The Latest Breaking News from Yunnan

US scholar invited to China for academic workshop vanishes in Yunnan, later declared ‘wrongfully detained’; Trump may raise case with Xi

US citizen and Myanmar-born scholar Min Zin has been designated as “wrongfully detained” by the US State Department after he disappeared in China following a trip for an academic workshop.

The Times of India · Sep 13

A Prized Market Mushroom Makes People See Tiny Marching Figures, and Nobody Can Find the Chemical

DNA sequencing linked identical visions of tiny people in China and the Philippines to a single mushroom that contains no known hallucinogens.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

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 · Jul 31

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 · Mar 4

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 · Nov 29, 2025

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 · Jun 2, 2025

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 · Apr 27, 2025

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 · Mar 28, 2025

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 · Nov 5, 2024

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 · Oct 15, 2024