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Shangri-La: Manufacturing Paradise

Shangri-La: A Name That Built an Industry Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan — Total visitor arrivals (millions) Total visitors (confirmed) Trend projection Data note: All figures are from official Diqing Bureau of Statistics and Diqing Culture & Tourism Bureau records. The series begins at 2002 — this is the earliest year in the Diqing

The Society That Never Needed Divorce

What happens when romantic love is an unstable foundation for a family?

China's Secret Century-old Cheese Country

Here is a fact that will rearrange something in your brain: in 2003, scientists unearthed the world's oldest cheese, not in France or Switzerland, but in China.

Mules: Yunnan's Original Algorithms

Pu'er, Dianhong, Green... Yunnan is tea country. The dark, earthy brick that sits quietly in specialty shops in London and Melbourne began life here, in the folds of southwest China — where the air itself feels faintly medicinal, and where the ground beneath your feet has been shaped by

Where Emperors Became Monks

Long before it appeared on the itineraries of curious travellers, Dali was an independent Buddhist kingdom, shaped by its own worldview and its own philosophy of power. Its legacy can still be read in the landscape today.

The Hidden Message Behind China’s Biggest Brand Names

Turns out, they are not as random as you thought.