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So apart from standard Mandarin, they seem to use a local Xishuangbanna script as well, which looks like a cross between Burmese and Thai to me.

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Jinghong (21-23 Sep 13)

September 25th 2013
And so after that brief one week transit in Laos, and another 7h bus ride later, I say hello to the Middle Kingdom. Crossing the Boten-Mohan border, it became apparent very quickly that I'd entered another country. Gone were the quiet small-laned streets and rural backdrops. Enter large, super-highways, flanked by equally imposing but tackily opulent buildings. Yes, welcome to China, centre of ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Jinghong

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

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