Straight from the tap is a bad idea, I think - Chinese people and others who've lived here a long time don't do that.
Nestle would not be my favorite corporation - dodgy things in their corporate history.
I don't necessarily disagree with anything anybody has said, but I have merely been boiling my drinking water in Kunming for 13 years with no noticeable negative consequences. I don't know if 'most people' use bottled water or not, but many certainly do not.
Dr. Robert Detrano gives the place a plus for the examinations they carry out. I can vouch for the person who did the ultrasound on me there some years ago, who turned up something with considerable accuracy, but I question the work of the guy who did the chest X-ray, who seemed to be mostly asleep.
I would expect the person's name, at least. Probably shouldn't be too difficult for the press to find his/her nationality and other particulars as well.
Has anybody pinned down whether there was, in fact, a foreigner killed in a traffic accident in Kunming recently, and if so who was she/he? Might be a good thing to do before any more discussion of the topic of foreigners being killed in Kunming traffic.
Furthermore, if there was a person killed, is there any particular significance to his/her having been a foreigner?
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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.
The French, Miao and Yi in Mengzi
Posted byI think Peter is right about the boats during the French semi-colonial period.
The French, Miao and Yi in Mengzi
Posted byVoltaire, I've got a reference or two for the British in Simao, but my files are disorganized, can't do a search right now, but contact me if you're interested & I'll do it later.
Shanren win national music competition Sing My Song
Posted byGlad to see this article and to read about the success of shanren, a really fine band.
Kunming trees and utilities still suffering from January cold
Posted byCan't remember personally planting anything for a very long time. However, I'd imagine the cheap farmers have. I'm not sure the problem is their ignorance, but perhaps that of their leaders, but they're stuck for economic reasons and so have to follow orders. Anyway, it's not as if their are no good gardeners in China - seems it's a matter of making sure those who are are allowed to get into positions where their 'orders' will be the ones that make sense.
Kunming trees and utilities still suffering from January cold
Posted by@Caqmpo: I don't think this hurts the trees, does it?