Lijiang, Yunnan Province: On July 1, China will mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Communist party. And one of the main talking points in Beijing today is how to sort out the global image of lack of human rights inside China.
While the repression in Tibet is high on the global agenda, Beijing is shifting the spotlight on Yunnan province, to showcase the ethnic minorities in the country.
Tibet has been China's Achilles Heel on the world stage but Beijing now hopes to take the attention of the world away from Tibet.
2000 kilometre away, in Lijiang the spotlight is firmly on the 26 ethnic minorities that live in the Yunnan province, here they showcase their cultures everyday....
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08:31 AM, Jun 29, 2011
Kunming, Yunnan province: Bilateral relations between India and China have often been a bumpy ride. But these days, the Chinese are pinning their hopes on the reopening of a road to improve their relations with India. The Stilwell Road was built during World War II and the Indo-China relations can get a shot in the arm with the reopening of the road. During World War II, 63,000 workers built the...
09:04 AM, Jun 28, 2011
Yunnan Province, China: Twenty eight Chinese universities are promoting their MBBS degrees and are top picks for Indians. Dali University - one of the top universities in China is busy promoting their MBBS course - the top pick of several aspiring Indian students. Bimbadhar and Vamshi Krishna from Andhra Pradesh was readily accepted in this university four years back along with 300 others from their state after failing to make...
08:59 AM, Jun 27, 2011
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If you have often baulked at the 'Made in China' tag, there's a new product coming your way: Indian doctors. Thousands of made-in-China Indian ...
12:48 PM, Jun 18, 2011
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It's actually ironic that I am in China! To understand the enormity of the purpose, you have to be born, bred in West Bengal, my ...
12:45 PM, Jun 17, 2011
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As they say, every cloud has a silver-lining. This cloud in Kungming had one. It was overcast when we landed early morning, to be replaced ...
12:35 PM, Jun 07, 2011
