first thing first, i have to say that i am not a technical user.
i just talk as a user. my china unicom sim (prepaid) bought in shenzhen 130 x.... a few years back, works in hong kong, macau, taiwan, sydney and SF, receives international sms in and out china without any problem at all, with cost per sms of course. CU in shenzhen did not charge anything nor any monthly fee for turning it on. CU just sent a sms to say it was turn on when i was in hong kong the first time. my CU prepaid sim bought in yunnan does not work outside mainland china nor would it get international sms. so, that is why i think international roaming might work.
thanks greg
the problem, i believe, is roaming.
if you can get overseas roaming enabled on your sim, you will get overseas sms, mate.
sim cards sold in guangdong region, shenzhen in particular, are roaming enabled by default. so good luck!
no, no Apple Apple store in hong kong, but there are heaps of Apple "premium reseller" there.
there are plenty of shops selling iphone4 and apple products in hong kong, big store like Fortress, Broadway....to name a few.
i bought one at New Vision, Shop 7, G/F, 2J-2Q Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mongkok. perhaps you can shop around in Mongkok for a good price while having fun there.
"....I have never heard that a Chinese has said he(she) hates all foreigner...."
never? really?
even in hong kong, mind you, a very open part of china has emerged elements of that new found exhibit xenophobic/"nationalistic" bias during the local political/universal suffrage reform debate, partly based on the preception that " look, we (china-a single party unelected government) saved the world in this GFC while all those developed countries with democratically elected government are in trouble. they (the west) have to learn from us and they better start making adjustment to our liking this time around." The wish of the Establishment to forever retain the undemocratic functional constituencies in hong kong has found a new "rationale."
i have just finished reading a book by Ian Kershaw, i hope........um
you can get a 30 day tourist visa or a double entry visa valid for 3 month (maximum stay still 30 days for each entry) if you are not a hong kong resident. technically, the F visa are only issued to hong kong residents.
you can get a Hong Kong Identity Card(in fact, you are required by law to get one) and become a resident if you stay in hong hong for more than 180 days.
yes, Anonymous C. it is Foshan, thank you. it is the pm2.5 that makes the story. here in foshan, it reads 106 micrograms and 180 micrograms lately. where in Shunde the reading reads 202. keeping in mind that below 25 is considered safe by WHO, I believe. :-)
on API, in "99 percent urbanised" hong kong where I visit often, the api can get up to 207. makes me wonder. :-)
I believe it is the dirty industries coupled with the lack of enforcement of environmental laws that are the problem. I am now in Fushan in the southern part of china in Guangdong, there is little farming (agriculture) left in this part of china but fish, pig and poultry farming, but the air pollution is choking because of the concentration of industries and the curtains of high rising buildings. if one remembers the Beijing Olympics, the gov ordered shutting down industries around Beijing in neighbouring provinces during the games, that made a difference even the air was still bad. with that perception of mine, I don't think the small farmers shouldn't be held responsibility for the problem. admittedly it helps if the small farmers can afford to pay more attention to new technology and practices.
the People's Web is tightly controlled by the party propaganda machinery. if the documentary could go "viral" without the machinery "noticed", there must be "something" at work. Now, the trivial. The report's daughter is an American because she was born in the USA. so whose money that was spent on the documentary, is not the issue.
yes, there is a "quiet censorship" going on. the local media have been told ( a phone call from the Propaganda chief ) to keep the subject in a low key - meaning no more mention of it a day after the documentary hit the screen. so... no, the gov will put gdp in front of anything else at this juncture when the economy is slowing. :-)
Documentary Under the Dome captivates China
Posted byyes, Anonymous C. it is Foshan, thank you. it is the pm2.5 that makes the story. here in foshan, it reads 106 micrograms and 180 micrograms lately. where in Shunde the reading reads 202. keeping in mind that below 25 is considered safe by WHO, I believe. :-)
on API, in "99 percent urbanised" hong kong where I visit often, the api can get up to 207. makes me wonder. :-)
Documentary Under the Dome captivates China
Posted bycorrection
".....the small farmers should be held responsibility ......
Documentary Under the Dome captivates China
Posted byI believe it is the dirty industries coupled with the lack of enforcement of environmental laws that are the problem. I am now in Fushan in the southern part of china in Guangdong, there is little farming (agriculture) left in this part of china but fish, pig and poultry farming, but the air pollution is choking because of the concentration of industries and the curtains of high rising buildings. if one remembers the Beijing Olympics, the gov ordered shutting down industries around Beijing in neighbouring provinces during the games, that made a difference even the air was still bad. with that perception of mine, I don't think the small farmers shouldn't be held responsibility for the problem. admittedly it helps if the small farmers can afford to pay more attention to new technology and practices.
Documentary Under the Dome captivates China
Posted bythe People's Web is tightly controlled by the party propaganda machinery. if the documentary could go "viral" without the machinery "noticed", there must be "something" at work. Now, the trivial. The report's daughter is an American because she was born in the USA. so whose money that was spent on the documentary, is not the issue.
Documentary Under the Dome captivates China
Posted byyes, there is a "quiet censorship" going on. the local media have been told ( a phone call from the Propaganda chief ) to keep the subject in a low key - meaning no more mention of it a day after the documentary hit the screen. so... no, the gov will put gdp in front of anything else at this juncture when the economy is slowing. :-)