I really love hot and sour soup, suān là tāng (酸辣汤), but haven't been able to find it in Kunming. I haven't really looked though because my chinese skills are so poor, but I'd be grateful if someone could recommend a place that has or might have this dish.
China considered Myanmar drone strike during manhunt
Posted bythe problem is, when one faction takes it upon themselves to drone strike against terrorists in spite of any national borders, agreements and/or affected civilians, another faction will naturally claim it as their god-given right to drone strike against drug lords/rebels/dissidents/civilians/whatever takes their fancy. This is something we will se more of in the future, as Russia and China gets the technology and confidence to emulate US behavior and violate their neighbors in a multitude of new and interesting ways; China is just getting started, there's much, much more to come.
Beijing green-lights Nu River dam
Posted byI'm having a really tough time understanding why they don't just build a few nuclear plants instead of all these dams. Okay, sure, we know by now that chinese bureaucrats on all levels simply adore large scale brutalist architecture projects, but this is taking it a bit too far...
Chinese teens murder seven before arrests
Posted byBut repeat offenders are, like everybody else, a product of society. They should not be removed permanently from society, but be given help so that they might, in time, be allowed back into society and live peacefully and constructively within it. Society has a responsibility to take care even of this people, and killing them would mean the utter failure in this regard.
This I say coming from a country where hardly anyone can ever be incarcerated for more than two decades, and I do think that is very good.
Getting Away: Xishan
Posted bydoes anybody know something about the "miniature stone forest" that can be reached from the walkways among the daoist temples? It is worth visiting?