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China's twentieth century leprosy problem China's leprosy villages have a complicated legacy. Officials credit them with helping to check the spread of the disease and laying the foundation for its ...

Ganbajun (干巴菌): Only officially identified by professional mycologists in 1987, this variety has been cooked and eaten for dinner in southwest China for far longer. Alongside matsutake, ganbajun are ...

Wenhai Mountain (文海山) rises above a lake of the same name, a sub-alpine body of water nestled among the foothills of Lijiang's Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. On the shore sits Wenhai Village, elevation ...

The most recent renovation, around the beginning of the 21st century, consisted of paving the road to the West Pagoda, closing it to motorized traffic, and lining both sides with shops, teahouses and ...

Liming versus Tiger Leaping Gorge While the snow-capped peaks of 5,500-meter Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山) soaring high above the gorge's raging Jinsha River (金沙江) are a breathtaking reminder that ...

Historical Zhongdian and its 'opening up' I was among the first foreigners to visit there in early 1993, just after the county officially opened the doors and it still evoked the atmosphere of a ...

IntroductionValley Description Seen from the air or on a map, Dry River Valley takes the form of a small mammal, like an otter. The snout points to the east, the feet are planted south, the rump ...

New venue for the Dynamic Yunnan show.Ticketing informationChinese: 4000416588 (票房), 18087116007 (何小姐)English: 13150751708 (Zoe)Yang Liping's Dynamic YunnanDynamic Yunnan is a master piece of artistic ...

Kunming Daguan Bookstore was opened alongside the Daguan River in 1985. It specializes in reference books and documents about Yunnan, in areas such as anthropology, ethnology, agriculture and forestry ...

Up the river once again After two days on busses and hanging around bus stations, we are glad to be on our bikes again. We start off by going upstream, just as we did by the Pijiang. After stocking up ...

The first officially certified Thai spa in Yunnan Province. This spa from Thailand provides an immersive Thai spa experience with high quality products and high-end quite private rooms.