Yeah it's not a problem to find good product on internet, but the wife is hesitant to trust that the contents match the container.
Thanks though, off to sell this...
Our stock of foreign-bought sunscreen for the toddler is running out, and I'm looking for reliable source in Kunming.
In this matter his mother is suspicious of anything from Taobao or other internet sources, so a physical store would be great.
So far we have been unable to find fragnance-free, SPF 30+ choices in our regular stores.
Any hints?
Visited a branch of Berder Dental at Baiyun Road/Beijing Road intersection today to ask, and was told that (at the moment) they have 1 German dentist who rotates between the 3 branches in Kunming. To get appoint for him, you need to book 2 days in advance.
Yeah it can.
@Liumingke1234, I'm not sure why you need "phone to phone", when "skype to phone" from you to the elderly person's phone in USA would be just as good from that elderly person's perspective.
Or do you also want to be able to receive calls from her phone to your phone in China?
It is not a competition. If I want to say something, I say it. I hope others can too.
Governments have to market programs like this not only to their buyers and possible outside evaluators, but also to their own people.
You brought this question up yourself: "People might say to themselves why spend all this money helping foreigners "
People won't say such, if the government sells it to them in right way, and that is easy in country where the state controls media like it does in China. Should there be too loud opposing voices anyway, they can be quickly silenced as well.
BRI needs to be justified to Chinese people, just like western governments need to justify their foreign aid budgets or whatever investments abroad to their people.
On that note, it should be remembered that until quite recently (and still now I believe), China itself was a recipient of foreign aid both from UN and individual countries. Though it gies more foreign aid out than it receives.
Of course, especially with aid from individual countries, it can be questioned what the motives behind some of that aid is.
But BRI is not about foreign aid, it is investments with expected returns.
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Paying a visit to the Cool Mountain Yi
Posted byDevelopment brings changes to old rituals as well.
About two years ago I was in a funeral ceremony of a close relative-by-law deep in Changning county in eastern Baoshan prefecture.
The deceased was not really an Yi, but was written off as such in the population records. Rest of the family, as well as most of the villagers, were Yi.
New regulations from authorities state that the deceased may no longer be just buried like they were in past. Instead, they must now always be cremated. I assume this is to save valuable farmland in the mountains, and perhaps for hygiene reasons as well..
Since this cremation is done in a separate facility, it means that the deceased (and his or her left-behind spirit), who previously remained in the family house until buried, have to be taken out of the house for cremation and then returned to the house in a small coffin.
The spirits are known to have some temper, so much care is always put to making them happy.
In that specific village, this was the first case of implementing the new regulations. The ritual specialist had to establish new rituals so the spirit could safely travel outside the house and then return.
Wooden stools were lined in the courtyard, and a line was attached to them to form a kind of bridge, which the spirit could use to leave the household and then return there for further rituals. Firecrackers naturally escorted the way.
This was a variation of a case where somebody would die (accidentally for example) outside of the house. In that case, a similar pathway would be created so the spirit could return to the house for rituals, before usually returning to the mountains where the death occurred.
I was told of a spirit of a man who lives in the nearby mountainside. At that time guns were still allowed, and the poor guy fell to his death when taking a shot at a wild goat or similar animal.
On top of the mountain there are half a dozen shrines for everyone who has died in the mountains. Visitors to the mountain top are expected to kowtow to each of these shrines, or risk wrath of the spirits on their way down.
Sichuan water release devastates parts of northwest Yunnan
Posted byI was going to mention that. Also If there were (even) more dams and associated buffer lakes along the river, then those (unless already full of course) could dampen the impact of this kind of natural disasters further along the stream. But that would be man vs. nature of course, at cost of nature.
Beijing approves massive Changshui International Airport expansion
Posted bySince many Chinese tourists will not stay in Kunming, but head to more touristy places in Yunnan, I'm wondering how many will change plane at Changshui to get to their final destinations, and how many will take subway or other transport downtown and then to other travel nodes - like the high speed train terminal.
I'm thinking that for many the latter option would give a chance to see at least a bit of the provincial capital, and also some countryside from train or bus that they wouldn't catch from air.
Thus the question is, how rest of Kunming's transport system is up to take this expected increase in air passengers.
Bringing classic Shanghai elegance to Kunming
Posted by@Montaigne: The 2pm opening time in end of the advertisement refers to opening time of the original Shanghai location. This ad does not mention opening time of the Kunming location at all, but clicking to the official event calendar entry, it seems to be at 11am.
Study: Air pollution causes loss of intelligence
Posted byI would tend to think, that it is not easy to separate loss of cognitive performance caused directly by air pollution, and loss of same abilities indirectly by otherwise weakened other abilities (ranging from lung performance to worse sleep for example) arising from the same pollution.
Considering the wide range of parameters that may affect ones cognitive performance, it should be no-brainer to conclude that (one way or another) air pollution affects cognitive performance.