Yunnan

Several arrests as Kunming protest over petrochemical plant ends

16 May 2013

Hundreds gathered outside government offices on Thursday morning to protest against plans for a petrochemical plant, in the second major public display against the project.

9:01AM

3 comments

Yunnan authorities say accurate earthquake forecast ‘broke the law’

19 Apr 2013

Yunnan authorities said a private agency which accurately predicted the 5.0 magnitude earthquake in the region on Wednesday “broke the law”.

3:07PM

2 comments

Yunnan miner tries its luck in Myanmar

8 Apr 2013

China Polymetallic Mining, the biggest lead and zinc resource holder in Yunnan province, is exploring opportunities to acquire resources in neighbouring Myanmar.

7:19PM

I thought I could do a better job, says man arrested for impersonating official

4 Apr 2013

Having been mistaken for a State Council researcher at a local meeting in 2009, Shenyang native Zhao Xiyong saw an opportunity and seized it. The error saw him elevated to the position of vice-...

12:52PM

Yunnan chengguan accused of beating blind, homeless man

26 Mar 2013

4:27PM

Yunnan villagers flee attack by tunnel's construction workers

22 Feb 2013

Wednesday's attack on Yan village, in Funing county, appeared to be triggered by a dispute a day earlier between villagers and workers from the China Railway Tunnel Group.

4:50AM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

3 comments

4:10AM

Yunnan promises end to using re-education through labour to stifle protest

Yunnan security chief Meng Sutie's announcement suggests a possible end to all use of re-education through labour in the province.

9:53AM

Landslide claims lives of 46 villagers in disaster-prone region of Yunnan

A desperate search for three people missing in a landslide in Yunnan province ended yesterday when their bodies were pulled from the mud, taking the final death toll to 46 - many of them children...

4:21AM

'Traditional Chinese villages' selected in drive to preserve cultural heritage

More than 600 ancient villages have been designated as having special cultural significance, a first step towards slowing the pace of their destruction in the drive towards development.

3:37AM

ARCHAEOLOGY

Grain finds in Yunnan province may shed light on a Bronze Age civilisation

Pottery and grains traditionally found in northern China were recently unearthed in the southwestern province of Yunnan, renewing a long-standing debate about how Chinese civilisation evolved in...

4:30AM

Gas explosion at Yunnan coal mine leaves 17 dead

Debris is strewn around the closed Shangchang coal mine in Fuyuan, in the southwest Yunnan province, following an explosion on December 4. The gas blast left 17 people dead, state press said, in...

4:36AM

PROTEST

Police clear woman over stopping Premier Wen Jiabao's motorcade

The police bureau in Zhaotong city, Yunnan province, cleared a woman of wrongdoing for stopping Premier Wen Jiabao's motorcade in September to petition him about land compensation.

4:06AM