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A massive landslide closes Tiger Leaping Gorge to cars

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A landslide has destroyed a car park and blocked the road in one of Yunnan's most popular tourist destinations. The entrance to Tiger Leaping Gorge (虎跳峡) near Qiaotou (桥头) is...

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Interview with Yunnan expert and author Jim Goodman

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Jim Goodman has been traveling and conducting research in Asia since the early 1970s. After stints in Korea, Nepal, India, Thailand and China, he has settled in Chiang Mai. Over...

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Will Yunnan divert the headwaters of the Yangtze River to stave off drought?

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Provincial Party Secretary Qin Guangrong (秦光荣) initially discussed the project publicly in early May. The current proposal, referred to as Central Yunnan Water Diversion (滇中引水), comes with an estimated price...

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A recipe for delicious sweet and sour ribs - with a bit of heat

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Ribs cooked in this style are called tangcu paigu (糖醋排骨). Elsewhere in China they may simply be cooked in vinegar, sugar and soy sauce. Vinegar lends the sour flavor and...

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Golden Snub Nosed Monkey of China

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Don't snub your nose at this monkey. They have blue faces, an appetite for bamboo and can withstand cold temperatures that make polar bears jealous. Who could ask for more...

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Bears in rural Yunnan have begun to attack farmers with increasing frequency

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The mauling of a man by a bear in Zhaotong (昭通) highlights a complicated situation in which conservation efforts are proving successful but also leading to more human-bear encounters.

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Air pollution and Kunming's prevailing rainy season wind patterns

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This image shows prevailing wind patterns during Kunming's rainy season which runs roughly from May to October. Strong southwesterly winds bring monsoons from the Bay of Bengal over the Burmese...

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Yunnan's green fairy – exploring the hazy world of Chinese absinthe

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There is a lesson to be learned somewhere in here but we have forgotten, or rather, expunged from memory, what that lesson is. One thing we do know is that...

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China's newest railway goes into operation in Yunnan

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After a decade of planning and construction and a months-long, freight-only trial period, the Yuxi-Mengzi Railroad (玉蒙铁路) finally opened its doors to passengers on April 28, 2013.

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Yunnan's Party Secretary lays out vision for the province's future

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News outlet iFeng was recently granted an interview with Qin Guangrong (秦光荣), who has been Yunnan Party Secretary since 2011. The conversation, perhaps unsurprisingly, focused on the province's continuing struggles...

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