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Forums > Living in Kunming > IP laws

There is an old expression they use in Yorkshire (UK).

'There's now't as queer as folk'.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > IP laws

Someone once told me, a philosophy student I think, that there is no such thing as true altruism.

I tend to agree.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > IP laws

Without copyright protection/patents/etc. we would not have the level of development we all enjoy.
One good reason given for the lack of creativity and innovation in China, by a Chinese inventor, was that you spend many hours and a lot of money developing something, and then someone else just copies it, and so you don't make that mistake again.

It must be heartbreaking when this happens.

There is a small shopping ap. used a lot on taobao. The Chinese guy who developed it earned nothing, as the idea was copied. Last time I heard he was working as a manager in an internet bar and writing malware/adware, as people will pay for malware.

If it were not for patents, would Edison, Watt, and others have bothered, and if so, to the same extent? Or would they just have got a day job as a teacher, or artisan?

I doubt if we would have computers.

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Forums > Food & Drink > soy sauce and other condiments without msg

@Sundancer
I have seen restaurants in Kunming that openly advertise (signs in the window and/or on the menu) that they do not use MSG.
There is one near the corner of Dongfangdonglu and Baita lu. Prague cafe is another.
I am sure there are plenty of others that people have noticed.

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Off topic, but related to theme songs. When we watched terrestrial TV we listened to the whole theme, even if only in the background while we quickly made a cup of tea or finished off some other chore. With streaming, or watching box sets, we quickly FF over the theme song and titles. We are missing a lot of great music.
Everything else said by the last two posters can be captured within the idea that we no longer live in a society, we live in a market.

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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.

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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.

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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.