Forums > Living in Kunming > what would U do if U can't afford the credit card @ Zhang Lijuan. If you can only save 800RMB/month then what did you think you were doing spending 53,000RMB on credit cards?
That's 5.5 YEARS of your disposable income!
What also amazes me is how stupid the banks were to give you credit cards in the first place!
Forums > Living in Kunming > Upfront costs to renting an apartment Wow! Seems like you're all getting shafted on rental terms in Kunming. I'm in Guangzhou and standard terms here are two months rent as deposit and first month up front. Normally agents fee is shared with the owner. Then pay month by month. So initial outlay is 3.5 months rent of which you get 2 months back at the end of the contract.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Return air ticket required for L-visa? Thanks for the clarification....though as I said (or you said)...that was back in 2009, things have been tightened up a lot since then. A Z visa from HK is maybe possible but very difficult to get now.
Liverpool brings football philosophy and training to Kunming
发布者"Kunming was more recently thought to be in the hunt for a new Chinese Super League franchise. Rumors were rampant that European coaching legend Sven-Göran Eriksson was considered a front-runner to run the team, but nothing ever came from such efforts."
Sven is past it! He's done nothing in his time in China at GZ Fuli, SIPG or Shenzhen.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
发布者@Janjal, good point about 15 years old & marriage. What about these (combined) points:
"while the other two are working in another city. Their parents have promised the two children will return to school next semester."
"A kid working in the city can bring back 20,000 yuan [US$3,000] a year," an official at a county-level education bureau in Yunnan told local media in 2014"
So local officials are condoning children working illegally underage? First quote is more valid as it refers directly to this case! They know two of the kids are working illegally & havent dome anything about it except get "promises" from the parents that they'll send them back to school "next semester"!
Life on the Dulong River: Stepping towards the present
发布者I also agree Alien. Governments the world over seem to know what's best for people rather than asking them what they want.
Up to 1,000 Dali businesses to close in face of new policy
发布者"However, business owners such as Mr Zhao, who spent six million yuan (US$870,000) to open a guesthouse, worries about his livelihood and those of his employees. He blames government inaction and "hasty decisions" for the entire situation, saying:"
Well maybe if he'd built his guesthouse properly with connections to sewage, etc he wouldn't be in this position now...
China losing patience with Myanmar over Myitsone Dam
发布者Naïve question 2: Do China's anti-corruption and environmental laws apply to the activities of Chinese-owned companies?