Forums > Living in Kunming > Is living in China hazardous to your health? The air in the South of the city is constantly replaced by fresh air coming off the lake, a prevailing southerly wind. The air in the South is good. This wind tends to blow all of the pollution into the north and west of the city where it is trapped by the mountains. The air to the North of Kunming can be particularly bad.
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DQ, how could I forget. Mae Culpa topped with choco sauce.
Forums > Living in Kunming > I wouln't want to be in Beijing right now. I have never had any hostility either.
Having said that I am not hostile to them either.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Official documents Not carrying cash is not smart. I am not sure how the Chinese may chose to use vagrancy laws.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Is walking from Haigeng Park area to Xi Shan possible? Ludwig
Where do you get these passes from.
Last time I was at Haigeng (Nov) they told me no such ticket was available.
Heavy rains wreak havoc around Yunnan
发布者Not sure if the question is serious, but here is a serious attempt at an answer.
In the last month or so we have had a lot of rain over a prolonger period, and it has helped a lot. But there has been a 4 year deficit of rainfall vs water use. This has depleted water stocks.
Water stocks consist of rivers and lakes, reservoirs, and most importantly ground water. To replenish the stocks there needs to be rain over a prolonged period. Long periods of consistent light rain are far better at replenishing water sources than heavy rain over short periods.
Shorter periods of heavy rain increase surface water. In urban areas, the concrete buildings and roads prevent the rain water from going into the ground and you get floods and most of this runs off into water courses.
In non-urban areas the surface water can run over the ground with only a small percentage actually soaking in. There is also run off to water courses, flash floods etc.
Water courses, including rivers and many shallow lakes don't really store the extra water, it just runs through.
Where there are deeper lakes and reservoirs water is stored, but this is only a small part of the water reserves.
It takes time for water to permeate the deep ground to replenish aquifers.
Not a perfect answer, I know.
Li Ping fundraiser
发布者Sad news.
I echo everything @Adrian said.
Governor: Provincial highway bathrooms China's worst
发布者Same as beans
Cruciferous vegetables.
Good for the heart,
The more you eat,
the more you......
Governor: Provincial highway bathrooms China's worst
发布者As a demi-tarian, I must confess that I do seem to fart more on my veggie days.
Governor: Provincial highway bathrooms China's worst
发布者Visited one just over the border in Guizhou. The pans had not been flushed and there were piles of poop. There was a matong (a sitter shiter) but it was smashed, like have the bowl was gone and jagged edges. No seat (obviously) and it had been used. Build up of green gunk on the porcelain suggest a time lag since any real cleaning had been done.
I think the governer will be regretting his off hand remark, not realising it would go on record.
What ever happened to the 2 flies rule?