Lately we have been outing regularly with baby stroller, and a measure of civilized city for us has been accessibility with it.

It starts from individuals with their e-bikes and shared bikes blocking walkways, but much is missing from the infrastructural considerations as well.

The other day we went by subway and got off at BaiYun Lu stop. Took the elevator up to the street, where the exit from elevator is (for some reason?) up on a platform instead of street level.

Sure enough that in addition to two stairs, there is an accessible walkway down from that platform. However, some street work was apparenly taking place, and that accessible walkway was blocked.

So we carried the stroller and the baby down stairs (just a few steps), only to discover that cars had been parked there so that it was no go as well.

So back up the platform and finally the second set of stairs got us to the street level and on our way.

At that time, we were returning from visiting friends at a newish development called Junfa City in the north, and no surprise the entrance to the front gate of the block was with stairs, without walkway or elevator. The only "accessible" way in seemed to be the entryway for cars to the underground parking lot.

Though I understand how Chinese parents traditionally have prefered to use different kinds of baby wraps when going out with infants, I see more and more families with light strollers, and what about the disabled and the increasing number of elderly...

I commented elsewhere on this site, that I spotted a group of people in our neighbourhood who seemed to be inspecting stuff.

They went to such details as looking in rubbish bins outside our house, checking if waste gets sorted to correct bins or not.

I'm not sure if they were these inspectors from Beijing, but even if not, their task certainly related to implementing the instructions from there.

m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1730060?t=1&nid=244+281088008

What we have here, is the relevant Chinese authority denying foreign reports that new measures have been ordered to China's network operators against private use VPNs.

My wife's brother lives in Lincang city with two children. When they first saw me (a foreigner), the older girl said I'm not really a foreigner - and that was because I'm white. She had only seen black foreigners before and assumed that's the only kind.

" plan on just getting the basic L category tourist visa that allows up to 90 day stay in china from the time it is issued"

I think that's incorrect.

Visas "stay duration" always starts from the day when you use it to enter the country - issue date is not relevant to that.

I seriously suspect that your visa (as you plan it), is valid for 90 days from date of issue, but each stay during that period could be as short as 30 days.