Travel News
- KUNMING - Chinese scientists have discovered a new endangered species of flowering plant from the Annonaceae family. Polyalthia yingjiangensis, known in Chinese as Yingjiang An Luo, has been named after the place it was discovered: Yingjiang county in Yunnan province.
- Experts studying the history of the Flying Tigers in China said they have discovered the largest and most concentrated cluster of relics sites related to the legendary US volunteer air squadron, which helped China fight Japanese invaders during World War II.
- People of the Yi ethnic group perform folk dance in the opening ceremony of the Axi Tiaoyue Folk Festival in Mile city, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Aug 6, 2017. The 8th Axi Tiaoyue Folk Festival or Axi Moon Dance Festival will last through Aug.
- Lijiang, a plateau city in Yunnan province, has ranked fifth as one of China's best resort cities, local media reported on July 28.
- Editor's Note: China is divided into as many culinary regions as there are different ethnic groups. Its geographical diversity and kaleidoscopic cultural profiles contribute to the unending banquet of flavors.
- Contestants from Yuxi city show their ethnic dressing during an ethnic dress festival held in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province, July 14, 2017. The final competition of the ethnic dress festival was held in Chuxiong on Friday.
- Yunnan celebrated its provincial day in the China Pavilion of the 2017 Astana Expo on July 24. More than 100 guests attended the event, including representatives of the China's and Kazakhstan's business associations and enterprises as well as pavilions from other countries.
- An ancient Poya ethnic songbook from Yunnan - the chorus won a gold medal at the 2016 World Choir Games held in Russia, sharing the regional music with the world.
- Chinese budget airline Lucky Air on Tuesday launched a direct air route between Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, and Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei.
- As China’s Belt and Road Initiative proceeds, more and more Yunnan-based companies are engaging in diversified cooperation with neighboring countries.
