Coffee growing in China

RayH wrote:

Hey Bob: Can you tell me how long does it take to go by bus via highway from Dali to Baoshan? I assume it's about 3.5 hours?

Bob Burns wrote:

<quoted text>Yeah, about that. The RR is being extended from Dali to Baoshan, but that'll be a while yet. Is there anything I can do or arrange for you here? I have friends in Baoshan and Ruili and Burma

Bob Burns wrote:

I buy my beans just N of Baoshan. I know the region well, and the farmers who grow and process it. This article is complete BS. Another fabricated hit piece. If you doubt, I'll give you a tour

old china wrote:

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What I need is Swiss Water Process Arabica beans and you won't get that in China in a hurry.
But I've managed to sort out most of my bread baking problems now.
Coffee flavoured bread.... now there's a thought!

RayH wrote:

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Thanks a lot!
I might come to Yunnan in the near future for some business. So, I'll contact you then.

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Bob Burns wrote:

I buy my beans just N of Baoshan. I know the region well, and the farmers who grow and process it. This article is complete BS. Another fabricated hit piece. If you doubt, I'll give you a tour

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ngali wrote:

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They explicitly say Yunnan - including Baoshan - is a significat coffee growing region, and that is has been since the late 1800s.
If you're upset about the discussion of the effects of coffee growing on the environment, you should take note that they have similar comments about most places in the world where coffee is grown.

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Bob Burns wrote:

<quoted text>B4 you get all upset, why don't you visit me and I'll take you on a tour. That way you'll be enlightened

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ngali wrote:

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Just pointing out some things you obviously didn't consider before denouncing the article.

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Bob Burns wrote:

<quoted text>Yeah, about that. The RR is being extended from Dali to Baoshan, but that'll be a while yet. Is there anything I can do or arrange for you here? I have friends in Baoshan and Ruili and Burma

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Bob Burns wrote:

<quoted text>What makes you think I didn't consider?

Bob Burns wrote:

Do you think I might not have noticed?

Bob Burns wrote:

Unlike some, I don't shoot off my mouth before I know the facts. What facts do you know? Something you read somewhere?

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RayH wrote:

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The Dali to Ruili Railway opens to traffic around 3rd quarter 2011. I guess the idea is eventually connect China to India by rail via Myanmar.

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Bob Burns wrote:

<quoted text>More to it than that. China has leased a huge deposit of gas near Sitwe in Burma, and is building infrastructure and facilities to get it out, process it, and transport it by pipeline to Kunming and the rest of China, so pipelines, RR and freeway to there. Also, we're building a port further south, planned to be bigger than Shanghai, so pipelines RR and freeway to there too. The "back door" to China will soon be opened wide. Side benefit will be the transformation of Burma. As you know, there's a labor shortage in China. Many Chinese factories will spring up there, reliving the shortage and providing jobs to Burmese. Just one more piece of the inevitable "Greater China"

RayH wrote:

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That railway follows the "Burma Road" from W.W.II, the key supply lifeline for China. There was also a Stilwell Road running from India through Myanmar (Burma) to that area in western Yunnan. So, it's been done before.
China and India will be among the world's largest economies in this century. So, the highway and railway link between these 2 economies will occur through this part of the world in Yunnan.