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I thought all of this was about Japan, China and not Syria?
I thought all of this was about Japan, China and not Syria?
I have one word for everyone in the meantime: torrents.
Just go online and download what you want rather than forking out money for dvds, which now seem harder to find anyway. Sure, it's technically illegal, but it's not like the USA authorities would have authority to track you down in China, a country that pirates more programming than nearly any other country on the planet.
Just a thought.
@geezer, well that would just be racist but we all know there's no escaping racism in china as subtle as it may sometimes be but clearly anti-japanese riots and demos are racist and anything but subtle.
Aha...here we have evidence to support what I just said!:
I believe that many Japanese businesses will be thinking about leaving China permanently though, not just closing temporarily as CNN claims.
BTW I thought 7-11 was American, not Japanese? In any case, Thailand easily has the most 7-11 stores in the world (excluding only perhaps the USA) with more than 3000 stores and more opening all the time. Just as I thought there could finally be a 7-11 opening in Kunming sometime soon but this now seems unlikely.
The economic repurcussions of allowing these demonstrations and this anti-Japanese rhetoric to continue could cost the Chinese economy dearly:
I think Thailand and Vietnam can look forward to the benefits of increased investment from Japan as the Japanese decide to abandon factories and investments in China in favor of those two countries, which have a very pro-Japanese business environment. Already Thailand is Japan's major base for producing Japanese cars for export markets and this position will likely be strengthened further in coming years. While last years flooding was bad, causing major losses in production and productivity, with careful management that will hopefully not be repeated anytime soon. Vietnamese wages are much lower than Chinese wages and this fact alone has already forced many businesses across to Vietnam from China.
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What do you mean by "foreigners"? Everyone who is a non-citizen of Myanmar and wants to travel there is a foreigner. I doubt Burmese citizens require visas to return to their homeland.
Horrible tasteless, thick-crusted "cardboard" like pizzas that are a far cry from what they should be like. Way overpriced too. Wine may be good, but why bother when the nearby Prague Cafe makes much better pizza at a more reasonable price?
Great Mexican food and ice cream, excellent Raspberry smoothies and an overall good atmosphere. Can't do much about the low ceilings on the second floor, but the early closing time could be adjusted, after all, the nearby French Cafe closes at 1am.
Video: Kunming driver crosses pedestrian bridge
发布者I'm surprised his car was still driveable and didn't end up with a zillion dents (or maybe it did). I wouldn't dare drive like that knowing that damaging my car is almost certain if I were to attempt that and secondly I have more regard for the safety of pedestrians than this bozo did.
Still, this was an entertaining piece of news.
Kunming addresses taxi shift change troubles
发布者Yep...though I'm more used to getting hassled than ignored. I thought we were all walking atms to these guys! Haha...anyway, it really depends though, because those taxi drivers that constantly pester you in places like Vietnam often rip you off, but if you go for the ones that are not specifically looking for fares they'll actually use the meters. Of course, taxis are better than motorcycle taxis though since they are less likely to rip you off. Also, you can almost always find a taxi or something else when you need one in those countries, even during rush hour. Something that's hard to do in Kunming and even Shanghai...
Also, apart from the occassional three-wheeled scooter or electric scooter driver willing to drive you somewhere, there are few alternative forms of transport in Kunming apart from the standard forms you'd see in the west: buses and taxis (and eventually, a subway). Only on the outskirts of town will you find motorcycle taxis who congregate around tourist spots such as the Nationalities Village, but these guys don't pick up fares inside town, probably because they aren't allowed to, I presume.
Kunming addresses taxi shift change troubles
发布者What i find that's totally bizarre to me is that in a developing country like China, no taxi driver follows a foreigner like would happen in neighboring Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia or elsewhere. In those countries, you don't look for the taxis, they look for you! In Kunming and China in general, you can walk down the street and no taxi driver will ever stop for you unless you want them to.
Yunnan preparing warily for China smoking ban
发布者Tell the people to look at the signs and see what their reaction is! If they don't react, tell them that they can't read (which is what I would assume, if someone was just so oblivious to a sign right above their head).