Posts tagged ‘Yunnan’

May 24

17 young people disappear in Yunnan, police fear a serial killer

The Chonqing Economic Times is a newspaper under the Chongqing Daily Press Group with a circulation of around 630,000 copies per day. Today the front page announces a new round of economic stimuli to promote stable growth in China. According to the article, the State Council has decided to launch 11 new stimulus initiatives to deal with the recent economic slowdown. Meanwhile, the featured picture shows three parents: One is holding a home-made sign about their missing children. The headline reads: “In Jinning County, Yunnan Province, 17 people have disappeared – there may be a serial killer.” Read more

Aug 30

Scenes from the tobacco harvest: Why China can’t quit smoking

Gejiu is a city of 135,000 people that lies 280 kilometers southeast of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, and several hours north of China’s border with Vietnam. Sibling mountains cradle Gejiu in a narrow valley, made even smaller by the wide Golden Lake (金湖) which sits at the city’s center.

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