Shop extermination is getting more and more common these days and with rent and wages going up, it will spread like wildfire if people continue to use Taobao so much. I had to put my foot down some weeks ago when my wife wanted to order diapers online, to save 6 yuan a pack compared to our local babyshop. I'm all for using Taobao for foreign stuff hard to get around here or if the price is significantly lower, but finding, negotiating, ordering, giving sensitive information to tons of vendors AND sit around waiting for a week+ to save 10-15 yuan is insane.
Our son is 15 months old now and we've never been asked to show any papers on him. Of course if/when we leave China it's a different thing, but for now we don't really need any papers. Regarding dual nationality, my country -like China- doesn't accept it BUT most of the time there's actually nothing they can do about it legally. If your kid has the right to Chinese citizenship he'll get it and if you go to the British embassy and he's entitled to British citizenship as well they have to dish it out also. Basically what you'll sometimes end up in are two countries both telling you you have to give up the other one's citizenship but in reality there's not much they can do about it without seriously violating the rights of the child.
Does anyone know if there are any airport hotels open yet? I have someone coming to visit next month and they can't get a connecting flight the same day.
For many years now "Enjoy the food, don't look at the kitchen" has been my favourite saying regarding Chinese food. How about the government tackling the rising unemployment rate by training 20.000 health inspectors and giving them some rules and regulations to enforce?
"It really was like a little piece of Kundu in Chongqing." Ho ho ho. Btw, isn't the 35 million including the entire municipality? I've read and heard that the city itself should number around half of them, ergo Shanghai is still China's largest city. Great and informative article.
Went there yesterday and it totally made my week. Nice decor and friendly staff and a real salad bar. Sadly we both wanted mexican food so I can't really say much about their other courses. The food was great but just a tad spicier would have improved the dish. The best thing was that we almost had the place to ourselves and we could have a quiet conversation without shouting, spitting Chinese people in the background. I realised how much I had missed that since coming here.
We went to Chicago Coffee a couple of days ago and it was a nice experience. The place is cozy with soft comfy chairs (I realized how much I have missed one since coming here) and they have a nice little collection of English language books in the corner consisting mainly of classics and travel litterature. I was looking forward to trying their advertized tortilla bar but it wasn't up and running that evening.
Instead we went for 2 12 inch pizzas -roast chicken and pepperoni- but we quickly realized that 1 would have been enough. Those things are heavy. I am mainly into Italian style pizza but Chicago's double layered pizzas are well worth a try. Their coffee seems to be a bit on the expensive side but people say good things about it and they have got a nice selection. I wouldn't mind dropping by again some day,, hopefully when they've got the tortilla thing going. English speaking staff btw.
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Illegal 'gutter oil' operation casts shadow on Kunming food safety
发布者For many years now "Enjoy the food, don't look at the kitchen" has been my favourite saying regarding Chinese food. How about the government tackling the rising unemployment rate by training 20.000 health inspectors and giving them some rules and regulations to enforce?
China's men's footballers remain undefeated in Kunming
发布者Scraping home a narrow 2-1 against mighty Singapore. Well done.
Getting Away: Chongqing
发布者"It really was like a little piece of Kundu in Chongqing." Ho ho ho. Btw, isn't the 35 million including the entire municipality? I've read and heard that the city itself should number around half of them, ergo Shanghai is still China's largest city. Great and informative article.
Divorce rates rising among young couples in Kunming
发布者"It is valid for couples to divorce for 3 main reasons:
1)One spouse is having an extramarital affair
2)One spouse is abusive
3)One spouse wants to have kids but the other doesn't"
where do you get this stuff from?
Urban rail launch pushed back to early 2013
发布者That's totally Fubao!