Winners: Best of Kunming Awards 2014
Voting has concluded and the results have been tallied for the Best of Kunming Awards 2014. This year, as in 2013, participation was overwhelming. Thank you to everyone who took the time to cast a...
View ArticleA Tibetan Christmas in Yunnan
Nestled on the banks of the Upper Mekong River, or Lancang, as it is known in China â are several Tibetan villages of mixed religion where Buddhist and Catholic families live together and often...
View ArticleRecipe: Yunnanese mint and pomelo salad
This recipe is a classic Xishuangbanna salad, from a region of Yunnan where pomelos are sweet and mint plentiful. Vary the proportions of aromatic mint and chili to taste. The Dai people eat pomelo...
View ArticleYunnan Drifter: Rebels with a cause
Over the course of the next few months, we're going to try something new - serializing portions of an upcoming book about our favorite province. The following is an excerpt from "Yunnan Drifter: An...
View Article2,000 year-old bronze relics unearthed in Yunnan
The ancient Dabona cemetery archeological site is located just south-east of Erhai Lake in Dali's Xiangyun County. It was recently selected one of China's most important archeological locations for the...
View ArticleOil pipeline connects Kunming to Andaman Sea
A 771-kilometer long oil pipeline linking refineries in Kunming to oil fields off the western coast of Myanmar began shipments over the weekend. Built over six years, at a cost of 9.37 billion yuan...
View ArticleThousands of Burmese refugees fleeing into China
Renewed fighting between the Burmese military and a guerrilla army in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State erupted once again this week. The violence has caused civilian refugees â by some estimates...
View ArticleThousands of Burmese refugees fleeing into China
Renewed fighting between the Burmese military and a guerrilla army in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State erupted once again this week. The violence has caused civilian refugees â by some estimates...
View ArticleUS Embassy warns citizens of repeat terror attack in Kunming over New Year...
Repeat of 2014 knife attack that killed 33 feared in Yunnan capital. more »China NewsKunming attackkunming terrorist attackterrorismkunmingyunnanus embassy
View ArticleProvincial government: Yunnan toilets soon to be less disgusting
Yunnan's economy depends largely on tourism. Millions visit on an annual basis and every year record numbers of vacationers, both foreign and domestic, flood into the province. The diversity of...
View ArticleTravel: Lijiang Ancient Town
Lijiang Ancient Town is well-preserved—in terms of bricks and mortar, that is. It was the stomping grounds of famed adventure-botanist (yes, that is exactly what he was) Joseph Rock, who penned a...
View ArticleSnapshot: Pottery making in northwest Yunnan
Nestled up in the hills of northwestern Yunnan, not far from Shangri-la, is a village known for its pottery. Nixi (尼西) is famous throughout China, and to hear locals tell it, their stoneware-making...
View ArticleRecipe: Yunnan ham with broad beans and goat cheese
This fresh dish, full of Yunnan flavors, pairs perfectly with the stunningly gorgeous weather currently gracing much of the province. It features two ingredients Yunnanese people proudly call their own...
View ArticleYunnan fossils shed light on evolution of ancient brains
Discoveries made in Yunnan could change the way biologists worldwide understand the earliest beginnings of intelligent life on earth. At issue are the fossils of two ancient organisms unearthed near...
View ArticleMyanmar accidentally bombs China, worsening tense relations
Fighting between ethnically Chinese Kokang rebels and the Burmese military spilled over the border into Yunnan on March 8. China Central Television reports a plane from Myanmar's air force mistakenly...
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