yopopo, youi could take the time to find the products etc., but make sure to relax a bit from all that and pay some attention to China itself, as it is a rather interesting place.
BillDan, there is also the problem of parents of those who date - 2000 years of Confucianism has had them indoctrinated into the idea that what the planet really needs is more of their offspring, and that their offspring are morally, filially bound to have more offspring.
Having said that, however, it's important to remember that other ideologies perform the same function in other parts of the world, which, combined with modern scientific medicine, have created the current situation where there are more cars than parking places.
It's all pretty frightening.
Yep, nit-picky is not going to work in China, and will only make you annoyed and annoying.
Anyway, what is 'natural' about the idea of, say, shampoo, anyway? Cooked food is unnatural, was invented just a few score millenia back.
However, biodegradable makes sense - suggest you fly here on a plane that burns biodegradable jet fuel.
Chinese toothpaste works fine - any indications to the contrary?
Magnifico: I don't think ALL art is propaganda. It MAY be propaganda or contain propaganda, but art involves many things, the most important being communication (as opposed to manipulation).
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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.
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.
Too bourgeois.
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.
Ain't no flies on Salvador's.
Dianchi below national standards, nearby construction may be halted
Posted byIt's a bummer, but I can't say Kunming is really uncomfortable, and am not planning on leaving - there are a lot of worse places. The thing that bothers me the most is the mushrooming of the number of automobiles over the past 6 years or so, and the construction of all the new buildings - reminds me of many US cities, but has happened with less organization.
419 million year-old 'missing link' discovered in Yunnan
Posted byUse of the word 'law' in scientific discussions is usually misinterpreted by many laymen, as well as (apparently) some scientists. Calling something a 'law' does not mean no doubt can arise concerning its validity (e.g.: Newton's various 'laws'). Science deals in theory and we deal in habit, but no one deals in certainty, except as (what psychological theory explains as) a psychological phenomenon, often associated with habit, and sometimes associated with revelations or satori. All theories, including that of the 'existence' or 'nonexistence' of God (questions which have nothing to do with science, despite the cries of Hawkins and the noisy new atheists), are open to revision and reinterpretation - sorry, but that's the best we can do.
Interview: Photographer and artist Zi Bai
Posted byGood subject matter, that on which the world chokes.
What does it cost to raise a child in Kunming?
Posted byWhich high schools cost Y80,000 a year? Those for the elite, perhaps.
What does it cost to raise a child in Kunming?
Posted byHow many more children do you think Kunming needs?