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Happy 2020! Or… 4717! Or, 4657?
Melanie Timmerman
posted on Wednesday, January 22nd at 17:35
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( culture, History, Festival & Events, Holidays )

Some people like me might have heard that China uses a different year count and is in the year 4000-something. But none of my Chinese colleagues and friends has ever heard of this. So what year is it now?
茶马古道 - The Ancient Tea Horse Road
Melanie Timmerman
posted on Monday, November 25th at 17:42
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( yunnan, History, culture, Tibet, Tea Horse Road, Shaxi, Xizhou, Shangri-La )

The Ancient Tea Horse Road is an ancient trade route formed by the tea trade via horse from the tropical areas of southern Yunnan to the snow-covered plateaus of the Himalayas. It is not one road but consists of separated trails divided into the Qinghai-Tibet route, the Yunnan-Tibet route and the Sichuan-Tibet route. 
China’s National Day: 70th birthday of the People’s Republic of China
Melanie Timmerman
posted on Friday, September 27th at 01:11
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( china, Holidays, Seasonal, Yunnan Travel, culture, History )

One of China’s most important holidays is coming up, and it is not without reason that it is called the Golden Week National Holiday. This is the birthday of the PRC (People's Republic of China), and not any birthday, this year we are celebrating the PRC’s 70th anniversary!
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