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Forums > Living in Kunming > Video production rates

Filming and editing are two separate things.

FWIW I have had a few short (~3-5 minute) videos (already filmed) professionally edited recently for very reasonable rates... executed within a day, and under 800/minute. Very happy with output quality and service.

I can give you the editor I used's contact details if you wish, send me a PM.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Chinese Cities of Opportunity 2017

Shenzhen is awesome! So much going on. Everyone is from somewhere else so you don't get that 'lao difang ren' mentality with swearing, arguing on the street, spitting, day-long-mahjong, etc. It's a very young city. The sort of place you can literally make anything happen. A true city of opportunity.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Street Stabbings

No coverage so I thought to share. Yesterday morning on Hongshan Nan Lu near the intersection of Hongshan Dong Lu a man with a mental illness took an axe to the general public. Multiple people were seriously injured. Police turned up but were unable to constrain the attacker, and ultimately shot him.

Apparently the attacker was a Chinese man in his mid 30s.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Toastmaster club in Kunming

I read an article recently, recalled some TM threads here and looked them up.

It seems sad that as an international organization supposedly fostering effective and professional communication they are unable to provide a current, geographically delineated list of clubs and events.

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > Yunnan Covered Bridges--Seeking Old Photographs

Hi Ronald,

You should get in touch with Jim Goodman, he has pictures of a lot of these that he took himself from the 1990s through early 2000s.

As far as older ones go, he has published a number of books on the province some of which almost certainly include older images which he could provide. (Likely including the one near Baoshan.)

I also have a collection of old Yunnan photographs and other imagery and could provide you with a French era (~1900) black and white of one in southeast Yunnan.

Jim's website which has his email: blackeagleflights.blogspot.hk/

Or just email me and I'll put you in touch with him. My email: walter at the domain name of the website pratyeka.org/

I have a few images of covered bridges from ~2001 onward, but also photographs of some old photos. Unfortunately they would take me a long time to dig up and I don't have time right now. I would suggest contacting the various prefectural museums for additional assistance (eg. Dali, Baoshan, Kunming, Jianshui, Mengzi/Honghe). There is also a private museum in Tengchong which would likely be of use.

A copy of the finished book would be appreciated.

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Another point is that the survival of the significant bodies of oral literature of many of the local peoples relies upon their language remaining extant. For more information on global efforts at oral literature preservation for endangered languages, see www.oralliterature.org/

They've been on about this for years. Impediments to meaningful land links include the ongoing conflict in northern Burma with the Kachin people, the American-supported pro-western swing of the Burmese government, and the touchy subject of historical relations between Yunnan and northern Burma's own historic powers of old such as the Nanzhao, Shan and Mon kingdoms who at times dominated not only all of Yunnan but also struck further afield. Nanzhao's links to the Brahmaputra valley (eastern India's Assam region) and Bengal to the south are significant; to this day you can see obviously Hindu influenced rock-carved sculpture at sites like Shibaoshan in Dali prefecture. The Chinese government presumably avoids highlighting these historic links for fear that they have the potential to detract from the ongoing process of unification of Yunnanese peoples under Chinese governance in this still very young border region (sections of which were meaningfully placed under Chinese administration until around a hundred years ago... some may argue such pockets persist today).

I had the chance to visit the Maotianshan fossil museum outside of Chengjiang, north of Fuxian Lake to the southeast of Kunming recently. That is the main site nearby and was really impressive, though to be fair one has to be in a sort of 'wide-angle mindset' to appreciate the contents. I'll share some information about Chengjiang in the future.

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@nailer is being unfairly dismissed: they are certainly fallible. At one point they were well managed and the only game in town, and their outdoor bar had an interesting social vibe. Recently, none of these is the case (was given a bad bill to the tune of ~300% - no managers present and a subsequent complaint resulted in a less than ideal outcome, many more places are now open, and the outdoor bar is closed). Unless you are specifically seeking faux-Americana (often far better examples elsewhere) or two degrees removed faux-Mexicana, there's little reason to go there. How come French Cafe can serve a great sandwich for 24 but Sals requires 50 for a pretend-exoticized nibble? Certainly the business will continue, but the hey-dey is clearly gone. Romaniticizing the past aint gonna help. E-waste recycling by shipping (non carbon neutral) junk across the country? Puh-lease. Garbage processing people here recycle anyway! I applaud the ethical stance of one of the managers, but the place has frankly lost its mojo.

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Hands down the best draft craft beer in Kunming. On top of that, very reasonable prices for food and other drinks (especially wine).

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Called the number provided on a Friday at 2:15PM while a 10% discount was advertised "on Friday and Saturday" (listed in GoKunming specials).

A Chinese person answered the 'English' phone number in Mandarin then explained in broken English that you need to order 3 hours in advance. (Subtext: As their business is so slow)

Grumble. False advertising. Waste of time. Seems 100% Chinese run. Probably bad pizza.

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The listing here is wrong! Teresa's are not defunct, they are just back to being one store instead of two stores on Wenlinjie now! They are still in business, still answer on this phone number, and are still delivering! Points for consistency, it's been years! As of right now, it's 68 for the more toppings vegetarian at the largest size. They will do thin or thick crust. Yes, it's not to everyone's taste, but I always used to find adding dried chilli powder and some extra salt brought it up to tasty. Might go for a dash of Sichuan pepper oil to spice it up this time around. (You know you've been in China too long when...)

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I also had a bad experience here recently.

Honestly, I wish them the best of luck, but I do think the staff are poorly managed and the owners have the wrong attitude and a clear lack of experience in service-oriented business. While the pizza is OK, everything else I have tried (including overnight stay) can be had cheaper and better elsewhere, and the pizza at Roccos is better in my opinion. The service has always fluctuated between acceptable to don't care.

Since they don't have their situation resolved yet, and it has been a few years, I have made the decision not to go there anymore or send anyone else. It's just not worth the hassle, given the crappy location (masked as private or lost). Better pizza with more quiet and privacy on Roccos' terraces.