Hey Folks, Thats right, some American came to ZhongDian maybe a hundred years ago, and wrote in his very famous book that the city was so perfect, it must be Shangri-la. So, the Chinese, never ones to miss a beat, renamed the homely Tibetan city of ZhongDian, you guessed it, Shangri'la. Since then, tourism has boomed, and everyone is happy, except of course the Tibetans who lived their. As I have learned, even in the more developed parts of their invaded plateau, they still prefer to live in the countryside, raising their yaks, and praying, while entrapreneurial Chinese flock to their cities to sell knives and prayer wheels. This is an interesting country indeed. So, I have recently returned from Yunnan province. This is the most diverse province in China. It boasts home to 26 of
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