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| Yunnan
Revisited |
| THERE is an indissoluble
bond between Yunnan and me. I first went there in 1970
after graduating from university in the coastal metropolis
of Shanghai. I left for Beijing eight years later, when
the reform and opening-up policy was in its infancy.
It was not until March 2006 that the opportunity arose
to revisit Yunnan’s rural areas. I was prepared for
dramatic changes after my 28-year absence. Those that
I saw in the provincial capital of Kunming were only
to be expected, but I was totally unprepared for the
transformation I witnessed in the rural areas isolated
from Kunming by the Hengduan Mountains, most notably
in Simao City where I embarked on my career. Some were
beneficial, others less so. It was a journey of happy
revelations tempered with a few misgivings. |
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FOUNDER:
SOONG CHING LING (MME SUN YAT-SEN) (1893-1981). PUBLISHED
MONTHLY BY THE CHINA WELFARE INSTITUTE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH,
SPANISH, ARABIC AND CHINESE. |
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