The new passage, and the barriers.

In the past two years, 458km of fencing/wall has been newly erected or fortified along the borders, dubbed "The Southern Great Wall."

A WJS article on Yunnan and its local neighbors published yesterday:

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Not a good day for pigs. Nice piece Zhou Mengya. 新年快乐to you and yours!

Right now entering Black Dragon Pool park is free.

What a great event this was, thanks to everybody for making it happen!

Two months on - business as usual. Shame.

This is awesome, will be great to be able to go to Luang Prabang and Vientiane via rail! Even if the route to Bangkok isn't finished, it's a small distance between Vientiane and Nong Khai in Thailand, so onward travel isn't too much of a problem.

Yeah! Gonna be awesome, great article Dan Yell!

This event is always a really good time! If there is anybody who is overseas and will not be able to attend this year but would still like to support this cause, you can donate to the fundraiser online at the following address:
fundly.com/[...]

Reddit serendipitously featured an adorable video of a snub-nosed monkey (endemic to SW China) on their front page, on the eve of Kunming's biodiversity conference tomorrow no less:

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This fluffy one being hand-fed appears to be a Sichuan golden hair monkey (aka Sichuan snub-nosed monkey). Video, rather than images, truly captures their essence.

It appears GoKunming has featured these sub-nosed monkeys quite a bit over the past twelve years. Looks like conservation efforts to stave them from extinction panned out.

Snapshot: Chasing black snub-nosed monkeys in the forests of northwest Yunnan (by Fabio Nodari in 2019):
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New population of critically endangered monkeys found in Yunnan

(by Patrick Scally in 2019):
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Face to face with Yunnan's snub-nosed monkeys

(by Amanda Kaminsky in 2014):
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Conservationists save endangered snub-nosed monkey

(by Patrick Scally in Nov. 2013):
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Endangered snub-nosed monkeys evade extinction

(by Patrick Scally in Jan. 2013):
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Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys bouncing back from the brink of extinction

(by Chris Horton in 2009):
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As an e-bike user myself, the sooner the better for making helmets compulsory, but I see no sign of it being enforced as yet. Why not also fine those who use their phones while driving or who drive up the roads the wrong way or who don't indicate or......

"4. What is the schedule of inoculation?

From 08:30 to 17:00, August 20, 2021 for the first shot;
From 08:30 to 17:00, September 10, 2021 for the second shot."

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Also, September 10th (tomorrow) is verified by hospital vaccination staff at Calmette.

Too late. Ha.Ha.

To me it's just common sense that you would want to protect your brain from trauma. Since the cop15 is around the corner they are cracking down on a lot of things. Let's see how long it takes before things go back to the way they were. Also this is a revenue generator. They did this for dog owners for a while. All dogs had to be registered and tagged. Look where that went. Overall it's a good thing if it stays in place. People need to be responsible.

Friendly reminder for those getting their second Sinovac jab at Calmette International Hospital tomorrow. Remember to bring 100 rmb cash. For those taking subway, get off at Linyu Qiao Station of Metro Line 2.

High Speed Rail trains run from Kunming to Lijiang (vice versa), but still suspended from Dali to Lijiang (vice versa) section?