, and expensive for those on low incomes.
It would be nice to think of an egalitarian round up (tigers as well as flies), but most people are plagues by flies, and are unaffected by tigers.
Beijing attempts to curtail "excessive" government spending
发布者There are a lot of restaurants in our area. It used to be that there was congestion caused by cars parked at the side of the road. This was most nights of the week. Some places had exotic dishes and high prices.
Now the roads are clear except for festivals, and prices even a middle income family can afford.
You can draw your own conclussions.
Photos of flash flooding in Yunnan's capital
发布者Talking of construction. One solution is to build a new town from the ground up the adequate infrastructure. This was done in Dali and oops, Chenggong. Shanghai has also built a number of satellite cities/towns.
The accumulated debris is a problem and not all of it is trash, a lot of it is leaves, twigs, and dust/dirt. Often this can not be effectively dealt with until it accumulate. You can have teams going around clearing culverts and grids, but not every bit of debri that could potentially reach the culvert.
This is a universal problem.
Photos of flash flooding in Yunnan's capital
发布者There is the same problem in Shanghai and Beijing, the drains are not up to coping with the heavy rains, even though they come yearly.
Urban planning is often about sprawl, without the effort to upgrade the old infrastructure. The norm is to jus connect the new drains to the old. The new drains may even have sufficient capacity, but there is a bottle neck as water reaches the old drains. Until there is the political will to dig up and replace the drains in the older parts of the city (costly and very disruptive to local residents, traffic, and business) we will continue to see occastional flooding. It used to the be same in many towns in the west.