tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533171043031843199.post6986200793669687311..comments2024-01-30T05:43:28.525-08:00Comments on the capital in the north: KashgarJi Xianghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03406727999722525339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533171043031843199.post-27893798799796538602016-10-30T18:26:23.729-07:002016-10-30T18:26:23.729-07:00In 2004 I remember staying in a hostel in Kunming,...In 2004 I remember staying in a hostel in Kunming, and a bed in a dorm cost 10 yuan a night. Nowadays even a bed in a dorm will cost 60 or 70 yuan. Prices have risen 6 or 7 fold. <br />Ji Xianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406727999722525339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8533171043031843199.post-48636633224367899882016-10-30T13:48:04.045-07:002016-10-30T13:48:04.045-07:00"Once in the city center I identified a reaso...<b>"Once in the city center I identified a reasonable hotel and went in. It was a four-star hotel, and a double room only cost 200 Yuan a night."</b><br /><br />I stayed at the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai for 100 a night back in 2003-4 (admittedly not good rooms despite being in China's oldest hotel). Prices really have gone up since then!<br /><br /><b>"After leaving the old city I walked to Kashgar's main city square, which contains an imposing 18 metre statue of Chairman Mao, one of the biggest ones remaining anywhere in China."</b><br /><br />Never mind, soon the empty plinths you occasionally see where a Mao statue used to be will be filled with statues of Xi.Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.com