I was surprised to see Guam listed as a good place to retire. For Americans anyway.
Property not to expensive, much cheaper than Hawaii, good medical care and transport links (to USA), uses USD and speaks English. The only downside is that everything is imported, including all fresh produce, making purchases expensive.
Baijiu has always been dangerous.
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[quoted person] 'said it is sensible to require a minimum of 10 years, since China is among the "hottest destinations" in the world.
Green cards provide foreigners with a sense of security, especially for those married with children.
"Green card applicants usually have devoted a big chunk of their life to China and deserve the convenience of permanent residency," she said.'
So not much hope for any non-tech person with a family at present. Hopefully this is at least a beginning.
I can see a lot more out migration of Chinese talent, like my wife. It is easier for her to settle legally in Europe than it is for me to settle here in China.
BTW
Thanks to those who input on the recipe enquiry,
I will let you know how it goes.
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What you might call studio space, if you want to exhibit, would be prohibitively expensive downtown. Any descent areas they would probably not allow dual use (incl habitation).
You might find cheap space near the art college. Cheap commercial units allow dual use. But your visitors will be students mostly, looking for ideas for their own projects.
You could rent an undecorated house or apartment in Chenggong. Chengong would be a potential area as middle class families will move in. There may also be some cheap to rent (unlikely) commercial units that have 2 floors.
A large apartment or house will have many rooms upstairs, few interior walls sownstairs, water, electric, minimal lighting and probably one wall socket in each room. But you could easily put in a toilet, shower, kitchen sink for about 1000rmb. No one will care if you get paint on the floor as they are bare concrete.
Undecorated houses ban be rented cheaply, but you may have to relocate after a year. However there is no shortage of undecorated places in Chenggong.
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Great to know it is no longer dry.
Good review BTW
This has moved.
The cut flowers are about 700m east on Duonan Jie. The plants and trees are about 700 m west and follow Duocai Section.
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.
Trafficking in endangered animals on the rise
发布者The guys selling pelts usually arrive in late autumn, all over China. The ones I am thinking of look a bit like frontiersmen, with their fur hats and scrawny black beards. These guys sell dog pelts, they are often sprayed to look like leopard, tiger, etc.
Ancient 'Red Deer Cave' people discovered in Yunnan
发布者There is a need for people to update knowledge bases
Darwin's Law of Evolution by Natural Selection (traditionally referred to as a "theory" to honor Darwin's original treatise, but now confirmed through observation and experiment) consists of five main tenets.
www.genuineideas.com/ArticlesIndex/Darwin.htm
Google of [Darwin's Law] will bring up many scientific websites.
The semantic argument that this is a theory and not a law is out of date.
Yunnan's economy outpacing national average
发布者@blobbles
It was clear to me that this was a year on year growth. Because growth is always expressed in that way.
Kunming discovers two more fake Apple stores
发布者I did see a report that although the Apple Stores were fake, the products were not.
If true this is more an argument for Apple to license more resellers.
Kunming orders English added to outdoor signs
发布者@85 cents. The article says 'only relevant to new signs'. In other words traders won't have to pay for a new sign. But when a new sign is required it needs to be in Pinyin or English, in addition to Hanzi.
This sounds good to me. It will help me find places and improve my Chinese a lot. Why will it improve my Chinese? because I will recognise more words that I have learned in Pinyin (many more than I could in Hanzi) and recognising words will help my language acquisition.
If the words are in English it may also help local kids with their English, in the same manner as Pinyin would help me.
Making the road signs in Pinyin and Chinese was a good idea. It has helped me a lot in navigating the city. Extending the policy to shop signs can only add benefit. And nobody has to buy a new sign.