it's blatantly ageist, but clearly China doesn't want any foreign retirees (it's got enough pensioners of it's own). If I were you I would go back to Australia and learn Chinese online or in a face to face class there. Good luck anyway!
why NZ in particular?
I'm curious, what would you say if it was a classified post looking for a Muslim or Jewish or Christian partner and therefore excluding non-Muslims/Jews/Christians?
so the usual ridiculous xenophobia then
why are they not providing the services to foreigners at the moment? Did they give a reason?
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a very pleasant park with a tall pagoda you can climb and take photos of the city if you wish. Roses in summer, blossom in spring, nice lawn to sit on, bbq areas.
Recently the food seems to be better. Decent steak at a decent price, decent pizza, some decent wine, and the music is more suitable these days (Rammenstein wasn't the right mood music for Cantina)!
Had lunch - grilled chicken on top of mashed cuttlefish and a salad. The chicken was tasty and well cooked, and there was plenty of meat/fish to fill up even a hungry person. The salad was overdressed and nothing special - I won't order one next time. The service is a decent imitation of what you might find in the west. A large menu of food and drink. A nice civilised place to go for food or drink, but some of the dishes (i.e. the steaks) are very pricey. You could easily spend 300rmb+ per person here. Equally, it is possible to have lunch for under 60rmb per person (as we did). Warning - the bottle of water on each table costs an eye watering 48rmb! Don't be a sucker by opening it!
Went for a spot of lunch. Best pizza I've had in Kunming by some distance. In fact, one of the best pizzas I've ever had - quality ingredients, thin base, cooked to perfection. Sashimi salmon tasted very fresh and was well presented. The drinks are expensive, and one of the waiters was letting the side down by being a bit scruffy and impolite (hence not 5 stars), but definitely go and try the pizza.
Not bad. Pizza base was a little thick for my taste. Great selection of craft beers in the fridge, a few beers on tap, and well priced mixed drinks and cocktails. Staff were pleasant. A 14" pizza is the perfect size for two people, and very reasonably priced at 45-70RMB. Beware that the English menu, whilst written in perfect English, is not necessarily accurate. I ordered the 'local one' pizza expecting pepperoni and mango but got neither. The waitress explained that was a mistake on the menu. Would be nice if the menu corresponded with what you get on the plate! Hopefully this will get sorted.
Official: Yunnan will have two bullet trains by 2016
Posted byI think this is good news! Trains use vastly less energy and create less emissions than planes. And they are more comfortable, more legroom etc. It will also make visiting Hangzhou with its beautiful Xihu and Shanghai with its excellent bars and restaurants more affordable for us poor Kunmingers!
Megatrudge 2014: 400 kilometers across the Gobi
Posted byA lot of ego in this piece, despite the remarking on other's egos!
A lack of basic information, such as where the course started and finished. The only geographical information I picked up was that he was near Qinghai, so most probably Gansu or Xinjiang, I'd be interested to know where, having visited that region recently.
Rural China and the painful allure of bound feet
Posted byIt's not useless to condemn the past, it helps us prevent such things happening in the near future. Interesting article, albeit rather strange. I suspect that the guy has a bit of a thing for small, rotten feet.
Yunnan government weathers unexpected power shake-up
Posted bycould be that he has been found to be corrupt but has a very powerful patron who would be guilty by association so he has to leave quietly in return for not being punished.
or it could be the opposite: that his patron is someone that considers a threat and so, using the incredibly inefficient, slow, (and rather cowardly) method that Mao himself used to use, someone very high up is undermining somebody else high up's support network from below.
Update: Officials fired after school stampede kills six
Posted byIn countries such as my own (the UK), you could just go to the local council or newspaper and tell them about anyone wanting to take a bribe. That would probably be the end of that person's career, at least in that town. They'd have to be extremely well connected to escape some kind of sanction. There is corruption in the UK, but it isn't as widespread and accepted as in China.