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Subway train in southwestern China derails during test, killing one
An unloaded subway train derailed Tuesday in the Chenggong section of Kunming's metro. During a routine trial run a train carrying two drivers left the tracks, killing one conductor and...China...
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A major health organisation from the US is trying to move into China by...
A United States healthcare provider is in the midst of negotiations with the Yunnan government on how a joint venture children's clinic in Kunming would be managed. Sanford Health, based...China...
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Video: Party Official Flips Out After Missing His Flight At Kunming Airport
This man is a CPPCC committee member of Shizong county in Yunnan province, say netizens, identified as Yan Linkun. We're told that airport security is currently investigating the matter. How...China...
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Official suspended after epic Kunming airport tantrum [video]
A Yunnan mining official has been suspended from work and could face criminal charges after being caught on video destroying an airport check-in counter.China...
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China and India are tentatively reaching out to one another looking to...
China and India appear to be strengthening bilateral ties through a series of soft power initiatives. The world's two most populous nations have recently engaged in cross-border exchanges designed...
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Apple opens 5,000th store in Kunming, a city of 6 million
This past weekend, Apple Inc. completed an experimental market saturation campaign in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The two-year effort concluded when the consumer electronics giant opened its...
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Is Kunming hiding the stats behind its declining air quality?
Airborne pollution in Kunming appears to be getting worse, but finding reliable data proving this assertion is no easy task. Daily smog readings published by the Kunming Environmental Protection...
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Kunming officials look to stamp out use of Chinglish on public signs and ads
A survey conducted earlier this week found certain areas of Kunming are suffering from a proliferation of poorly translated signs. A team of experts found several instances of advertisements,...
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Video: Making tofu by hand in southwestern China
It often appears as if China's headlong charge to embrace modernity is done with no concern for tradition. There are plenty of people however who strive to keep old customs...Food &...
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China's expats vote Kunming the country's fifth most livable city
The Spring City landed on a list of the most desirable Chinese cities in the eyes foreigners this week. A canvass of expats ranked Kunming squarely in the middle of...China...
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China's newest railway goes into operation in Yunnan
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.China...
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The photography of Marc Riboud and Bruno Barbey is currently touring China
The two French photographers had uncommon access to China at its most reclusive, and the resultant works are essential viewing as testaments to bygone eras usually kept under wraps.Arts &...
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In a rare protest defying a government ban, hundreds of people in southern...
Several hundred people gathered on Kunming's Zhengyi Lu on May 16 to voice their concerns regarding the environmental impact of a proposed factory. The police presence at the gathering was...China...
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Air pollution and Kunming's prevailing rainy season wind patterns
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...China...
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700 year-old mosque in the heart of Kunming
The original mosque was constructed during the Yuan Dynasty beside a road called Jinniu Jie (金牛街) — thus its present name. At the time, thousands of ethnic Hui immigrated from...Chinese...
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Kunming to redevelop 10 square kilometer airport into financial district
On July 5 city planners announced a new financial district coupled with an urban renewal project that will encompass ten square kilometers of land where Kunming's defunct Wujiaba Airport now...
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Photos of flash flooding in Yunnan's capital Kunming
Torrential rains and flash flooding in Kunming have caused an estimated 84 million yuan (US$13.6 million) in damage to the city. Floodwaters have destroyed real estate and at least one...China...
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Damn good homebrewed beer from the hills of Kunming
The pale beer's bouquet had definite hints of citrus and something else we couldn't identify until we took a sip. Although the fruit notes dominated the taste on the tongue,...China TravelBeer in...
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In an annual exercise in the absurd, the US and China talk about what the...
Last week representatives from China and the United States met to discuss what has long been one of the more sensitive issues between the two countries — human rights. The...China Newsunited...
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An official who freaked out in Kunming's airport is now facing jail time...
The man who infamously took out all his worldly frustrations on a Kunming airport kiosk has been sentenced to jail time. Yan Linkun (严林昆), formerly a county adviser in Qujing...Weird China...
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