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Forums > Living in Kunming > Gao Kao Weekend

It's a conspiracy entitled 'Centralized Wealth control', carried out in many obscene ways.

I understand I can't enter links here, is that right? a
Anyway, I'll try this one:

www.salon.com/2014/06/01/help_us_thomas_piketty_the_ 1s_sick_and_twisted_new_scheme/

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Mindcops and communication

My most common annoyance about living in China - they're everywhere, relentless - who do they think they are fooling? But it helps explain the common practical sense of most people, which is admirable in a way and quite depressing in others.

Apparently virtually all Yahoo news articles are "Sorry this cannot be displayed" today, and google is worse than usual, as usual. There's a great world out there for those who understand the difference between communication and manipulation, but an awful lot of organizations the members of which are paid not to know the difference. Then add everyone in advertising and PR - everywhere - and it gets pretty depressing.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > I love Kunming - Except . . .

I too am annoyed by the nearly continuous and obviously unbelievable and unbelieved propaganda about how everything is good except the stuff we have defined for you as being bad. Which includes people - seems there are 'good people' and 'bad people', but little understanding of the fact that both good & bad are nearly always the results of action by ordinary people.

As for landlords, I've been very lucky - no hassles at all, and genuinely friendly relations. Quite surprising in a sector based on profits for simple ownership.

I've never had problems with taxis or taxi drivers in over 10 years here - no, I don't know any secrets or how this happens, although I've certainly seen other foreigners with suspicions or attitudes that, one way or another, seem to lead to problems - and yes, I'm sure that there are cabbies who have such suspicions & attitudes as well - somewhere - I guess. It's all usually a pretty simple operation: I get in the cab, tell him where I want to go, occasionally chat with the driver, he takes me where I want to go and I pay him, and have perhaps been overcharged by 1-2 rmb a total of 2-3 times, in 10 years. REALLY BAD, but I think I can live with it.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Apartment Woes

Landlordism and profit from merely owning property is a very old scam, very popular under feudalism, successfully adapted for capitalist conditions.

I should mention, however, that I've had the same landlord here for many years & all my relations with her have been really good, fair & above-board. I actually like her - this a first for me.

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You're right, scary. Education about the results of throwing garbage around would be a good idea, though there's no reason to think earthquakes will result. You're right that every act of consumption has consequences, be nice to see people, especially relatively affluent ones, get as conscious of this fact as many now are about throwing their garbage on the street etc.

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Yeah, well, they can just go look. Or they can leave local farm kids & farm animals to find them by tripping over them.

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Not quite what you'd call a jumping place, but not bad at all for rather standard US-type meals, not overly expensive, and with a really good salad bar that's cheap, or free with most dinner dishes after 5:30PM. You can get a bottle of beer or even wine if you really want to, but I've never seen anybody do it - maybe that's just to take out. Chinese Christian run, and they hire people with physical disadvantages, who are pleasant and helpful. Frequented by foreign (mostly North American) Christians and Chinese Christians - was started by a Canadian couple associated with Bless China (previously, Project Grace), who are no longer here, but no religious pressure or any of that. Steaks are nothing special, and I avoid the Korean dishes, which I've had a few times but which did not impress me.

As a shop and bakery, it's very good bread at reasonable prices, of various kinds (Y18 for a good multigrain loaf that certainly weighs well over a pound. Other stuff too, like granola and oatmeal that is local, as well as imported things, including American cornflakes and so forth, which some people seem to require.

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Large portions, seriously so with the pizza, which is Brooklyn/American style, I guess. Convivial, conversational, good place to drink with good folks on both sides of the bar, especially after about 9PM.

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Really good pizza and steaks. The wine machine fuddles me when I'm a bit fuddled, & seems unnecessary. Good folks on both sides of the bar.