But indeed buying a house can be a hassle here - but as a previous commentator showcasing first person experience on the matter said, buying a house is no requirement (altough he does own anyway).
Well, if you aren't here working long term (thus qualified), or married with local (also eventually qualified) and no desire to emigrate her/him, or have real ethnic connections (already qualified), I don't know many who'd bother staying anyway.
It's still not much of a random relocation destination for early retirement, in my opinion anyway.
@Ceci: "Andy Hull Musical Bar [...] their doner kabab is delicious"
Where might one find this establishment? Do you have an address?
Rugby: Flying Tigers
www.gokunming.com/[...]
Football: Kunming FC
kunmingfc@gmail.com
@michael2015: "Adding photo links also requires censorship (this is China [..]"
As far as I know, the website is not hosted in mainland China, and therefore mainland's regulations governing censorship do not affect it, even if the operating company would be registered in mainland.
Of course there is a remote chance of questionable material (whether pictures or text) on the site causing this (technically foreign) website to become blocked in mainland.
No results found.
Letter from the editor: Kunming community spirit in times of Corona
Posted by"support the website by making an account, asking questions in the forum, leaving reviews and using the classifieds section to find a job, sell your stuff or rent an apartment."
This (or rather what is not included in that list of to-dos) sums the criticism that I personally have toward the whole ordeal, and how GoKunming (out of no choice I understand) had to respond to it with rest of the nation.
.
Ask questions and increase revenue, but feel free to avoid discussing and, heaven forbid, debating anything.
Editorial: Kunming 2020 biological diversity conference should be based on Paris Agreement
Posted byWouldn't you say a new kind of virus adds to biodiversity though? Also in relation to biodiversity, I suppose there is some poetic justice in the virus killing humans.
European visa centers open to Chinese citizens in Kunming
Posted byNot sure if this applies to Italy visas, but for many other European countries:
The Joint Visa Application Center that used to be in Beichen, is now relocated to an office building at intersection of .Shibo Road and Bojin Avenue.
New address:
1501D, Building A, Low Carbon Business Center, No. 12 Shibo Road, Kunming City, Yunnan Province 650000 China
www.vfsglobal.cn/finland/china/contact_us.html#14
Video: Zen and the art of patisserie with chef Igor Nataf
Posted byI'm not a big fan of croissants anyway, and donuts I have not found in either of the establishments you mentioned.
@Dolphin: "savouring the croissant helps to cultivate appreciation. ie appreciating simple things rather than always feeling discontent that you don't have enough"
Perhaps, but it equally helps to cultivate ignorance of all the labor that has been put into creating that experience for you. At least I would allow you to feel discontent on behalf all the people who don't have enough, whether they had part in creating the croissant or not.
I't shouldn't anymore be about what you have or don't have, but what the other 7.7 billion (minus 1) people have or don't have. That's where the musings of Buddha (as quoted above) go wrong in this day and age.
Video: Zen and the art of patisserie with chef Igor Nataf
Posted byThere perhaps was a time, when embracing reality same way you would savour the croissant, could have been beneficial to achieving an enlightened state of mind.
But today, many would call such view on life quite the opposite of enlightened - it could be called ignorance or covering your eyes from all that is wrong. Perhaps that's suitable in Chinese context.
There, I connected the croissant to politics.