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So indeed it is the age thing.
According to the present law no one will be able to drive after 70.
China has a lot of catch up to do with the whole age thing they are way behind in their legislation. Laws for driving are made as for chauffeurs and not for normal citizens.
Things keep on changing however. In China there are now important people getting old who want to be able to drive and there will be a push for a change in this because of that. So keep an eye out for possible changes.

I know the medicals are a bit of a joke but I know they keep the worst out. When I got my license there was a man in front of me in the cue (No privacy of course) who was as good as blind. He didn't pass despite his arguing that he only drives his 3 wheeler in the town where he lives and knows all the street there ;-)

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Forums > Food & Drink > Best / Worst Kunming Food

Imported. "China Daily said smugglers bought cheap meat abroad, shipped it to Hong Kong and on to Vietnam before bringing it to the mainland. Can you imagine the transport cost and the cost of storing it 40 years."

Sorry but even if it is in the Guardian it still is not credible.

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Forums > Food & Drink > Best / Worst Kunming Food

40 year old meat.
How many times have I heard this urban legend ???

Same story on this same forum 2 year ago. See:
www.gokunming.com/[...]
Referring to:
usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-07/11/content_16762593.htm

That story again goes back to the Mao years. So I can repeat my reply:

"46 years ago was 1967. China was in the middle of the Cultural Revolution and I bet you that Frozen Food facilities didn't exist in those days in the town of the story. As technicians know a frozen food warehouse will last only a couple of years and these deep frozen chicken feed would have been replaced several times to new facilities. Very unlikely."

I saw the 40 year old meat story the last couple of days in various western papers. Funny that they all disappeared again after a few days. This papers must have realised that they were publishing bull shit.

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@WayoftheSun
I largely agree with you that it is not the dog but the owner that is the problem. But you have to realize that there is a correlation between them, like people that buy a Lamborghini are more likely to be involved in a high speed accident than people who buy a QQ.
The problem is that people that, let say, buy a pit bull terrier, usually are not doing so to prove that these are nice family dogs but do so for the reasons why these dogs are forbidden now.

An other point is that certain breeds which where OK before, like for example the various shepherd breeds, for whom I have as well have good experiences, I was allowed to walk a friend's shepherd when only 4 years old, have changed.
Many of these dogs are not any longer what they used to be. This because of unscrupulous breeding for commercial reasons. The nice and friendly shepherd I walked as a 4 year old is not the same as the shepherd my neighbor bought as a status symbol to go with his Cayenne.
For this reason I support banning breeds. Not because of the dogs but because of the owners.

Dognappig
Kidnapping of a dog in our compound occurred yesterday. The dog was lured outside with a ham sausage and then taken off the compound. Security camera's showed all the action even of the kidnapping lady buying the ham sausage in the convenience store next to the compound.
The dog involved was an Akita, which is one of the forbidden dog breeds in Kunming. Apparently there still is a market for these dogs.

When I read the header I thought that is fast because last night the just visited me. Turned out the article is about the previous census ;-)

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