Tag Archives: Yunnan

Yunnan white-handed gibbon declared extinct

The Yunnan white handed gibbon has been declared extinct.

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Dancing trees of Yunnan

A news story from Yunnan in 1981 about a music-loving tree.

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The Burma Road to Yunnan

A WWII newsreel of the opening of the Burma Road to China.

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All Chinese museums to be free by 2009

New Life Post 生活新报 The lead headline announces that all museum in China will open to public without charging eventually by 2009. 博物馆 免费 开放

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19 year-old girl arrested for gory murder

A murder in Yunnan.

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China-ASEAN TV summit

A report from the 2007 China ASEAN TV Cooperation Summit in Kunming.

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Female filmmakers in Yunnan

A video interview with director of ‘The Case’ Wang Feng, and producer Lola.

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Yunnan Big Screen Film Festival

A review of the Yunnan Big Screen Film Festival 2007 in Kunming.

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Yunnan to dismantle ‘hukou’ system

GoKunming reports: The Yunnan government has announced that beginning on January 1 of next year, Yunnan province will eliminate the current hukou registration system that essentially binds rural Yunnanese to their officially registered place of residence – often their place … Continue reading →

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Soundscapes of Memory: ethnomusicology in China

Peter Micic writes about musicologists’ fieldwork in China.

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