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Forums > Living in Kunming > Problems with China Eastern Airlines

If you want some real insight into the airline industry in China, I highly recommend James Fallows' new book China Airborne. Every four years, for the last twelve years, the total number of passengers has doubled. Yet, the airspace is still strictly controlled by the military.

If you want more professional for connections to the outside world, I highly recommend Dragon Air to Hong Kong. There, you can connect to anywhere else without having to use a Chinese Airline. Singapore, Korean and Cathay Pacific are good choices. United, with it's budget woes and aging fleet, is a fair to poor choice. Air China should be avoided at all costs, domestically and internationally.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Problems with China Eastern Airlines

If you want some real insight into the airline industry in China, I highly recommend James Fallows' new book China Airborne. Every four years, for the last twelve years, the total number of passengers has doubled. Yet, the airspace is still strictly controlled by the military.

If you want more professional for connections to the outside world, I highly recommend Dragon Air to Hong Kong. There, you can connect to anywhere else without having to use a Chinese Airline. Singapore, Korean and Cathay Pacific are good choices. United, with it's budget woes and aging fleet, is a fair to poor choice. Air China should be avoided at all costs, domestically and internationally.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Place to find seeds for gardening

We found a very large selection of seeds at the wholesale flower market south of th city. If you've never been to the market go early, like 6:30 to 7:00 Qin the morning. You'll be in for a real treat with so much color and greenery. The seed vendors are in a couple of stalls just outside the main sales halls for the cut flowers.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Big Foot needs shoes.

I wear size 49 (13 US!). Finding shoes in Kunming was a waste of time. I wound up stocking up on shoes during my "reset-the-visa-clock" trips to Hong Kong. Large sizes were even issue in Beijing and Shanghai.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Exchange money for buying property

Keep in mind that I am not a lawyer and only relating my personal experience. When we bought our condo in Kunming I ran into the same issue and, as ridiculous as it seems, there are no exceptions to the limit on the $50K per year rule. I got around it by paying a large deposit one year and paying the balance the next year at closing. That still only left me with earlier savings in the Bank of China and credit cards to live on. Good luck.

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The Aholes in the "Don't Touch Me" vehicles, especially with white license plates (most likely fake) are a fact of life that none of us are going to individually alter.

My understanding of the history of car culture is that the U.S. Had similar issues with incompetent drivers in the post-WWII period when many first time buyers bought cars. The problem is exacerbated in China because so many new drivers have not grown up in motor vehicles and don't have a good sense of the time/speed/distance sensibilities of an automobile vs a bike.
Like so many other things it will evolve and (hopefully) improve over time.

As the title of your article indicates, the whole thing is a mind over matter issue. Try to do your best to let the craziness wash over you and remind yourself of how wonderful it is to be in Kunming and Yunnan. I, for one, miss it terribly, growing pains and all.

I just took delivery and flipped through the pages. It's well written and does a good job giving a bit of the cultural and regional flavor of Yunnan in addition to the recipes. The recipes provide alternate suggestions fo ingredients that may not be available outside of Yunnan. I've already bookmarked a half dozen to prepare in the next two weeks. (I wish the printing of the photos had been a bit better. They are a little too dark, but the originals were probably just fine.). Regardless, if you love Yunnan cuisine and miss it, this is a wonderful resource.

The Chinese government is under no obligation whatsoever to have any, "respect for the integrity of religious practice." Mao himself declared that "religion is poison," and that philosophy has served both theccgovernment of the PRC and Chinese people well for decades.

Patrick, well done. I know how much work goes into designing a new site and transitioning all of the content. It looks great. Thanks for continuing to build on this useful and informative site. For those of us who have some roots in Kunming but don't get back there often enough, goKunming is a great way to stay informed. Again, congratulations on a job well done!

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