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Forums > Living in Kunming > expat population in Kunming

That was an interesting, thread, the offtopic definitely more than the original question!
danmairen, I'm pretty much with you but I think it's not worthy to oppose religion because humanity is just peculiarly religious..the simple fact that religion has a long long hystory everywhere in the world explains it, and i think even atheist are religious, to be religious means to believe and love something, not necessarily god with long beard etc, maybe you believe in the power of sharing ideas, or in your family your girlfriend etc, or a book or music..this things have the power change your life as the same way that "god" can in many people..
about christians of course i don't like the "make followers" idea that is often around them but we have to admit that sometimes they do concrrete things, like helping people who needs or just helping in developing some human rights awareness that in a place like china i think it's worthy to do...also not religious do the same but sometimes christians are more active,that's a fact... anyway they propose their ideas, free to accept them or not, but i think you agree on that freedom..
if your concern is that china will be soon a christian country for me that's not a big deal, they are already exposed to the worst stereotypes of the western world, like shitty music or cinema, big food or coffee companies misleading about western food concepts, showing off, monkey shows where laowai is just a clown and so on, just watch cctv or ask the people around what they know and think about laowai.... but it's also their fault because they dont really want to change this confortable idea, so maybe as somebody was ponting out, a good question for the foreigner in km would be "what can i offer to this community", if we do our best to be ourself and not just acting like white men we can really contribute to make this city more diverse and interesting and make locals less vulnerable to all the rest of shitty and totalitarian concepts coming from overseas.

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Forums > Study > Are you interested in Chinese Corner?

Hi Joanna,
your idea sounds great, if you arrange it I will definitely join and few friends of mine will do the same, I can also help you to organize if you need...thanks keep in touch!

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Forums > Living in Kunming > The reason why I came to Kunming (over the summer)

Haha Gao Xing, actually your post is fucking great! I mean it's very well written and sounds like a script from a movie...really i'm not hyronic I hope you are writing at least a blog or something similar.
You pictured your chinese experience in such a compact and effective way that seldom I can appreciate on these forums..that was definitely interesting and worth reading!

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Racism in Kundu

I think most of the clubs complained about foreigners who come there and mostly get invited by all chinese girls and guys and finally don't spend any money, that's the reality of backpacking in kunming, and these clubs are supposed to be for people not scared by spending a bit of money when they go out...i think it has nothing to do with racism..every club, back home as well, has the right to decide who fits the place or not without giving any politically correct explanation, you can try to come there dressed up to appear reacher hehe i'm sure reaction will be different...enjoy!

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Im very happy (would say even proud!) to be one of the still resident foreigners who talked with joost about moondog when that was only an idea in his mind, to share during our gigs in town! It was only few years ago, now moondog is a km institution, that was an amazing work joost!

Litlle "critic" about this interview: not even a mention for the fussball, a brilliant idea that helped creating the mixed chinese/laowai crew which is one of the nicest and most precious contributions the bar gives to the city....long live joost and moondog!!!! See you soon back here joost!

low maintenance woman hahahaah!! That was great john.... also very nice and clean sound, good job from the recording team!

Congratulations to everybody who was involved in this great made in km project!

sorry guys but I still think this award is a joke... quality is not counting preferences, clicking links etc otherwise the best musicians ever will be m.jackson, the best film titanic or the best website facebook..most popular often doesn't mean the best...i gave an example nordica hosted few of the most interesting musicians coming to town and it's not even mentioned as a music venue...then if u call the price the best of gokunming i think it would b less pretentious, misleading and fair enough... peace roberto

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Mc Donald's breakfast better than Prague Cafe? that's funny..I personally think Prague Cafe's cappuccino is the best in town...
exorbitant prices? whenever I try to cook some western food I spend more in buying the ingredients,they are amazingly expensive in km..
my rating:
service 5 stars
food quality 4 stars
atmosphere 5 stars
quality/price ratio 4 stars
menu selections 3 stars

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Good place with one of the best pizzas in town (especially the white one with mushrooms), good yoghurt and cozy atmosphere.
To get it there,from jian she lu go along the wen lin jie until you find game cafe and dune cafe at your left, then take the narrow street at your left, you walk for 1 minute and you will see it at your right!
good luck :)

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Totally agree with Barbara, I've been many times in Prague Cafe and I have to say:
-the cappuccino is the best you can get in town
- their breakfast offers, especially the fruit salad with yoghurt and granola never disappointed me
- the pasta is of course not authentically Italian but it's always cooked in the proper way and tasty (and it's not cheap to make a good pasta in kunming)
- the staff is absolutely friendly, efficient and nice (this is another thing not easy to get in town)
People are getting more and more picky in km, we should just remember we are in south west of china and considering the prices of foreign ingredients we should think to be lucky to get somebody available to provide foreign dishes (no western bars/restaurant gets rich in km).
Criticism is good when it's done to improve things, otherwise sounds just over the top and not respectful.