Xishuangbanna

Dams & Deforestation: Yunnan’s Water Woes

At The New York Times, Andrew Jacobs reports environmentalists’ frustration with the decision to resume damming on southwest China’s Nu River. The new dams are expected to displace as many as 60,000 people locally,...

Fire Threatens Xishuangbanna Rainforest Project

A pioneering biodiversity project in southern China is under threat from forest fire, with flames leaping as high as 30 metres. From The Guardian: The project – which was launched about five years ago by the German biologist...

A Gift Bowl Serves Victories to a Village

The New York Times visits a village in southern Yunnan celebrating its Dragon Boat Race victory, a tradition supposedly handed down to them from Zhou Enlai: Each year, Mannao and 11 other ethnic Dai villages take part in a...

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