Forums > Living in Kunming > Passport Visa Pages: How Many? It is not about how many pages you have left in your passport it is about the the expiration date of your passport. You need at least 6 months left on your passport. So if you want a 1 year working visa you need the passport to be valid for 1.5 years.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Learning Chinese with a private tutor Has anyone asked their present tutor what Mandarin level they have?
Forums > Study > Help reading four Chinese Characters Hua = 画 + Zhen = 珍
This is the signature stamp of the artist who made the picture. It is in traditional Chinese. Poor quality so can only see one character of his name.
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Forums > Living in Kunming > Please beware of apartment scam www.gokunming.com/[...]
Who would be stupid enough to pay 4200 per month for an apartment. Some people just don't know what to do with their money.
My goodness - here is another one.
www.gokunming.com/en/classifieds/item/37971/apartment_to_rent
Weishan, Yunnan: Birthplace of an ancient kingdom
Posted byWeishan has got to be one of the most original places left in Yunnan. Not commercialized and people are kind and not out for money.
Jianchuan was also the same but now that the highway runs right through it has already changed. Same for Shaxi and Shuang Lang in Dali.
Visit Weishan while you can. Great place to go and just hang out and relax, Wei Bao Shan is 11 km away. I like it because you can see all the temples by walking in a circle without having to backtrack. Much better than Shi Bao Shan in JianChuan, Dali.
Lugu Lake airport officially opens for business
Posted byThe new airport is roughly 25 kilometers south of the lakeshore - Those nasty taxi drivers are sure going to make a killing. Of course, they will NOT use the meter.
Yunnan border zone slated to cost 200 billion yuan
Posted byThe train sure does sound like a good idea - In that time, a branch railway along the recently opened Kunming-Hekou line will be extended 500 kilometers south to the border town of Mohan (磨憨) in Mengla County. When finished, the railway will pass from Yuxi through Pu'er, Jinghong and Mohan
Yunnan ramps up shale gas production
Posted byen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yibin
Sichuan's Changning County (长宁县) is located in Yibin at the confluence of the Min and Yangtze Rivers.
Fracking comes to Southwest China
Posted byUnfortunately, the map provided with the locations of fracking is very small and I can not make out the names of the locations. However, one can see that they are in the SE of Sichuan.
I will take some time later to make out the exact locations and provide the names of the prefectures and counties they are located in.
For those who are not aware, this is the juncture of the Min and Yangtze Rivers. Above Yibin, the Yangtze is also known as the Jinsha River. Below Yibin, the Yangtze is known in Chinese as the Chang Jiang or "Long River."