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Forums > Living in Kunming > Recommendation for hospital

"4 hour wait, #46th in line.."

I'd argue that's quality care. The longer the wait, the more meticulous doctors are with their patients.

Docs w/ high patient demands are usually reserved for specialized head physicians (主任) of a department. Sought after chiefs could amass well over 100 per afternoon.

Little wait time = rushed, or inexperienced doctors with low rep. few want to see.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > yahoo dammit

Yet it's interesting CNN survives the long winter despite being most critical and vocal in protest coverage.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Internet speed and reliability using VPN

Some municipalities have stricter VPN regulations than others. Perhaps GoKunming can enlighten us on VPN regulations here in Yunnan.

According to Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau's website,

"If an individual accesses international network privately or via 'illegal channels,' or offers related services without authorization, they could be fined up to 15,000 yuan."

Re-posted in English by State-backed chinanews.com:

www.ecns.cn/2017/03-29/251148.shtml

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Forums > Living in Kunming > yahoo dammit

To the dismay of our British friends, The Guardian is now banished beyond the northern walls of the Seven Kingdoms.

The Washington Post is also added to the list of casualties.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Where to find software?

Not an ad, nor promotion.

My post since deleted contained download links to legit unlocked software catering to OP's purposes.

This website probably do not endorse posting download links of free pirated software. No grievances held. The original price for that point of sale app costs a steep USD199. Supporting the app developer is fine with me.

Best of luck to entrepreneurs such as vikalina with business aspirations in Yunnan. May your catering business flourish.

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Located at very top in editor's note, this article is clearly described as a "sponsored post" which is a win win win for expat community in Kunming, Igor, and GoKunming.

My only critique is the name "pain campagnard"... such a added-value fancy way of saying country bread to mark up the price of bread.

But like tasting omelets, gauging the skill of a chef sometimes requires tasting their simplest goods, such as the French bread tucked between the owner's arm.

Good sponsored post.

Looks like we found a place for chess players to meet over coffee and pastries. A chess master awaits your next move.

Igor's may be a sight for sore eyes. I'm tired of the gastronomic staleness of mainstream bakery chains in JustHot, Breadworks, BreadTalk, Holiland (though their warm fresh-out-of-oven almond danish isn't bad), and particularly Jiahua Bakeries.

Some landmark attractions such as Pudacuo National Park, has already become your dreaded "tourist theme park." Unless you trek off the beaten track by not getting on the park shuttles.

A bit of devil's advocacy...

So what if Shangri-La's popularity was based on a novel? At face value it's not. The bulk of tourists are Chinese who've probably never heard of Lost Horizon.

And if you think about it from another perspective, the majority of human race base their faiths/lifestyles on books such as the Bible, Quran, or the Pali Canon. Entire nations have become theme parks of a different variety.

Books dubbed holy are culminations of hearsay folklore verbally passed down for centuries, subject to distortions, before being written down and revised in various editions to reflect the social norms of their times. They are texts which elicit the hope of a glorious, eternal paradise in the afterlife, despite no actual proof of existence let alone vulnerabilities to scientific debunking.

Nevertheless, billions of souls on this planet await their interpreted versions of Shangri-La-ish Garden of Eden, which would put James Hilton's "mythical" one to shame. We'll never actually know if the deceased will reach that promise land. At least readers of James Hilton's novel won't be totally disappointed when arriving at actual geological wonders bordering Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan.

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