@Geezer: "Thus far I have not seen any official documentation"

That's because it's not yet implemented (also title of the thread - "proposed").

The current status in China's regulating path is that the drafts are submitted for public consultation, eg. being reviewed by (hopefully) experts, before being written into law. And that could happen sometime next year at the earliest.

No official, or final, documentation exists in any language yet, nor do any organization have to follow laws that do not yet exist.

@Ishmael: "has no effect on expats staying here (with, for example, tourist visas) who are not employed".

If such person manages to live in China without breaking the 5 year rule, then China will have legal basis to claim tax in worldwide income of said person.

This five-year rule (current and future) is specifically about foreign income, that does not relate to work or employment in China - such income would be taxable in China anyway.

Some new information:

"1. The ‘Five-year Rule’ will remain for expatriates, but with two changes

Expatriates will continue to benefit from the ‘Five-year Rule’, but there are two important changes: one, taxpayers that stay in China for more than 183 days for each year can only ‘break’ the five year period by leaving the country for 30 or more days in a single trip; two, expatriates need to file with their tax bureau in advance to enjoy the benefits of the five-year rule.

2. Expatriates will remain eligible for most of their current tax-exempt benefits

Expatriates will retain some of the tax-exempt benefits they currently partly enjoy; however, they will not be able to claim exemptions for items such as housing rent, children’s education, or language training while also claiming a deduction for the same item."

Sources:

www.dezshira.com/[...]

This article and information is based on following drafts that are currently under public consultation:

Implementation Regulations for the Individual Income Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China (Exposure Draft) and the Interim Measures for Itemized Additional Deductions for Individual Income Tax (Exposure Draft), both released on October 20, 2018.

@bilingualexpat:

I can't confirm the Chinese name, but the photos of the food match.

So Wenchang Chicken it is!

In BinJiang Jun Yuan residential area, close to intersection of BaiYun Road and Panlong river, there is a shopping mall named BinJiang Junfa Plaza or something like that.

In B1 floor there is a small restaurant named Oh Yeah, that serves a version (I understood coastal if not Hainanese) of hotpot based on coconut juice and chicken.

Also the dressing to dip the food into comes with an unusual variation of ginger (I don't know real name) mixed with lime, which I find a good match for the whole.

I don't know if this version of hotpot dining has a formal name, or how common this dish is in Kunming or elsewhere, but we often go here with friends who can't stand spicy food but still want "hotpot experience" - as well as our toddler.

The restaurant has another section with BBQ tables, and is usually rather quiet.

Yet other Nov 11s will come (hopefully), and in that sense the discussion is very much on track.