On a bus tour of China's wild west ... Beijing to rename their town and county Shangri-La—a marketing coup, given how many other savvy villages in Yunnan and Sichuan were vying for the famous ...
A gastronomic showcase: Where China meets the French "art de vivre" Nestled in the stunning landscapes of Shangri-La in Yunnan's northwestern highlands, the region's rich biodiversity, abundant ...
The concept of "Shangri-La" was popularized by British novelist James Hilton in his 1933 novel Lost Horizon. Hilton described a small, harmonious village nestled in the Kunlun Mountains where the ...
Older people in Yunnan can still remember the days when ... past the tourist town of Zhongdian (recently renamed Shangri- La), the way becomes quieter. Prayer wheels spin "into a rainbow blur ...
Yunnan is located in southwest China, and many of its main cities ... In a meadow south of Shangri-La, the new Pioneer Book Store, which also includes a café and a souvenir shop, breathes ...
Wang Ning, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China ... snowy mountains of Shangri-La to the tropical ...