cnotes11, my internet speed is good. I am not a technical guy, but maybe it is because u are living downtown, where so many people use the internet at the same time. I am living in the northeast, or 北市区. It's been great.
About cable channel for football. I don't know whether u are watching the so-called "Digital TV" (数字电视). If u do, there is a channel called 风云足球 (kind of CCTV-Football Channel). But u got pay extra 5 RMB a month. If you could get it, it really can provide u a good channel to enjoy football.
CNTV. An online TV of CCTV. They do have some matches in English. But others is broadcate in Chinese. Anyway, you can find many matches on the Sports TV of CNTV. I often watch tennis on it.
If you are really sensitive about accent or local vocab, Yunnan is appropriate for you to learn Mandarin. But if u have to, I'd recommend you Qujing. Though I am a local resident here, yet what they dialects can be understood by many people from many parts of China. This is based on my friends from Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and many other place.
As for the non-pesticide vegetable, I am afraid the situation in these citites will le u down, cause vegetables in cities in China are provided by suburb areas. One of my friend told me vegetables of hi family providing to Kunming will planted seperatly from what they have for the family itself. In a word, if you wanna have these vegetable, you probably have to live in the village. So forget about vegetable thing and be focused on stduying Madarin.
Have a good time in Yunnan. If wanna know more about other stuff in Yunnna, U can contact me at stathislee@gmail.com.
Goo luck,
Stathis
I find people in Burma are speaking Chinglish. When I speak English, sometimes they may not understand. But after realizing they are using Chinglish, I turn to Chinglish.
The air in KM is really getting worse, but this seems not arise enough attention from the government and locals. For me, the most important reason is that Kunmingers are too addicted to the fame "Spring City". Many kunmingers I know will never forget to show how warm KM is in winter when they are working or studying in other provinces. Even last Saturday, one of my Kunming friends in Beijing has posted some pictures about KM taken several years ago on his blogger to show how beautiful KM is, without knowing KM is now being a "construction city" due to the metro thing. For me, Kunmingers are too obsessed with the fame and don't wanna wake up to see "spring city" is not really always spring here.
Agree with Voltaire about Jingdong and Jinggu. We drive the car from Ninger(宁洱) to Jinggu. The whole way is full of huge tropical forests on both sides and a very clean river along it. If u wanna see the real tropical forest. Jinggu and jingdong will a good choice in Yunnan.
Kunming battling Chinglish
Posted byYeah. Chinglish is good.
I find people in Burma are speaking Chinglish. When I speak English, sometimes they may not understand. But after realizing they are using Chinglish, I turn to Chinglish.
It works much better than English.
How bad is Kunming's air?
Posted byThe air in KM is really getting worse, but this seems not arise enough attention from the government and locals. For me, the most important reason is that Kunmingers are too addicted to the fame "Spring City". Many kunmingers I know will never forget to show how warm KM is in winter when they are working or studying in other provinces. Even last Saturday, one of my Kunming friends in Beijing has posted some pictures about KM taken several years ago on his blogger to show how beautiful KM is, without knowing KM is now being a "construction city" due to the metro thing. For me, Kunmingers are too obsessed with the fame and don't wanna wake up to see "spring city" is not really always spring here.
Donglianhua: Muslim outpost on the Tea Horse Road
Posted byAgree with Voltaire about Jingdong and Jinggu. We drive the car from Ninger(宁洱) to Jinggu. The whole way is full of huge tropical forests on both sides and a very clean river along it. If u wanna see the real tropical forest. Jinggu and jingdong will a good choice in Yunnan.