Forums > Living in Kunming > Reform of for-profit education I expect all training centers who take in K-9 age students to make necessary arrangements to appear to be non profit - whatever that means in practice.
Subsequently, as someone wrote above, it removes the apples that are in it only for huge profits. In my view the profitability matters more in this evaluation than what are core subjects and what not.
Those failing such measurements would probably have their business licenses gradually revoked and/or not renewed.
If I read correctly, this does not yet have any impact on preschool/kindergarten teaching. But if the goal is truly to reduce study burden of kids, and save time and money of their parents, it won't be long until it extends to younger kids.
In that perspective, I see this as another approach to motivate families to make the second or third child.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Reform of for-profit education These new guidelines, released a week ago, will probably affect future job opportunities for many foreign teachers in China:
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Forums > Living in Kunming > American Soldier Burials near Walnut Forest Have you confirmed the Chinese spelling for the village name?
In mountainous parts of Yunnan, walnut is a main cash crop and the label on the map may reflect that resource, rather than the actual village name.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Registering foreigners' religious activities "exempt the costs of raising a child under the age of three from personal income tax"
This of course would only benefit those who earn enough to have taxable income (after 5000 RMB automatic deduction) to begin with. At risk of political incorrectness, I'd say this will be the final stage of poverty reduction - weeding out the poor.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Covid vaccine mandatory for all adults? Chinese jurisdictions have the option to connect this to social credit, which is just (perhaps) a milder layer of criminalization.
China and Thailand's visa-free deal further reshapes Asia travel
Posted byRelated for visitors from USA:
"Tourist visa applicants within the United States will no longer be required to submit round-trip air ticket booking record, proof of hotel reservation, itinerary or invitation letter."
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Kunming one of best cities to live in China
Posted byCoVid experiences possibly affecting this could could of course come from many perspectives.
For example, those who are or have been in urban lock-down, may appreciate the prospect of going out once it is over - opportunities which are perhaps different in Kunming/Yunnan, than somewhere else.
If the survey took place during or after lock-downs in China, people will acknowledge this and it would show in results more strongly than perhaps otherwise. Appreciating what the city or region can offer beside 12h work days and big bucks.
Kunming one of best cities to live in China
Posted by"Survey of Economic Life in China"
If this "economic" is to be taken as in affordability, then at least for me it is a major point.
If I speculate this from local perspective, last I checked the local average salary was below the monthly automatic 5000 RMB tax deduction, so average Kunming resident gets by without paying any income tax - in many other country I would probably feel satisfied if I see the city and society develop even without having to contribute to it myself by other means than my own consumption.
There isn't that much industry here, but the benefits of developing society keep trickling in anyway, and this curve (or imbalance or whatever you'd call it) will ultimately show in this kind of surveys, positively.
It is perhaps same in some more remote places, where some farmers can make a small fortune with modern technology to help them.
Also curious about when this survey was conducted - would CoVid experiences weigh in it, and how?
New strict dog regulations in 36 Kunming areas
Posted by"Dogs raised outside the key management areas may not be brought in."
Curious how this regulation deals with people (foreigners or Chinese) who may want to move in Kunming and bring their pet dogs with...?
Announcing the new website Destination Lijiang
Posted byI'm curious whether the separate website for Lijiang means less Lijiang-specific content appearing on GoKunming. For me personally it would be double to effort to navigate two websites, which may be why I will not frequent on the Lijiang site.
So basically will the information on the two sites be mirrored so that those who only read GoKunming, may catch all/most of the content about Lijiang as well?