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Forums > Living in Kunming > Why do miserable foreigners remain in China?

My 2 cents' worth: I agree entirely with the gist of mmkunming's original post. As for occasional venting, one may expect that without condemning it, but when it seems to be a near-obsession with someone and involves gross overgeneralizations of 1.6 billion people it merely shows lack of the ability to adjust, prejudice, stereotyping and ignorance, and is only interesting for those who are into the characteristics of foreigners, mostly Westerners, abroad - otherwise it is simply uninteresting and annoying. I'd much rather be overcharged by a taxi driver, in China or anywhere else, than to constantly hear people bitching.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Might need a new visa

I got an F visa last April, expiring soon; seems it should now be an M visa. Can I still get one in Hong Kong or am I supposed to fly back to my home country?

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Nice article, Ginger, and on a subject that one might not think about until, once one does, it's obvious that it should be explored.
The point about foreigners particularly applies, as you indicate, to people from milk-product-using 'western' countries and, as you indicate, it is one picked up in some southeast Asian countries as well - but foreigners from other areas will be pegged also (e.g., South Asians who use many different 'curry' spices, etc., that are not used so much in China).
And then there is the widespread smell of tobacco, noticeable primarily by those foreigners who don't use it. Baijiu has a particular smell also.

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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.