It is so sad they decided to cancel the torch run through the city. So many people will be disappointed. One world maybe is only One dream.

If you have some web space anywhere, and the web space provider supports PHP, you can load a copy of PHP Proxy into it and create your own web proxy server.

Not perfect, but free and no ads and so little traffic they are unlikely to notice it.

However, I agree a VPN solution is better, if pricey. Looking at the government's web site you'd think they had already dropped this neurosis. Maybe what we are seeing is the death throes of a pointless activity.

If you want a good pizza or a really good pasta al forno, I have not found better than Pisa Pizza in Wen Lin Jie. Opposite Chapter One and close to the better known Teresa's Pizza.

And as I mention Chapter One, I have to say it has really gone down hill in the last 6 months or so. The service is terribly slow, and on more than one occasion, recently they have failed to get the order right. And when it eventually arrives, it is no better than alright.

As a resident in Kunming, it is nice to be able to relax back into the familiar territory of western cuisine once in a while, but it would also be good to hear of good places for local food, since that's what is eaten most often (since it is a lot cheaper than eating western stuff)