A bunch of us headed over to Lazy Bones in Think UK for some pizza buffet action yesterday, only to find that the place is closed for renovation until next year and they won't even be delivering from their restaurant until after Christmas.
It would be a good idea, especially if they'd like people to form the habit of showing up there to eat, to announce this sort of thing (it's not even on their official website). Of course, then they might have to change their name.
National Geographic is available in English at a lot of magazine kiosks around town.
Mandarin Books sometimes has Time, Economist and Newsweek, though the supply is sporadic. List prices hover around 60-80 kuai, which is actually the list price, not some scam by the management.
I make a point of stocking up every time I pass through a tier 1 city. You can usually find some international newspapers and mags at the Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai airports
It is easy to discredit TCM if you look at every single folk belief in China as one whole system. Even the photo essay says "Strong beliefs in OBSCURE (emphasis mine) parts of traditional Chinese medicine..." Much of that is really fringe right now.
A startling amount of new drug discoveries these days are actually extracts made from old herbal medicines from places like China, India and indigenous cultures. The most effective malaria treatment today, artemisinin, has been used in herbal form in China for the exact same disease for at least 1000 years.
Yes, there is still a lot of quackery out there, but there are also university trained doctors practicing some very effective and well-documented techniques too.
I'm not saying that it's some powerful thing that can cure anything, but the focus should be on examining both sides objectively, rather than merely cherry-picking evidence to support a gut opinion.
Some construction folks told me a few years back that most of Kunming is unsuitable for underground rail because the bedrock is too shallow. I figure most, if not all of the new trains will be light rail.
The construction is almost definitely light rail. They announced it in the papers (and on this site) quite a while ago.
Let's try to avoid a flame war here.
Acts of terrorism are committed to sow the seeds of fear and hatred. If we let that happen, then we've surrendered. The antidote is positivity and love.
I just found a news article on Sohu that says the bomber claimed to be the bus bomber shortly before he died in the hospital. The purported source of the article, which also quotes police as saying "that was definitely no gas tank", is Yunnan Xinxi Bao, though I have been unable to find the article on their website. The link could have been erased, or it could be erroneous, so we can't draw any conclusions yet. Besides, recent events have shown that we can't expect anything like full disclosure from authorities. Keep looking.
An exciting new gallery space built from an old factory warehouse in the Paoluda Creative Industry Park. Looking forward to seeing what they'll do with it.
Kunming stunned by cafe bombing
Posted byLet's try to avoid a flame war here.
Acts of terrorism are committed to sow the seeds of fear and hatred. If we let that happen, then we've surrendered. The antidote is positivity and love.
Rise above
Report: Cafe bomber confesses to bus bombing
Posted byxiaoliu 76, let me remind you that foreigners didn't plant the bomb. We didn't "bring" any danger to "your" country. The anti-foreign sentiments did.
Kunming stunned by cafe bombing
Posted byFolks,
I just found a news article on Sohu that says the bomber claimed to be the bus bomber shortly before he died in the hospital. The purported source of the article, which also quotes police as saying "that was definitely no gas tank", is Yunnan Xinxi Bao, though I have been unable to find the article on their website. The link could have been erased, or it could be erroneous, so we can't draw any conclusions yet. Besides, recent events have shown that we can't expect anything like full disclosure from authorities. Keep looking.
Work to begin on Lugu Lake airport in 2009
Posted byNo!!!!!!!
Pu'er tea investment bubble bursts
Posted bySilver lining indeed. Now us mere mortals can start stocking up on the good stuff...