Kunming has too small expat population, and it is too far from "where things happen" to be in any way significant for majority of foreign expats in China.
Kunming is one of the last places in China where "new" regulations about visas, employment, or making business get implemented - therefore the information on this website will also always lag behind with what most expats in Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen expat populations look for. And that's where most of them go.
On the plus side, Kunming is small enough to not atrract too many spammers, and that includes this website.
It does also serve purpose locally.
Yunnan is a good trip destination, whether you are expat living in Shanghai or in some smaller city on the coast, and this website is good source for relevant local information. Though last I checked, the search features are technically not on par with some other expat sites in China.
I am currently in Changning in Baoshan with wife and family to help her father who is admitted to a local hospital for various illnesses.
Often my assigned role here is waiting with our baby at first floor of an inpatient building, while wife runs errands at the hospital.
As such, I constantly observe people walking in with cigarettes or sitting smoking under the "no smoking" signs - which are not optimally located to begin with.
Nobody in hospital seems to care.
I would like to report the hospital to some higher authority.
Is there a provincial bureau to supervise this kind of things, and does anyone know what it's name, or better yet web address or contact info, is?
@Peter99, @Mary123: ""files of us somewhere. Like "Stratocaster", "Alien", "JanJal" etc."
I'd be disappointed if there wasn't a file on me in China.
Besides here, I am also active commentator on Weibo in CGTN/CCTV News's stream, as well as People's Daily forum, both of which are tools for the party.
Occassionally I throw comments in CGTN's WeChat articles too, but those have very low getting through rate.
Anyway, don't hide my thoughts in any of those and the police have not yet come knowcking on my door and I've had no problems renewing my RP.
No, not KL - too big, noisy, and polluted. Maybe Penang, or somewhere in vicinity of Singapore (as Chinese speaking state) could be easier integratable for my wife.
Of all the SE Asian countries, Malaysia just rings a bell with me. Perhaps it's marketing from the country.
In my wife's hometown - and I assume many small-scale farms elsewhere - corn from the farmers' own fields is the main feed for pigs, trade of which has already been impacted by african swine fever.
Since this website serves foreigners (and locals) not just in Kunming but wider in Yunnan province, I wonder if something to reflect that could be arranged in regards of this PSB cooperation.
At least my personal observations of matters related to organized crime is not so much in Kunming, but outside it.
The first episode left a bit hasty picture. in my opinion in line with what Kunming is - a crossroads city to spend a day, max two, on way to other tourist sites in the province..
Personally I would have liked seeing more in depth stuff, not just the 2-3 highlights available on any travel guide.
But probably cannot do much more in few minutes show, and also why I don't epect much more from the coming episodes.
In most public toilets in city (and beyond) that I have seen, they have a cleaning person stationed on the premises. I don't know know if they even go home for nights.
In many countries that alone would be considered a huge investment, but obviously not in China.
Invasive 'armyworm' threatening corn production in Yunnan, SE Asia
发布者In my wife's hometown - and I assume many small-scale farms elsewhere - corn from the farmers' own fields is the main feed for pigs, trade of which has already been impacted by african swine fever.
Public Notice: A message from the Kunming Public Security Bureau
发布者Since this website serves foreigners (and locals) not just in Kunming but wider in Yunnan province, I wonder if something to reflect that could be arranged in regards of this PSB cooperation.
At least my personal observations of matters related to organized crime is not so much in Kunming, but outside it.
Film Premiere: Check out our travel series Yunnan: The China You Never Knew!
发布者The first episode left a bit hasty picture. in my opinion in line with what Kunming is - a crossroads city to spend a day, max two, on way to other tourist sites in the province..
Personally I would have liked seeing more in depth stuff, not just the 2-3 highlights available on any travel guide.
But probably cannot do much more in few minutes show, and also why I don't epect much more from the coming episodes.
Kunming spearheading provincial "toilet revolution" 2.0
发布者@vicar: "I know how to keep toilets clean"
In most public toilets in city (and beyond) that I have seen, they have a cleaning person stationed on the premises. I don't know know if they even go home for nights.
In many countries that alone would be considered a huge investment, but obviously not in China.
Kunming spearheading provincial "toilet revolution" 2.0
发布者I wonder if it will be possible to check the "real-time concentrations of nitrogen, ammonia and PM2.5" inside a stall before and after your own visit.