Forums > Living in Kunming > Fedex US->China Here is the Kunming address I had the best luck with:
Jiang Dong Si Ji Gong Yu, Apt 1708
Beijing Lu, Panlong District, 650224
Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China
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650224
中国云南省昆明市盘龙区北京路江东四季公寓1708 室
电话：18669888888
Stuff was sent US mail and took about two weeks. The English was to get it going in the right direction. The Chinese address in Hanzi is correct with a phone number. Customs will call if necessary. These days you get a US tracking number but it was useless in China
I gave up on FEDEX as it was left in the university mail room with a few hundred other FEDEX packages in a big pile.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Metro: X-Ray Scanner and Aerosols Really surprised about metro restrictions for carryon stuff. Airport security people are well trained and work in teams but not sure about metro and bus station Nazi wannabes. At least you can turn around and walk away and catch a taxi.
Some flying rules I have run into:
You can carry ONE cigarette lighter on your person. It cannot be in your carryon luggage.
There are restrictions on lithium batteries as well: size, number, and total watt or amp hours. In the US there are regulations but each airline has its own rules. I can, for example, fly with my power chair on Delta but not United.
Multiple spare lithium batteries for cameras and battery banks can be a problem.
Other items prohibited: tent pegs, badminton racquets, fishing rods, and tools.
Forums > Living in Kunming > China credit score Another link in the 大哥 chain.
With the popularity and convenience of using plastic, spending habits are preserved for analysis. POS systems used by retailers and traders provide even more detail.
Brainwave monitoring is a new twist adding emotional surveillance to the tool bag of control.
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大哥 can monitor internet activity and can know how money is being spent. Now 大哥 can create a collective picture of emotional responses.
Gives new meaning to "keep it under your hat."
Welcome to the new GoKunming!
Posted by@ Yereth
It is a bit better, thanks.
Kunming: A New Perspective
Posted byGreat to know you guys are going to be Kunming boosters. In spite of many problems, like never ending construction, worsening air quality and the forever metro project it is a good place to live.
I just hope you guys have the balls to point out when the emperor isn't fully clothed.
Welcome to the new GoKunming!
Posted byFirst reaction: Damn it looks good!
Then after a few minutes of clicking this and that the second reaction: It works!
I only have one complaint. I know it is the latest style but the grey font text is a pain to read. Maybe, because of my old and failing eyes, I find reading websites employing the subdued fonts a bit difficult to read.
Good job!
Official proposes reopening Wujiaba Airport
Posted byAlPage, you have hit on a way to increase GDP and provide more jobs! Not exactly a twofer, more likely three or four times the cost of one workable airport, it will make Kunming a unique Twin Airport Spring City! The cost can be laid off on travelers with enhanced fees for tourists. Airlines can charge extra fees as well.
Yunnan GDP third fastest-growing in China
Posted byBeijing regularly discounts provincial GDP growth. That is, the sum of the 33 provinces is less than the national totals.
Given the current MBO goals that drive GDP growth at any cost, impressive growth statistics are to be expected. With changes in MBO goals, more emphasis on environment, more concern with income inequality, less investment and debt driven growth, we can expect a decline in rate of growth.
Beijing has touted 'go West' and develop for about a decade. That plus money flowing into Yunnan has led to massive infrastructure development, short term employment and impressive GDP numbers. Can it last?
Remember, what is torn down adds to GDP, what is built adds to GDP, what is repaired adds to GDP, what is removed to urban areas adds to GDP. Increased activity financed by debt, especially economically unfeasible infrastructure projects, just add to the piper's bill.
Clearly, wholesale building of apartments, tall buildings, roads and bridges, provide an economic bonanza for a small portion of the population and contribute to income inequality as the workers get a pretty small piece of the pie.
Some that follow statistics and macro economic flows in China foretell difficulties ahead.
As one experienced in the collection of economic data and understanding how it is converted into the grand GDP guess, I am amazed at the technical dexterity developed by China in that forecasts of GDP, made before, six to eight weeks, the end of a 13 week quarter, are so accurate. Somehow prophecies are consistently fulfilled.