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Brief stopover in Kunming

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September 5th 2007
Yunnan province - abode of Mountain people, and one of those 'must see' areas in china. So I've been told anyway. I was in Yunnan as part of our annual company retreat - a 4 day fiasco that is mostly holiday, with a sprinkling of company meeting. Our destination was Lijiang, with a 4 hour stop over in Kunming each way. We landed in Kunming mid morning to be greeted by a gloomy rainy day. So ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more