Forums > Travel Yunnan > Couchsurfing She would of course say that it is more interesting to meet foreigners than Chinese people.
But I'm fairly sure that there is also bit of that Chinese mentality which often becomes apparent when you have two Chinese persons (previously unfamiliar to each other) in presence of foreigners.
I have one old colleague (Chinese national) back in my home country, who exhibited same symptoms every time he accompanied our team on business trips to China. This guy is peaceful and mellow over there, but gets really intense when in China.
It may be that this is specific to "pro foreign" Chinese. Some kind of psychological self protection mechanism.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Couchsurfing We have hosted half a dozen people, foreigners and Chinese. Though lately my wife has requested that we only host foreigners.
It's mostly been backpackers of course, with an odd short-term language student.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Cost of living I've been trying to get our (myself and wife) monthly expenses not top 3000, but to do that we really have to monitor our spending on daily basis.
I'm sure one could live care-free on 4000-5000.
Although, on top of that, there is rent, taxes (if you pay), my international medical insurance and any surprise expenses.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Residence Permit as Spouse of HK Chinese lautou wrote "Theoretically, once you have a residence visa - you don't need work visas"
Regardless on what visa you come here on, if you plan to stay here longer on family reasons, you will first apply and get a temporary residence permit, which does not allow you to be employed.
For marriage reasons, foreigner can apply for mainland permanent residency after having lived here 5 years. After that the foreigner will supposedly not need work permits to be employed here.
These rules are for mainland-related marriages, and I strongly doubt the rules would be more lenient on HK spouses - more likely the opposite.
Forums > Living in Kunming > New China visa regulations and applying for a visa What visas are those 30 pages? If they are tourist visas, it would make them suspect that you don't really go there for tourism.
And for business visa, you will now need more or less legitimate business to invite or send you.
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?