Forums > Living in Kunming > Water outages warning This notice was posted on the Kunming Water Authority's official WeChat account. Pardon the quick and dirty translation job:
"Water outages caused by pipe replacements will affect neighborhoods along Xuefu Lu (from Jiaochang Zhong Lu to Huangtupo), the Hongshan area, Jinding area, along Dianmian Dadao, along Puji Lu, the Gaoxin area and the northwest part of Kunming. Water outages may be complete in some areas, while others will see a lowering of pressure."
The scheduled stoppage time is Nov 28 at 10pm until Nov 30 at midnight.
停水范围:学府路(教场中路至黄土坡)段沿线、虹山片区、金鼎山片区、滇缅大道沿线、普吉路沿线、高新区片区、昆明市西北片区等片区水压下降。停水受影响的片区内直供水(即无二次加压)的小区,高峰用水时段会出现压力低或无水的情况。
停水时间:2017-11-28 22时
复水时间:2017-11-30 24时
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Wildlife You've Seen in Yunnan I hope some of the more avid bird-watchers (of which I'm not) make some comments here. The best things I've seen so far are a Lady Amherst's pheasant on Dali's Cangshan, and a what looked like a family of Gaur outside of Tengchong. Not sure what they were though.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Dragon Boat racing This forum thread says there will be dragon boat races at the Nationalities Village May 28-30:
km.bendibao.com/tour/2017523/47761.shtm
I would call first to make sure:
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Forums > Study > English Corner Here's the listing for Moondog:
www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item/33682/moondog
If anyone has a well-established English corner they would like to add to the GoKunming Calendar, feel free to get in touch with us through the contact form and we'll help you out:
www.gokunming.com/en/contact/
Yunnan could hold model for China's labor camp reforms
发布者Human rights groups are claiming although places such as the labor camp in Xishuangbanna have been rebranded, it is business as usual:
www.torontosun.com/[...]
Zhaotong official may face resentencing following weibo uproar
发布者The official has been re-sentenced and will now serve eight years in prison:
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8477440.html
Changshui once again closed by fog
发布者A bit late to the conversation...blobbles is quite right that I was vague regarding the inclusion of 'mess' in the sentence. Ocean and atwillden are also correct in recognizing what I was referencing. I should have been more specific in explaining the back story.
Zhaotong official may face resentencing following weibo uproar
发布者The retrial date has been announced: December 3.
english.eastday.com/e/131126/u1a7797317.html
The Help Out — Philippines Fundraiser
发布者The article has been updated with finalized times for performances.