In 1984, a plane took off in Melbourne, Australia and landed at Kunming Airport hours later. The passengers, some Australian Murray grey cattle, were “specially invited” by China’s agricultural authorities. In 2015, at a cattle farm in Kunming’s Xiaoshao Township, Huang Bizhi,…

On August 9th, the Yunnan Cultural Industry Expo (YCIE) 2018 was declared open. All pavilions were filled with handicrafts, high-tech devices, animated…

Five years ago, Wu Wenwei, a millennial from Fujian province, was studying at the School of Tourism and Culture at Yunnan University. At that time, he…

In an old industrial factory with broken windows and doors, Geng Jiasheng and his colleagues are producing mobile, eco-friendly toilets. Geng, 55, is a lathe operator at Yunnan Metallurgical Kunming Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., which has been manufacturing casting machines, cranes and other heavy equipment…

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. Recalling his experience of studying in China over the past seven years,…

The 2018 Colorful Yunnan Ethnic Costume Cultural Festival closed in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture on August 4. The four-day activity displayed more than 400 costumes, offering the audience a unique “ethnic costume feast”. During the festival, a total of  211 sets of traditional…