Enchanting and magical power of orchids are studied a unique research center in the world: Guerlain Orchidarium. High in the jungle treetops in Yunnan province in southern China, the Vanda Coerulea orchid is ...
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Several demonstrators have been injured after Burmese security forces launched a crackdown against protesters who've been occupying part of a Chinese owned copper mine. Authorities said that riot police used tear gas and water cannon to ...
The Drungs, with a population of 5.817, mainly live in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, and along the banks of the Dulong River in Gongshan Drung-Nu Autonomous County in the northwest Yunnan Province. Cooking on a stone stove. ...
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Water-Splashing Festival is the most ceremonious traditional festival of the Dai minority. It usually takes place in mid-April of the solar calendar, often ten days before or after the Tomb-sweeping Day, and lasts three to seven days. ...
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China is an ancient country with a very rich heritage. The thousands of years of history have laid a rich basis for the lives of its inhabitants today. While some of the ancient Chinese myths and cultural traditions have been forgotten or ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the announcement by the Obama Administration that it will begin the process of lifting sanctions against Burma (also known as Myanmar), including a ban on U.S. imports from that ...
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Burma's opposition leader and chairperson of the Lower House's Committee for the Rule of Law and Tranquility, Aung San Suu Kyi on November 25th 2012 spoke out about the furore surrounding the Latpadaung copper mine project in Sagaing ...
Computerworld-The Internet shutdown in Syria likely took very little to accomplish considering the country's limited Internet infrastructure and international connectivity,network analysts said Friday. Such a move would be much harder,if ...
The 200 protesters who continue to sit in at Ledi camp on Latpadaung Mountain in Sagaing Division are suffering from a lack of food, water and medicine. Mr Aung Soe Civic society group leader said that “I am one of those living in ...
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The Bai enter in the history during the Tang dynasty, when together with the Yi established the Kingdom of Nanzhao whose first king Puluoge, was called King of Yunnan. The Kingdom of Nanzhao was the most powerful political structure in ...
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Taliu people are recognized as a mysterious group. Although identified by law as a branch of Yi ethnic minority, they consider Han people to be their real ancestors. Nevertheless, they speak a language which is neither Chinese nor that of ...
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Population and Distribution: With a population of approximately 8 million people, the Tujia are an ethnic minority found in the provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou. The Tujia have a long history, dating back 2,000 years, when ...
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The New Zealand government plans to set up a model dairy farm in Burma, in order to support the country’s efforts to become more self-sufficient. The farm will be built with an investment of NZ$6m ($4.89m), over a period of five ...
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Secretary of State Clinton announced September 26 that the United States would begin the process of easing restrictions on imports of Burmese(Myanmarese)goods in response to the substantial and significant reforms that have taken place in ...
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Max Manufacturing Company of Burma will increase its daily cement production capacity from 500 tonnes now to 2, 600 tonnes by the end of next year and 4, 200 tonnes in 2014, according to a deal with a Thai company, the Bangkok Post reported ...
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