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The Red Panda Is Not a Panda: The Real Taxonomy of This Endangered Himalayan Mammal

The Giant Panda Stole the NameWestern science described the red panda nearly fifty years before anyone in Europe had documented the giant panda. Frédéric Cuvier formally named it Ailurus fulgens in 1825. The name translates from Latin and Greek as "fire-coloured cat", which is at least honest about what it…

Times Life

Global Times: Jingpo festival song carries ethnic heritage to world

BEIJING, June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A vibrant, rhythm-driven melody steeped in ethnic charm has recently taken the internet by storm. Known as "Munao Zongge," the song, paired with scenes of the Jingpo people, one of the ethnic groups in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, dancing in elaborate costumes adorned with…

AAP

Italian prosciutto in place of Yunnan ham: how Chinese migrants navigate food in Australia

Chinese food heritage is diverse and vast, and embodies the distinct geographical and historical traces of various cultural identities.

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At least 5 killed after collapse at illegal mining operation in China

A collapse at an illegal mining operation in China's Yunnan province on Sunday resulted in at least five fatalities and one injury. Six individuals were trapped, with all recovered and taken to the hospital. Authorities are investigating the cause of the incident, which follows a deadly coal mine explosion in…

The Times of India

‘What dishes did they eat?’: the Beijing restaurant dining out on Starmer visit

In and Out has been fully booked since PM ate there, with patrons able to choose from special menu based on his meal

The Guardian - UK

New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth.

The Conversation

Yu Menglong Death Mystery: 'Ultimate Betrayal' Details Allege 'Great Massacre' In Laboratory

Yu Menglong's death is linked to a shocking network of CCP elites, missing Yunnan children and organ harvesting claims.

International Business Times UK

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Archaeologists finally crack origin mystery of Tibet’s ‘ghost ancestors’

Study confirms China’s Yunnan province as key crossroads of human migration

The Independent UK

Chinese Tea Hub Branches Into Coffee As Tastes Change

At a mountainside cafe in southwestern China, Liao Shihao brews handfuls of locally grown beans into steaming cups of coffee, a modern twist on the region's traditional drink.

International Business Times

China's Yunnan feels Myanmar's 7.7 earthquake, no casualties reported

Firefighters in Yunnan responded to a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Myanmar. Despite strong tremors, no casualties or major damage was reported.

Euronews

The perfect holidays for anyone inspired by the new David Attenborough series

From Bengal tigers to snub-nosed monkeys, here’s how to get close to some amazing animals

The Independent UK

Farms to fame: How China’s rural influencers are redefining country life

In the quiet backwaters of Yunnan, Dong Meihua – though her followers know her by the public alias Dianxi Xiaoge – has done something remarkable: She’s taken the pastoral simplicity of rural China and made it irresistible to millions. In her hands, a village kitchen becomes a stage, and the…

The Conversation

The Big Steep: Why Are People Investing in Pu-erh Tea?

Speculators, collectors, stock-like tickers, and a trade in futures are brewing a frenzy over a tea that tastes like “licking honey off a bison”

The Walrus

Two More Officials From Corruption-Plagued Chinese City Fall Under Graft Probe

Chen Zhi, vice mayor of Qujing, Yunnan province, and Bi Shangpeng, former vice chairman of the city’s people’s congress standing committee, are being investigated by local graft busters

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Two Killed, 21 Injured In Hospital Knife Attack In China

Authorities investigate a deadly knife attack at a hospital in Yunnan province, China, leaving 2 dead and 21 injured. Suspect apprehended, but details stil...

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CGN to Start Building Southeast Asia’s Largest Clean Energy Facility in Laos

Electricity generated in the Laos renewable energy base will be transferred to ease shortages in South China’s Yunnan province

Caixin Global

Steel Mills in Yunnan Cut Production as Industry Bleeds Losses

Coordinated reduction in steel production comes as the industry is being squeezed by sluggish demand from the real estate sector

Caixin Global

Landslide Kills at Least 20 in Southwest China

Another 24 people remained missing as of Tuesday afternoon following the disaster in Yunnan province

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Twenty Dead In Southwest China Landslide

The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when it struck in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan province early Monday.

Al Jazeera

China races to find landslide survivors in subzero temperatures

At least 20 people have been confirmed dead in the predawn disaster in southwestern Yunnan, with dozens missing.

WEKU

Landslide in mountainous southwestern China buries dozens of people

The disaster struck in the early morning in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. Rescue efforts were underway to find victims buried in houses, officials said.

Al Jazeera

Landslide buries 47 people in China’s southwestern Yunnan province

Rescue efforts under way in mountainous area of southwestern China after pre-dawn disaster.

The Hindu

Museum on Allied airmen who went down over ‘The Hump’ opens

Inaugurated in Arunachal Pradesh, The Hump WWII Museum pays tribute to fallen airmen of Allied forces who flew treacherous air route between Assam and Yunnan in World War II. U.S. Ambassador to India and Arunachal Pradesh CM inaugurated museum, praising airmen's bravery and efforts of Oken Tayeng and team

The Conversation

China makes developers pay compensation for their ecological impacts – here's how this unique scheme works

In 2017, the Chinese environmental NGO, Friends of Nature, sued the developer of a dam in Yunnan province in the country’s south west. The NGO alleged that the project’s environmental impact assessment had failed to fully capture how the dam would affect the surrounding rainforest, and particularly the endangered green…

The Independent UK

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reportedly ate hallucinogenic mushrooms at restaurant during China visit

Mushrooms are delicacy in Yunnan province

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