• Lijiang Huayang Language and Culture School
• WildChina
• Dune Cafe
• Empire Foreign Language School
• Chicago Coffee
• Kunming Yu-Cong Enterprise Management Company
• China Highlights
• Keats School
• IC Holiday Serviced Apartments
• Ganesh Bar & Restaurant
• Bakery 88
• Sandra's
• Tenwest Mandarin School
• Chapter One
• The Box
• JKH Design
• Huiying Dental Clinic
• Heqi Serviced Office Provider
• Salvador's Coffee House

Latest Comments

• • July 24, 2010
  • Kunming preparing for another drought
    

    @Bob: Have you any idea what the plans may be. I hope that it's more than planning to have another meeting. Experts in global warming (and that is the reason) will suggest that immediate, severe, actions must be taken, for example, double the cost of water.

    This simply not a 'fluctuation' - it'll be worse next year.

    Records show that snow fall in the Himalayas and the Artic (for example) is no longer replenishing glacier melt - this has been the case for more than a decade ... and continues.

• • July 12, 2010
  • Construction of Kunming oil refinery to begin in October
    

    Can you please tell me the start location of the protest march?

• • January 12, 2010
  • Yunnan's universities underperforming nationally, regionally
    

    Many teachers, both Chinese and foreign, who are aware of this report will make it a subject of comment today. Of course, the greatest contributing factor for these results is financial which results in an energy spiral strengthened by the attraction of foreign experts and, thus, the best students. Therefore, in a way, it goes without saying that the Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing universities will lead the pack.

    Having spent my extended China teaching time equally in Chengdu and Kunming, I am aware of some contributing factors that Liu Shaohuai ignores. Obviously, as a diligent political member of the Party, it is unlikely that his education has concentrated on much more than propaganda and, thus, some very good teachers at Yunnan University (known to me personally) who are not active Party members are given little attention.

    I remember meeting a Chinese senior English-language teacher who had been introduced, proudly, with a Ph.D. Upon enquiry, I learnt that her dissertation was about Ethnic Tourism. Is there a link between ethnic groups and language? Yes, but will this knowledge improve the teaching of language in Yunnan? Very little, in my opinion. There is also the memory of my first introduction to a Kunming university - My guide proudly telling me that 90% of the university's teachers had a bachelor degree. Seeking more information, I learnt that of the remaining 9% comprised those with masters and doctorates, but 1% (approximately) only had a college diploma. I understand that this is no longer the case.

    Yet, by comparison, I know of an elderly foreign tenured-professor from a top U.S. university, with two doctorates, who visits Kunming for six months every year - he teaches privately during his visit and has never been approached to assist with the university assessments that Mr. Liu seems to advocate.

    Finally, I should be interested to know why there is a 60 years-old age cut-off for useful foreign experts ... perhaps related but a whole new subject.

• • January 1, 2010
  • GoKunming New Year's Eve Preview
    

    To Chapter One: I'm sorry if this sounds like a destroyer of a good party but if the purchase of six bottles of beer is rewarded with another two - a total of eight? Is this your responsible way to ensure a safe evening?

• • December 24, 2009
  • GoKunming Holiday Preview
    

    Ref.; Camel Bar.
    190 yuan/person, and 760 yuan for four. Now, that's what I call a special offer.

Latest Forum Posts

• • August 31, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > phonebook sim card for iPhone
    

    @mingdao: You ought to scroll back to the begining of this, and read everything because for someone asking people to help you with your problem (not theirs) you should be grateful of the help of these people, instead of biting their heads off.

    Feel free to bite me.

• • August 26, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > can you design this web like ....
    

    This is a joke ... right?

• • August 23, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > I don't know what you people see in this place...
    

    This 'person' should not be ignored.

    We must set up a fund to buy him a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, or ... anywhere.

    Of course, by train.

• • August 1, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Patriotism
    

    Ha, ha. Li(e)wei (Cadre # 1) should be permanently ignored. He, he.

• • July 27, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Beware US Consulate Chengdu
    

    @Greg.: Sorry 'Mate' I have both British and Canadian passports, and my wife is Chinese. At one time, we could cross the US border by waving one's driving license through the window (I once waved, successfully, an American Express card). Today, actually, since 9/11, the US (I mean the government) has a phobia of foreigners, and this is also reflected in the US/Chinese border - I could tell quite a few stories of discriminatory behavior in Canadia and US embassies, not to mention the Chinese PSB (but that goes without mention). ;-)

    My advice is; Visit Asia whilst you have the opportunity.

    @JJ: What a wonderful idea - what reward would you suggest. ;-)

    @laotou: Oh my G*d, "... preferred status". I hope that Greg. will keep in touch.

Latest Reviews

• • Tiger
    October 31, 2009
  • Kunming > KUST Northern Language Institute
    昆明理工大学国际文化交流学院北市区培训部

    Although not a review, permit me to address 'dianjing' and 'Ouyang'.

    Surely, it would be better to obtain the visa prior to coming to China. Is it probable that your friend's problem was his and not the school's?

    Rating, anything, on this Website without a review is useless ... at best.

    My personal experience of KUST is their proverbial dislike of Foreign Experts.

• • Tiger
    May 28, 2008
  • Kunming > Prague Café
    布拉格咖啡馆

    Hello Dima; Many will welcome your arrival as the new manager. I hope that you will provide the cook with some assistance during peak hours. Some will be unhappy with the three-week closure, but you might tell them to visit Dan Di Cafe for a similar menu, if only temporarily.

• • Tiger
    April 11, 2008
  • Kunming > Vintage Café
    茴转时光

    I'm bound to ask if there is more than one Vintage Cafe in Kunming because the previous review seems to refer to a cafe that my colleagues and I are familiar with. Additionally, rating a cafe that is less than perfect, e.g., glass mugs, one would wonder how 'Jared' would rate the Green Lake Hotel, for example.

    Please reserve the '5' rating for the best place in town . . . unless, of course, you're writing an advertisement.

• • Tiger
    April 7, 2008
  • Kunming > Blue Bird
    青鸟

    Hey 'bucko', you must be fair, this restaurant is better than any place on Wen Lin Jie which you rated higher. Expensive? Try Green Lake Hotel. Small portions? Try Mazagran. It's all relative.

• • Tiger
    March 17, 2008
  • Kunming > Cacaja Indian Restaurant
    印度菜菜

    Although this is one of my favourite restaurants in Kunming, I find it necessary to warn the management that having a fourth floor extension has taken things one step too far (actually, about 70 steps!).

    In my opinion, by extending the business, both the hard working kitchen and waiting staff are unable to maintain the original food quality and level of service.

    A recent visit presented us with a luke warm fruit/mutton curry that comprised many pieces of fat and gristle, and a half tandoori chicken that had two legs (?) and not much else -- this dish would satisfy three people last year.