I know what you are talking about. There are also a lot of these startups in places like Detroit. The closest I have seen in China was the art colonies in Shanghai.
From what I have seen, apartment hotels in China are not a cheap option. Although you can rent the Chinese equivalent of air bnb at for much less.
There was a couple of guys tried to launch a maker space in Kunming, I am not sure how they got on. However, there was no living space.
The Youth Hostel down by green lake has nice public areas, and space to work on a computer. I think there is coffee and snacks available too, but the public areas are only suitable for laptop work. No office space or wet/messy area.
The other option would be to rent a room or small place above/near a coffee shop with free wifi. Which is what a lot of people do.
Forget renting a commercial space. Commercial rents in Kunming are higher than they need to be. The cheapest out in the burbs here was 60rmb/m2/month, 2 years ago. We get less for our commercial space in the burbs in Shanghai.
The only time I have seen anything like this was some art and design folks who rented/shared a large penthouse apartment on Hongshandong Lu. I no longer have their details.
You could start something like this yourself.
If you don't need to be in the center of the city, there are lots of apartments 2-3 km out. One person would need to take on the lease, and then sublet rooms. The very old apartments are much cheaper.
If you want to go really cheap, you can find undecorated properties. You will need to spend a little, putting in a functional toilet and cooking area, but not more than 2-3000
There are several tutorials for weather proofing paper online, if you do a search. It might be better to make sure the maps are printed with a laserjet printer, and not an ink jet, for methods using solutions.
I am sure someone was talking about getting their burger fix on another thread yesterday. As such the notion of food culture imperialism is a bit incongruous.
BK maybe not so comparatively bad after all.
The problem I have with looking at additives that are used in the EU/US is that the dosing of the chemicals is carefully controlled. I am not sure many back street factories would have so much control of how much of certain things go into a product. Possibly why the government introduced the 'no additives in fresh foods' policy.
A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.
Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.
In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.
They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.
They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.
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Forest fire menacing outskirts of Kunming
Posted byToday in Dianchi, I can not only see a brown tinge to the colour of the sky, I can smell the burning.
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Posted byIf you mean the food event finished earlier, I was at the hotel on Wednesday and did not see any evidence of a promotion.
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Posted byI am sure someone was talking about getting their burger fix on another thread yesterday. As such the notion of food culture imperialism is a bit incongruous.
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Police shutter black market Kunming noodle-maker
Posted byBK maybe not so comparatively bad after all.
The problem I have with looking at additives that are used in the EU/US is that the dosing of the chemicals is carefully controlled. I am not sure many back street factories would have so much control of how much of certain things go into a product. Possibly why the government introduced the 'no additives in fresh foods' policy.