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Forums > Living in Kunming > Corrugated Cardboard Boxes

I wouldn't mind knowing the answer to this one either. In the past I sent a lot of parcels by mail, and all of the Chinese cardboard boxes I bought turned into a pile of mush by the time they reached their destination.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Walmart no more

If it's difficult to find diet drinks in KM, and there is demand for it, why waste a good business opportunity?

I haven't been to a Wally World in KM, but I used to go to the one in Dali a few years ago. That one seemed fairly well taken care of with nice staff. But I have to say I was pretty disappointed with the merchandise, which is not like what a north american walmart carries at all. The one in Dali just carries typical junk you could find anywhere else but with lousy products. In Dali it can be nice to have sometimes if you need something right away and can't wait for a Taobao purchase to arrive. But Dali is a small city and there are less choices. If I lived in KM I don't know if I'd bother with Walmart.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Well Water Treatment Systems

Thanks, that really helps to know.

Unfortunately it sounds like your system will likely not work for me, as I am on an untreated private well, rather than chlorinated city water. I just spoke with some people at www.cleanwaterstore.com, and it was strongly recommended that I do chlorine injection with 40 gallon retention tank before I add any filters. Iron bacteria is a real problem, and the only way to get rid of it is with a disinfectant. Thankfully at the end of the process, the chlorine can be completely removed with a large carbon filter. For anyone else interested in iron removal, check out the "Catalox" iron removal filters at the cleanwaterstore. It doesn't require any chemicals to regenerate the beads, and apparently they ship to China too. I'm still trying to find out how much the shipping would be.

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Forums > Study > Where to study Kunming/Dali?

Dali is beautiful and a great place to relax, but my feeling is that it is probably easier to find work in KM. If you get comparable offers in both cities, then without a doubt choose Dali.

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Some places have adequate trash collection service but locals still choose to burn the trash to cook with and heat their homes. It's pretty common with the elderly. They also like to burn coal inside their homes when radiant or electric heating is available to save money.

I am living in Shandong Province, which is just about ground zero for air pollution. The main crop here is wheat, and they burn it.

When I stayed in Dali for the entire month of February, the air quality index was over 100 almost every day. There is very little industry in Dali, but you can clearly see where the air pollution is coming from...farmers burning stuff. I have a clear view of the valley, and I toured it several times on a bicycle.

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Not all the pollution in China comes from factories. A lot of it comes down to bad personal choices like driving a car to save face when a bus or bicycle would do instead. How about all the uncontrolled exploding of firecrackers? When the government tried to regulate it people got angry that their right to foul the air was being infringed upon.

How about the 700 million farmers that are constantly burning garbage and organic material (rather than rotating crops)? Agricultural pollution in China is huge problem, but it's not something that can be dealt with easily because many of these farmers simply can't afford to adopt modern farming methods. It will likely take decades to move these people into urban middle class environments and switch to large scale farming.

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Anyone know when Metro Line 3 will come online? I read in another article that the local government was being pretty quiet about it. I thought I recalled a completion date of spring 2015, but maybe it's been pushed back to 2016 now?

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