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bluppfisk

By attaching your values to the discussion. This makes it subjective, when most others have responded in an objective manner.

Not a criticism, but an observation.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Should you study Chinese?

Learning Chinese is useful.

But do you need to? Or to rephrase, is it essential?
Definitely no.

The argument about cultural imperialism is flawed, and is directly relevant to the original question.

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@blobbles
You forget that some cultures also view most relationships in a much more utilitarian way.

If you have two people to do business with, which one offers the best return on investment.
If you have two people to marry, which one will provide the most secure future. Love? Nice but not essential.
If you have two people to make friends with, who will be able to offer the most social advantage. Hell! let's make friends with both of them and double the advantage.

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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.