• 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 2, 2010
  • Yunnan's ethnic minorities at the end of the Qing Dynasty
    

    a little correction here

    Hmong are only a SUB-group of the Miao according to wikipedia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/[...]

    "The prominence of Hmong people in the West has led to the situation where the Miao nationality is sometimes referred to as Hmong, despite the fact that they are only one of the sub-groups contained in the classification."

    The Hmong have 'recently' been featured in Clint Eastwood's great movie "Gran Torino".
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/

• • September 2, 2010
  • American conservative group makes inroads into China's classrooms
    

    Schools should teach knowledge, skills and more important thinking itself, and not neurotic dogmas. I think China can do fine without religion and hope for am asap correction of the curriculum.

• • July 14, 2010
  • Construction of Kunming oil refinery to begin in October
    

    I remember that mentioned protest in Chengdu is was quite small and short, but suddenly the plans for the plant disappeared, and were never heard of again...

• • June 30, 2010
  • Armless student takes gaokao with feet, places first in his county
    

    Wow, this guy is amazing. Jia You.

• • April 28, 2010
  • Interview: Maximilian Hecker
    

    This German mother-exorcist is extremely successful in invading the underground live bars all over China. His events are regularly sold out way ahead. And a 100 or 200 RMB entrance fee isn't cheap. Obviously he does something right, and hits the main nerve of young Chinese teenagers with lyrics and music that can't be describe other than extremely cheesy. In fact so cheesy that one could even suspect a very well-hidden cynic behind his forced emo-mask (American psycho anyone?).

    Hey Max do us a favor and skip the underground places on the mainland, get a deal with China mobile and play in the big culture palaces, that's the appropriate location. But more likely we will see more of his offspring.

Latest Forum Posts

• • July 14, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > where to fix a hard drive in kunming
    

    @mingdao

    thanks for the reply, so maybe I should install linux and see how it goes, so far I only run a live cd to check it, looks like a bit of mafan ahead - on the other hand it's summer and nothing to do:)

    yes I wouldn't mind to change some forum settings, but afaik there is a major upgrade ahead, the question is when:) wink wink

• • July 2, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Internet Slow?
    

    Why don't you contact your internet service provider (ISP)and see what's up. You could also kick their ass if the speed (http://www.speedtest.net/) goes bellow what they say they'd deliver (not the cached youku, qq, other chinese net bs sites, but international connections). It's also possible that more people in your yard share the router, so with more people using the net, naturally speed would go down.

    I'm in Chengdu and internet seems to be slower (and latency suxxx), I suspect the reason to be maybe people are streaming the world cup games on their computers or maybe they just play around with new filters or whatnot
    http://www.gochengdoo.com/[...]

• • July 2, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > where to fix a hard drive in kunming
    

    @mingdao

    I got a question. My friend's hard drive crashed (fell on the ground during moving) and I went to a data recovery center in Chengdu, specifically requesting them to get me back the *.RAW files on the disk. Instead they recovered the JPGs, which is useless (and RMB400???). Can you recommend a program to recover *.RAW files? You said you were using linux tools does it make any difference to windows? Thanks for your time:)

• • June 17, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > HIV Testing
    

    @Yuantongsi

    I think that is not true anymore, I think they changed it a couple of years ago.

• • June 17, 2010
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > HIV Testing
    

    I wouldn't trust just about any ordinary or even famous Chinese hospital for STD test after all I've heard, read and seen, because of the high percentage of false positive results (and still relatively high percentage of false negative) and also because of hygiene concerns. Make sure they were the appropriate! gloves and all parts of the syringe are new and packaged, not recycled!

    Kunming should have one hospital specially dedicated to these tests - with the highest hygiene standards and experts (maybe in combination with a department, in Chengdu it's covered as a dermatological clinic). This hospital is should be the one to double check (false) positive results of other hospitals. As I don't live in Kunming I can't tell you which one it is, but you could ask in a hospitable to tell you the address to verify a positive test.

    Depending on the disease it shouldn't be more then a couple of dozens kuai. Before you take the test and after a doctor will consult you and ask you questions (why, how, blabla). Make sure to bring a Chinese speaking friend, if you yourself don't speak the language, don't count on doctors to make an effort to address you in English.

    Instead of asking for an HIV test maybe you could ask for another less serious, treatable disease to avoid harassment and embarassment to locate the right clinic (only go the specialized one). Test results should be there instantly or within 24hours depending on the kind of test and disease and lunch breaks:)

    If you want to avoid going to state agencies to check order home tests online. I don't have a link at hand, but Mirates Rapid Home tests for either HIV or Hepatitis B or combination used to be available in Hongkong if I remember correctly. Now there are other brands on the market that you could order online. The home tests are more expensive (up to 20 $), but you get a result within 5 min with a 99,9% accuracy (a lot better than a normal or even very good hospital in China).

    All the best and maybe you can report back about your experience, as it is a sensitive topic to deal with, but first hand-info might be very much appreciated by others in similar situations.

Latest Reviews

• • invisible
    July 9, 2009
  • Kunming > Vintage Café
    茴转时光

    since somebody mentioned the Vietnamese spring roll. I was tempted, but put off by the price 25 RMB for one! Next day I went down the local market and got 8 delicious fresh rolls for 3.5. Can't beat that!

• • invisible
    July 7, 2009
  • Kunming > Bangkok Café
    曼谷咖啡厅

    Yes it looks crappy, but damn it, it's cheap and fast, no pretentious non-sense, message is clear: it's a place to stuff food in your mouth and go back to your biz.
    For a Thai-owned restaurant it could have a bit more authenticity like actually providing the papaya salad if it already made on the menu, also some Thai drinks or hot drinks would be nice.
    Dishes are pretty much all the same, but are quite ok, however give the Japanese items a miss.

    As many places in this area it doesn't have a toilet, but even at the closest public toilet you can't wash your hands. Bu hao! All in all good-value, but be careful what you eat and order, as the spices might give you an unpleasant suprise shortly after.

• • invisible
    July 7, 2009
  • Kunming > Speakeasy Bar
    说吧

    Meh!

• • invisible
    July 7, 2009
  • Kunming > French Café
    兰白红

    Still the best street cafe on Wenlinjie. Some dishes are superb, most dishes nice to average, the only dishes that break that consistency are the so la la soups. Good hot and cold drinks and some nice authentic French menu items you can't find anywhere else in town make it an outstanding place. I would give it five out of five it they wouldn't have doubled the prices in the the last years and kicked out that PC to check your mail. But the price hike is also due the increasing rent and commercialisation of the whole uni-area. Still I love to hang out outside and drink my hot chocolate everytime I'm in KMG. Keep up the good work and think about franchising in other cities further north:)

• • invisible
    July 7, 2009
  • Kunming > Uprock
    Uprock酒吧

    There is hardly any place in whole South-West China better than Uprock, good location, great terrace, tempting drink menu, snacks, changing live music/DJs, big dance floor, fat sound, various choices of comfy seating, nice hang-out at the bar, fair prices, active mixed male/female laowai/Chinese crowd.

    From a customer's point of view I give it 5 out of 5, which doesn't mean they couldn't improve here and there.
    Note for perfomers: Great venue to play with stage, sound and receptive crowd. However dealing details like promo and $$$ cash with the management is uber-mafan. Expect a fun night, but don't count on a financial return. Uprock isn't ready to do cover charges atm. Maybe the Kunmingers have to change their attitude, quit bitching about the "boring" nightlife. If you want to see acts from other cities/ countries be ready to cash in at the door.