Hamish, my Chinese fiancee informs me that the following pinyin phrase will get the job done. It means "I want to turn on caller ID."
wo yao kai tong lai dian xian shi
Here it is in characters in case you want to print and point:
请开通来电显示
The charge is customarily 5 CNY per month. Let us know if you need any further assistance. Happy Holidays!
Ahmet and ZengZeng
A great place to check a good variety of water heaters is at B & Q, a British do it yourself home center near the site of the Horiticultural Expo in northeast Kunming (www.bnq.com.cn/website/BnqEnglish/default/map_kunming.asp). Take No. 47, No. 68, No. 69, No. 71, No. 72 or No. 146 buses to the last stop and walk back about 300 meters. Though most Chinese brands are probably adequate, quality control in Chinese products are spotty. Take a look at Ariston (a fully imported Italian brand) or AO Smith (a fully imported American brand). You'll find sizes ranging from 40 liters on up. You can also find "on-demand" or "tankless heaters" that can be very efficient and easy to install, but remember that they only work well when the incoming water supply is not ice cold. Many other places sell water heaters like Sunning Appliance and Gome Appliance, but at B & Q you will probably find someone who speaks English and you can arrange for installation.
After searching for nine months, I haven't come up with anything resembling Indian food here in Kunming. I just returned from a week in Hong Kong where we wound up eating Indian three times. Before we left, I made trip to a wonderful indian restaurant supply store in the Wan Chai district and loaded up spices. It'll have have to be home cooking until a few more Indian expats settle here in Kunming before we get some some delicious, fragrant food. By the way, if you headed to Beijing, Asian Star in the Choayang District has outstanding Indian food!
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Kunming's chengguan suffering image problems
发布者There is no rule of law of China. One can have as many laws on the books as they wish, but if they are not applied and enforced uniformly, if they are not acknowledged by the people whose actions they are meant to regulate, they are simply words on a page. Gleaming new buildings, factories pumping out record numbers of goods don't mean anything if people cannot be expected to behave in a civilized manner. The chenguan are nothing more than thugs!
Kunming's no-car days expand to second ring road
发布者In their usual short sighted "wisdom" Kunming govenment "officials" (nothing more than illiterate, card carrying thugs) have missed the boat. Instead of doing something stupid like banning cars 12 days per year, why not limit the growth of cars that drive on the road the other 353 days per year. i suggest a 25,000 RMB tax on license plates. This would reduce the demand for vehicles and the funds could go to rebuilding the crumbling road infrastructure.
Report: Kunming one of China's 'Rising Urban Stars'
发布者Actually Kunming has three Wal-marts (Xiao Ximen, Baita Lu-on the way to the airport, on one on the east side).
It's great that Kunming is not destined to have the economic development of Shanghai. It would probably ruin what is best about living here: the relaxed pace of life and relatively "unspoiled" environment. Yes, people litter like fiends and driving skills of Kunmingers are poor, but the skies are clear, the breezes refreshing and the flowers bloom year round. That is priceless!