• 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

• • September 1, 2010
  • American conservative group makes inroads into China's classrooms
    

    I don't think high schools and universities are going to have a week long session of role-playing. It will be just another pamphlet given to students along with the current material, and then likely never be discussed in class beyond a few minutes.

    Besides that, discussing family values in high school and college is a wee bit late. Heck, in my rural conservative hometown we started studying sex education in 4th grade.

    Another point is that the English should probably be "addicted to" and not "mentally dependent on"

• • July 20, 2010
  • Welcome to the new GoKunming.com!
    

    The layout seems a little unbalanced, but not bad. I think it's because some text that doesn't have it's own boxed in background seems lost, like it's just floating around. Forums need to be updated to have threaded posts.. a rating system would be great. Even if it would something as simple as marking posts as "troll/flame" or "off topic".

• • February 25, 2010
  • Yunnan news roundup
    

    I think the shortage of water is of usable water. I've heard that Dianchi lake is so bad that they can't even use the water for industrial usage. So I'm guessing, or at least hoping the water they use is ok for grass, but not for drinking... probably sewage water.

• • February 6, 2010
  • GoKunming Weekend Preview
    

    Hello Puppies!

    Nice photo.

• • November 16, 2009
  • Kunming News Roundup
    

    haha... the schools "quarantine" is useless. Students regularly leave the school. There's even a path between the bushes where they leave.

    Many students have already gone home. Supposedly they're all supposed to come back now and sit around to do nothing.

    Plus they let everyone and anyone talk at the main gate.

Latest Forum Posts

• • September 2, 2010
    
  • Forums > Study > Pointless Visa Renewal?
    

    Seems strange to me. The only reason that I know of requiring someone to "renew" their student visa like this is if they change schools. Is your original residence permit/visa through Yunnan Nationalities University?

• • August 30, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Renting an apartment
    

    Depends, most nicer places want at least 6 months rent in advance, especially if you use a real estate agent. The lease is normally 6 months to 1 year.

    With the housing bubble, and high rent there are a lot of greedy landlords out there now... They even have a name for them in Chinese, but I forget what it is now.

    Some landlords will let you pay monthly, but most often times this is when you rent directly from the landlord.

• • August 30, 2010
    
  • Forums > Travel Yunnan > YunNan Earthquake Again?
    

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/[...]

    This morning my friend said they felt a tremor also while on the phone. I didn't feel it, but I live on the first floor and was in bed at the time.

• • August 29, 2010
    
  • Forums > Food & Drink > Wanna taste the nice western food in northern area of Kunmming
    

    I like the food at the Wicker Basket in Beichen. I don't know if they have wine or not. There are other foreign restaruants nearby... Sandras, Samoana Cafe are the ones I can think off the top of my head. Just check the listings on gokunming.com

• • August 26, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Roswell Power Centre
    

    shhhh! It's nearly impossible for me to use the Roswell airport in the US now....

Latest Reviews

• • Ouyang
    July 30, 2010
  • Kunming > Wicker Basket
    馨香烤屋

    Excellent atmosphere and food. The small store of imported food and fresh baked goods is also quite nice.

• • Ouyang
    March 29, 2010
  • Kunming > Ideal Education

    Does not provide any textbooks for part-time English teachers. Classes are scheduled only a few days ahead of time. Textbooks are inappropriate for students. School management and teachers show up 10 minutes before classes start on the weekend. Students are not separated based on their language level. Headmaster of the Beijing road campus will show up 5 minutes before classes on the weekend, and will give you a new class to teach without any warning. So par for the course if you want to be a dancing monkey. However, if you want to plan your classes with the regular teachers, expect any sort of consistent schedule, or any assistance what-so-ever then stay away. Oh, and their pay is below average.

• • Ouyang
    December 28, 2009
  • Kunming > Kunming College of Eastern Language and Culture
    昆明东方语言文化学校

    I was promised I could take the classes I wanted at the west campus in July, but come August they wouldn't let me attend the classes I wanted. They forced me to pay tuition saying the police would send me home otherwise. Never arranged classes. Have so far refused to refund my tuition in August, October, and December. I finally changed schools in October after not having a single class. The reason for not refunding my tuition? I have no idea, they have only stated that the director responsible has been fired for it. Is that even legal?

• • Ouyang
    December 28, 2009
  • Kunming > Kunming College of Eastern Language and Culture (West)
    东方语言文化学校

    The director promised I could take the classes I wanted in July, but come August they wouldn't let me attend the classes I wanted. They forced me to pay tuition saying the police would send me home otherwise. Never arranged classes. Have so far refused to refund my tuition in August, October, and December. I finally changed schools in October after not having a single class. The reason for not refunding my tuition? I have no idea, they have only stated that the director responsible has been fired for it. Is that even legal?

• • Ouyang
    November 5, 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

    Management seems good, the teachers are good so far. Their could be a bit more in coordinating the class content between teachers, but the classes themselves are good.

    Almost every school in Kunming has a low satisfaction rate with "foreign experts" so perhaps they are just more direct and honest about expressing it.