news
Recent news
- NGOs provide free eye surgery in Myanmar
May 15, 2012 - Suspected Mekong murder mastermind extradited to China
May 14, 2012 - CBA star Stephon Marbury visits Xishuangbanna
May 9, 2012 - Jinning county disappearances possibly linked to slave labor
May 8, 2012 - Safety concerns plague national school lunch program
May 3, 2012
From The Web
- Passport woes for rural Yunnan women
Security personnel in Menglian are refusing to give local women passports, fearing they may go abroad to become prostitutes, The Economic Observer is reporting.
- Kunming man in standoff with developers
Armed with homemade Molotov cocktails and a spear, a Kunming resident will not allow his apartment building to be demolished, Daily Mail reports.
- NGO Green Watershed campaigns for bank transparency
The non-governmental organization has been petitioning Chinese banks to release information regarding their possible investment in a company that last year dumped chromium into a Yunnan reservoir, China Dialogue is reporting.
- New monkey species discovered near Nujiang
The world's fifth species of snub-nosed monkey was recently identified by scientists from the Kunming Institute of zoology, reports website International Rivers.
- Illegal arms in Qiaojia, Yunnan
From the South China Morning Post:
"Black market explosives and pistols are advertised openly in the remote, mountainous Yunnan county where a mysterious suicide bomber killed three people and injured 16 last week." (requires subscription)
features
Recent features
- Interview: Howard Dyck
May 17, 2012 - Video: Puzhehei Music Festival
May 11, 2012 - Snapshot: Kunming Carnival's Grand Parade
May 2, 2012 - Giveaway: Improv jazz with Martin Berggren
April 30, 2012 - Lahu-Mandarin dictionary to be codified
April 27, 2012
travel
Recent travel
- Getting Away: Vang Vieng
May 7, 2012 - Getting Away: Tengchong
April 9, 2012 - Getting Away: Xishan
March 21, 2012 - Getting Away: Luang Prabang
February 20, 2012 - Snapshot: Shaxi
January 12, 2012
Archive
From a month ago
- Tengchong airport upgrades serviced destinations
April 25, 2012 - 'Rescue' of 500 dogs sets internet atwitter
April 24, 2012 - Local adventurers help Kunming celebrate Earth Day
April 23, 2012 - Interview: Lin Shuaichao
April 20, 2012 - Yunnan's economy outpacing national average
April 18, 2012
From a year ago
- China's drunk driving laws spawn professional designated driver industry
May 25, 2011 - Kunming in 1944: The photos of Dr Clinton Millett
May 24, 2011 - Yunnan's tobacco dilemma: revenue vs health
May 23, 2011 - GoKunming Weekend Preview
May 19, 2011 - Book Review: China on the Wild Side, Volume II
May 19, 2011
events
Saturday, May 26
- Beichen Fortune Center
Start of a 3 day VDS Skateboard battle, 1pm-7:30pm
- Kunming Theatre
Classical performance by piano prodigy 陈学弘, 8pm, tickets 80-200 yuan
- Laowo Bar
Happy day party and Barbeque with a Djembe jam session and specials including 5 yuan of all pizzas, 10 yuan cocktails, small Beer Lao 15 yuan, and big Beer Lao or Kirin 20 yuan, 3pm, free entry
- Livstone House
Chinese adventure of Contemporary Art: a curator lecture by Catherine Croll, 7:30pm, free entry
- Lost Garden Guesthouse & Restaurant
Black pepper steak special with fresh cut fries, green salad and glass of Chilean Cabernet, 88 yuan, 5pm
- Moondog
Live performance with Laurence and Joost, 9:30pm, free entry
- O'Reilly's Irish Pub
Lucky Day! spend 200 yuan and receive a free gift or discount on your next visit to O'reilly's Irish Pub and live music from Carol (America), 9-11pm; Rugby: Hurricanes vs. Rebels, 1:30pm; Blues vs. Highlanders, 3:35pm; Brumbies vs. Reds, 5:40pm; Cheetahs vs. Waratahs, 11:05pm, free entry
- Slice of Heaven
Free wine tasting with a selection of Australian and Chilean red wines, 7:30pm
- TCG Nordica
Piano students' Spring concert, "Classical Melodies", 8pm, 40 yuan
- The Box
Celebrate Diego's 10 years in China with various specials on Prosecco (Italian sparkling white wine), snacks, cocktails (25 yuan, buy 4 get 1 free), and a chance to win a free Margherita pizza, 7:30pm, free entry
- The Mask
DJ Ranking 周 is back to take you on a music trip from Reggae to Drum and Bass, 10:30pm, free entry
- The Dali Hump, Dali
All-you-can-eat Western & Mongolian BBQ buffet w/music by local and guest musicians; 6-9pm; 38 yuan includes a free drink
3 other events Show calendar
- The Old Theatre Inn
- Chicago Coffee
- Lost Garden Guesthouse & Restaurant
- Kunming Mei's Mandarin School
- As You Like
- Keats School
- Moondog
- GoKunming
- YMCA Club 1933
- Slice of Heaven
- Kingsway Tented Resorts
- Bakery 88
- Camel Bar
- The Mask
- Kunming College of Eastern Language and Culture
- My Favor Restaurant
- Chapter One
- Wonders Of Yunnan Travel
- O'Reilly's Irish Pub
- Salvador's Coffee House
- Wangtianshu Restaurant & Deli
- Tenwest Mandarin School
- Cacao Mexican Restaurant
- Flying Tigers Restaurant
- Kunming Yu-Cong Enterprise Management Company
- Huiying Dental Clinic