@Ishmae: "anyone can watch youtube with a VPN and anyone can have a VPN"
Not sure what that was about, but providing VPN services in China is illegal across the country (well "mainland" anyway), and in some jurisdictions in China individuals even just using VPN clients have been punished.
So, yes maybe anyone can, but so can anyone try to rob a bank or start a revolution.
And that last part is why Chinese government wants to nanny the nation.
Regardless the age of this blast, as current information I'll share that at least in our neighbourhood the nearest laundry store (that also does dry cleaning) offers service to pick up rugs and return them cleaned.
Don't recall prices, but it depends on expected amount of work, nor do I think they do in-house cleaning if that's what is needed.
This is a chain store, but not remarkably bigger or otherwise standing out from any other random laundry store in the area. So those are what I'd recommend to check, if anyone has this problem.
@Ishmael: "all you have to do is wake up & realize you don't need them & never did"
Same could be said about lot of things. Cars, meat, electricity, shower and shaving to name a few.
I'd even refer to older technologies like being able to read or write. Not really necessary, yes?
The service providers mentioned above are modern-day equivalent of printing press, or older manual copying of books by (often religious) scholars.
All these technologies contain and have contained an element of information control, or propaganda if you will. Even more so in the past, I argue. We have come a long way from that.
@mr_woggle: "wasn't here during Chinese New Year. How long did that last?"
For my regular provider (which is not the topic of this thread), the problems started in Friday Jan 31, and it took until Feb 22 for them to get it back.
This week it went down again, as did apparently other popular services too.
My regular provider, which has been pretty safe from blocking before, had major problems over Chinese New Year holidays.
I strongly suspect that Chinese authorities took the latest holiday as opportunity to test new blocking technology without hurting hundreds of domestic SMEs which still rely on unauthorized VPNs for their foreign business operations (since most of their staff would have been on holiday as well).
The situation got better afterwards, until this week both that provider and my backup provider stopped working.
"Tourist visa applicants within the United States will no longer be required to submit round-trip air ticket booking record, proof of hotel reservation, itinerary or invitation letter."
CoVid experiences possibly affecting this could could of course come from many perspectives.
For example, those who are or have been in urban lock-down, may appreciate the prospect of going out once it is over - opportunities which are perhaps different in Kunming/Yunnan, than somewhere else.
If the survey took place during or after lock-downs in China, people will acknowledge this and it would show in results more strongly than perhaps otherwise. Appreciating what the city or region can offer beside 12h work days and big bucks.
If this "economic" is to be taken as in affordability, then at least for me it is a major point.
If I speculate this from local perspective, last I checked the local average salary was below the monthly automatic 5000 RMB tax deduction, so average Kunming resident gets by without paying any income tax - in many other country I would probably feel satisfied if I see the city and society develop even without having to contribute to it myself by other means than my own consumption.
There isn't that much industry here, but the benefits of developing society keep trickling in anyway, and this curve (or imbalance or whatever you'd call it) will ultimately show in this kind of surveys, positively.
It is perhaps same in some more remote places, where some farmers can make a small fortune with modern technology to help them.
Also curious about when this survey was conducted - would CoVid experiences weigh in it, and how?
I'm curious whether the separate website for Lijiang means less Lijiang-specific content appearing on GoKunming. For me personally it would be double to effort to navigate two websites, which may be why I will not frequent on the Lijiang site.
So basically will the information on the two sites be mirrored so that those who only read GoKunming, may catch all/most of the content about Lijiang as well?
China and Thailand's visa-free deal further reshapes Asia travel
Posted byRelated for visitors from USA:
"Tourist visa applicants within the United States will no longer be required to submit round-trip air ticket booking record, proof of hotel reservation, itinerary or invitation letter."
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Kunming one of best cities to live in China
Posted byCoVid experiences possibly affecting this could could of course come from many perspectives.
For example, those who are or have been in urban lock-down, may appreciate the prospect of going out once it is over - opportunities which are perhaps different in Kunming/Yunnan, than somewhere else.
If the survey took place during or after lock-downs in China, people will acknowledge this and it would show in results more strongly than perhaps otherwise. Appreciating what the city or region can offer beside 12h work days and big bucks.
Kunming one of best cities to live in China
Posted by"Survey of Economic Life in China"
If this "economic" is to be taken as in affordability, then at least for me it is a major point.
If I speculate this from local perspective, last I checked the local average salary was below the monthly automatic 5000 RMB tax deduction, so average Kunming resident gets by without paying any income tax - in many other country I would probably feel satisfied if I see the city and society develop even without having to contribute to it myself by other means than my own consumption.
There isn't that much industry here, but the benefits of developing society keep trickling in anyway, and this curve (or imbalance or whatever you'd call it) will ultimately show in this kind of surveys, positively.
It is perhaps same in some more remote places, where some farmers can make a small fortune with modern technology to help them.
Also curious about when this survey was conducted - would CoVid experiences weigh in it, and how?
New strict dog regulations in 36 Kunming areas
Posted by"Dogs raised outside the key management areas may not be brought in."
Curious how this regulation deals with people (foreigners or Chinese) who may want to move in Kunming and bring their pet dogs with...?
Announcing the new website Destination Lijiang
Posted byI'm curious whether the separate website for Lijiang means less Lijiang-specific content appearing on GoKunming. For me personally it would be double to effort to navigate two websites, which may be why I will not frequent on the Lijiang site.
So basically will the information on the two sites be mirrored so that those who only read GoKunming, may catch all/most of the content about Lijiang as well?