My bad Tiger.

Tunneling Express over Shadowsocks may help:

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Seems a bit overly generous for JD standards, but will look into it, thanks!

Restaurants and stores at shopping centers like TKP, 财富中心, and COHO are also having 50% 12/12 deals.

Go to their WeChat mini program or official accounts to take advantage.

bhamast, I've mentioned elsewhere that 58同城 and Anjuke may be useful resources for apartment hunting. Various toggle tools are at your disposal to filter listings. Touching base with landlords directly may serendipitously nullify one month in rent in 中介费. Granted agents may disguise as 业主/房东 for clickbaiting, so be wary of that.

Those seeking to lease may also find said avenues quicker in reaching suitable tenants than would commissioning real estate agents whose main prerogative is purchases, if not ascertaining potential buyers/sellers for future transactions. Highly recommend leaving agencies your secondary phone number to avoid year round hassling.

AC wrote: "The price of property in Kunming has basically doubled in the last 5 years."

Which area or specific community/compound/development(s) in Kunming have doubled in five?

Perhaps special cases, like sought after locations that finally got 房产证 greenlight after a decade of red tape holdup.

According to anjuke asking price data, in 2019 thus far, average Kunming property prices increased just ~750yuan per sqm. A very modest 5.6% rise for the year.

This estimation is on par with market observation and hearsay, with moderate annual deviations compared to previous year-on-year.

Source: km.anjuke.com/market/

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I have found Alipay transport features to work best for both subay and bus embarkation scanning.

Similar to Didi, Alipay's built-in bus map route is also easy to use and accurate. Hello Bike, new Hello ebike, and taxi hailing also available within app.

Located inside Alipay app, under "Traffic" mini program (交通出行): First tab is for bus, next for subway, then bike renting, last tab to the right is cab hailing.

Right now Alipay is offering promotional 40% discount if you purchase week long bus package. 30% off for metro/subway card. Discount valid for two trips a day for seven days.

Convenient and widely used by local commuters (younger professionals and students) for a good reason.