Forums > Living in Kunming > Foreigner children attend local primary school? Let's bring back another old thread, because time has passed.
Our son is turning 5 this spring, and apparently he gets to enter primary school in autumn next year - at 6 years old due to the cutting date in China being in autumn rather than end of year.
I'm looking for intelligence on what to expect in grades 1-2, primarily about education itself, and specifically reading and writing Chinese language.
This could be issue for us, because wife works weekday evenings and weekends in training school, and let's just say that I'm not qualified to help with Chinese homework.
My wife tells me to not to worry, because the recent crackdown in educations means grades 1-2 get no homework whatsoever, Chinese or otherwise.
Other side of the coin is that the same crackdown bans buying tutoring, should we need that.
I'm looking for recent experiences to confirm these things. Kid is treated as Chinese if that matters, and speaks the language fluently given his age.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Dinosaur park between Kunming and Chuxiong To backtrack to the original topic, there is a review of the park from 2016 on this site:
www.gokunming.com/[...]
Does anyone know if the park today operates at same level of quality as witnessed in the article, or has it been improved or fallen from that?
To get there, the article recommends taking bus from Kunming West bus station to Lufeng (1h30min) and then small bus to the park (40min), and leave the park before 16:30 to catch last bus to Kunming.
To connect back to the more recent posts, does the high speed train to Dali stop at Lufeng? That would allow for better options to get there from Kunming - maybe even day visit there and get to Dali by evening.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Any place to watch NBA games? China's state broadcaster CCTV has apparently resumed showing select NBA games this month, after couple of years stoppage.
Warriors @ Spurs on CCTV-5 right now. Meanwhile QQ continues to stream most of other games.
Forums > Living in Kunming > COVID 19 vaccine for foreigners I recall by-appointment was mentioned in the first doses too, but neverthless you could just walk in without.
Probably appointment was originally needed for schools or others potentially large groups, and extended to everyone in way that is common bureacracy here - only to be ignored in the end.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Hospital recommendations for giving birth I'm not sure what qualifies as "proper VIP" for you, but I would suggest to settle to any medically qualified maternity hospital that can arrange private room where not only your wife, but also you can sleep the couple of nights prior to delivery if needed - if that's what you want of course.
Migrant workers receive bricks in lieu of pay
Posted by@alienew: "The workers should hold them liable with brickbats."
Well, that would set a dangerous precedent, which would only result in only tighter enslaving of employees in future operations across the nation. And certainly overriding limited liability of iinvestors only serves to drive investments away from these places.
Migrant workers receive bricks in lieu of pay
Posted by"The company may not have assets to pay, but I bet the owners do."
And that's the difference between limited and unlimited liability ownership.
University life in the not-so-ghost town of Chenggong
Posted byThe second to last picture with all the shop signs actually reminds me of Hong Kong.
Perhaps off topic, but this is strikingly opposite of recent developments in first tier cities and in fact even our own apartment block in northern Kunming, where the authorities are forcing shops to remove excessive signs on the streets and in the walls - basically anywhere outside the immediate space the shops have leased.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
Posted byAlright, if you go that way then everything is assuming. Assumptions is what made our ancestors come down from trees and cross a river and a mountain range. You assume quite a bit already when you go to sleep at night.
I am not assuming anything that didn't happen already. China already had a peasant revolution that was supposed to bring prosperity to all.
I am not asking for another revolution, but I am asking for that same spark. I do admit assuming that the Chinese state can contain such spark better this time.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
Posted by@Dazzer: "you go again, asume asume "
Is it assuming if I have seen it with my own eyes?