Is there a correlation here? Kunming Hump closes for good (with a 24h notice), Obama aint get the red carpet when he arrives to Hangzhou, and some random laowai hit with a fist on the street.
Alien, heres a bet of 100$ that within 365 days you will start to question your political worldview. :)
I think there's no correlation of any importance. I'm not sure if I'd take your bet, as I'm not sure you understand my political worldview - and, yeah, I might change it, and/or continue to develop the way I apply it.
Anyway, let me know if some evidence of significant correlation shows up - after all, foreigners have been punched before, making less of a big deal out of Obama's visit probably has to do with the South China Sea (which, granted, might somewhat reinforce xenophobia), and I haven't seen any evidence that the closing of the Hump has anything to do with xenophobia. Fill us all in if you know more.
Traditionally Hump (not the guesthouse of course) has been one of strongest friendship symbols between US and China. Theres been a permanent exhibition in Kunming Museum on the Hump and Flying Tigers, it was still there in February, if its finnished now, do let me know :) .....and I might make some conclusions on my own.
That hostel?
Good. Close it. Magnet for the penny pinchers and the righteous unwashed.
Do you mean the hostel, the downstairs bar or both?
Plenty more bars opening anyway. The bar downstairs seems always empty anyway. Used to be good
I base this info on Wechat. Whole place closed with 24h notice, bar and guesthouse. For good. Whether its political, got no clue, but if this "Hump" word starts slowly fading out, one can maybe draw conclusions. Just maybe.
Edit: On a 2nd thought, doubt its political. A simple name and theme change would have fixed the issue. Pretty much ready to trash this plausible "correlation theory" :)
usually about money, landlords etc.
Yup, but since the official reason is the landlord - knowing how it works around - you know its not the landlord if its said it is the landlord. If it was said its political, you could suspect its maybe the landlord.
(You got a damn quick reply, sitting on airplane and just browsing these websites, hoping to land soon. Great with wifi on planes anyway.)
I see no evidence that the word 'Hump' is dying out these days, though it would be surprising for it to be brought up frequently, as WWII ended 71 years ago. The fact that Japanese atrocities etc. or the period are brought up frequently has a lot to do with the government.
i saw 2 dogs a humping only this morning
