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Forums > Travel Yunnan > Flying in the time of Covid

i seem to remember that Trump did not want to use the wartime production act, stated that the virus was a hoax, said that masks were not necessary, and created a culture of covid denial, leading to the additional deaths of 100s of 1000s of americans. and a survey showed that a lot of americans will not take the vaccine, a continuation of the trump culture.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Reasons to be cheerful

as the ian dury song goes, reasons to be cheeful 1 2 3.

im getting some use out of clothes at the back of the wardrobe, not good enough to wear in public, but not worn out enough to throw away
its quiet
no pollution from cars

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Keep Calm and Carry on

couriers always go back to work, on paper, after the spring festival, but things are still messed up for a while. different parts of the courier chain stopped work at different times before the hols so where things are in the supply chain is messed up. there will be a backlog, and guess what, it is not first in first out. it is usually the ones closest to the door first out after a holiday. some orders won't be fullfilled until the suppliers go back on the 9th. and even there there will be a backlog. some supply chain workers just have not been able to get back to work yet. normally for cny things get messed up, this year especilly so. no surprises or need for concern.

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I agree that it is not the fault of the university. The university is just where these out of shape kids end up.

There is a cultural issue and the parents are part of the problem. Most parents would let their kids study longer and sleep less, which is why laws were introduced to limit school hours.

The only way to effect uniform change is for sport to be mandatory in schools. If all kids spend a few hours less in the classroom there is still equity of learning hours in all schools. Some of the heat of GaoKao will be off, not increased.

The levels of fitness will vary, as kids from the countryside often do help on the farm, especially at harvest. Harvest is just before kids go off to university. However, the kids from the countryside are less likely to have had access to an education that will set them up for entry to China's elite universities in Beijing or Shanghai.

The study harder, get better grades, get to a better school, get better grades IS a virtuous circle. But only if you look at grades and forget the whole person. These kids may be top academically but may be physically, and emotionally damaged. This also impacts in their future families and this will affect society.

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50% margin sounds like a lot, but actually it isn't for this type of industry. The margins on some of things you buy can be as high as 300%.

We think of low margins when we look at mass selling, dry grocery in the supermarkets for example. Unless a product is ONLY available in the supermarket, and supermarkets only compete with each other, we don't see low margins. A lot of products in the supermarkets (e.g. chips and soda) have margins of 30% plus).

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If the picture in the article is recent, it also shows another design problem with Chinese fountains.

All the pipework and lights are usually above the water. This is easier for maintenance, but in the 99% of the time when the fountain is not operating, it is an eyesore. Putting the pipes, etc. below the water is done in most other countries, that way people can enjoy the ambience of the lakes waters most of the time.

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Swedish design ideas, kunming build quality. i have bought lots of ikea stuff in the past, the furniture at #11 are poor facsimiles of genuine item. Yes stuff is affordable, but poorly made and overpriced in my opinion. we took a good look around and looked closely at build quality and walked away.

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It might be worth identifying which Prague venue you are reviewing.

When I first arrived in Kunming I did a tour of Wenlin Jie. I did't like the look of Prague.
More recently I have used Prague in Beichen a lot and I like it.

Ref the comment @nonsecond about being made sick from raw apple, WTF?