To me, this statement "behavior modification is the true danger of psychological censorship" misses the point.
One of the goals of censorship IS precisely behavior modification.
Note these words and phrases:
consensus
23 percent were concerned
32 percent thought
60 percent of people don’t believe
None of these reflect science.
There was a time when the consensus was and the majority belief was that the earth is flat and the sun and moon revolved around the earth.
When ignorant persons give medical advice, or use opinion aggregates, to support dubious uninformed
medical claims, they are endangering lives.
@dolphin's good advice: "Don’t take medical advice from a crackpot on the internet." That includes dolphin.
For expats concerned about the "five year" rule and the possibility of China taxing worldwide income, more information here:
"Is this a good idea or a bad idea?" Kind of a dumb question. It is a change in China's tax law which must be complied with. This reform is entirely within the right and power of China's government to effect.
A wise man once told me, "In China never ask 'Why'" In China laws are laws and rules are rules the 'why' is less important than understanding and compliance.
This IIT Reform is the first major change in 38 years with many changes that affect both Chinese and foreigners. There are hundreds of 'whys'.
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Good for quality, but pricey, hand tools.
Be aware they will push whatever they are selling. Some of the staff have no idea about the technical side of appliances.
I went there to buy a stove. I repeatedly told them I would be using bottled gas. They sold me a stove. When I went to my local gas guy, I learned there are at least three kinds of gas sold. Luckily, B&Q did not deliver as promised. I went back to the store and discovered they had sold me a stove they needed to be hooked up to the gas main. I got my money back.
The sales lady was almost in tears, 没有问题！I don't know if it a safety or design issue, but I would think B&Q would know and care.
Last week had an 8:45am flight.
Subway starts at 9am. I have no idea where to catch an airport express bus. Eight taxis refused to go to the airport. After almost an hour standing on Beijing Lu took a black taxi, this dude drives slower than my mother, 120 yuan.
Flight back was delayed so I learned the subway stops running at 6:10pm.
Getting a taxi back was easy, more taxis than customers. Taxi was 87 yuan including 1o yuan toll, airport to Beichen area. Yes, he took a longer route than necessary.
Kunming imagines being a gateway for international travelers. New airport but hard to get to and from it.
World Class Airport, NOT!
Tonight "Peacock", a performance by Yang Liping (杨丽萍), to begin her world tour, 8pm, 100-1680 yuan at Yunna Haigeng Auditorium.
Saw this lady perform at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, in California, in 1995. Quite a good and interesting show.
I'm going to try to make it.
Not so good. Kimchi had a very sour taste. Other food was nothing to brag about. I don't think I would go back.
This bus station is not located as indicated. It is further North!
First-hand account: Setting up a guesthouse in Xishuangbanna
Posted byThe hotel did not open. Although I do not know why, I do know the project was abandoned.
Getting Away: Vang Vieng
Posted byVang Vieng is a great place. I stay at the Elephant Crossing hotel. Quite nice but $45USD a night. A bit steep for the backpackers and consumers of 'magic" goods. So it is pretty quiet.
Rooms face the river and Karst formations. Clouds and wisps of clouds in and around the Karst mountains provide a constantly changing view.
Vang Vieng is my favorite sit-and-do-nothing place on Laos.
Snapshot: Kunming Carnival's Grand Parade
Posted byGBTEXDOC, blobbles, Heinz
I agree with you guys. GK, please get ahead of events. We might like to go too!
Kunming's etymological vapor trail
Posted bybluppfisk is right. Calibre is really good and easy to use. I have found making your own original ebooks for the kindle fairly easy. I do it this way: Word -> RTF -> MOBI. PDF docs can be converted as well but it depends on how the PDF doc was created. Color photos can look sad on the kindle so they are best converted to BW first.
Kunming's etymological vapor trail
Posted byWalter, got mine from Kindle. Project Gutenberg has a version with illustrations.
Actually, Project Gutenberg has more than 200 FREE downloads on China. Many of these are in Chinese, 汉字。
Any .mobi ebook will work on a Kindle or Kindle for PC or Mac.