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Forums > Living in Kunming > U.S. students losing interest in China

@faraday: I think you're mistaken to write off 'the West' quite so quickly. As for languages, as things go global it's unlikely that the world's primary international language, English, will become irrelevant any time soon - how many Argentine businessmen, say, are likely to decide that mastering Chinese characters will be the best way to make trade deals with anywhere else, or even with a possibly dominant China? And how many Chinese businessmen are going to demand this of them?

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Forums > Living in Kunming > environmental documentary

@Geezer: one reason for the Chinese policy you refer to is the competition between nations as protected homes for capital in a globally competitive international world. Capitalism, in the long run, is self-destructive at least, species-destructive at most.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > health certificate

Do it at the Entry-Exit place, it's pretty straightforward, they will be used to providing what you want and what will be accepted - last time I did it (about 3 years ago) it took a little over an hour, I think it costs Y320, and I could go back & get the results maybe 3 days later.

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Social cooperation is also hard-wired into the individuals of an innately social species such as ourselves, without which the individuals of our species would not have survived to pass on any genes..Rouseau's 'noble savage' never existed, both he and Hobbes were wrong.

There are economic issues concerning education in China for very poor communities, which obviously need a bigger share of the economic pie than they are getting. Yet China's 'socialist market economy' is increasing the overall level of economic resources within China.
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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.