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In 2007, Kunming, China joined over 100 cities around the country for a "No Car Day" (无车日). One year later, Kunming has upped the ante by instituting a "No Car Day" on the last… ... continue reading
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rain has flooded most streets in the southwestern Chinese tourist city of Kunming and forced the closure of its airport after water submerged the runway and part of the terminal, state media said on Wednesday.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Source: Reuters BEIJING, July 2 (Reuters) - Heavy rain has flooded most streets in the southwestern Chinese tourist city of Kunming and forced the closure of its airport after water submerged the runway and part of ...
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Posted by Kelly Proctor to Global Voices Online Last year, Kunming, China took part in “No Car Day” (无车日). Now, the southwestern Chinese city has gone above and beyond by instituting a “No Car Day” every month. Kunming, home to many environmental NGOs, has Car Free Days on the last Saturday of every month. China's Green Beat gives us the skinny: The policy has its limitations, of course....
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last year, Kunming, China took part in “No Car Day” (无车日). Now, the southwestern Chinese city has gone above and beyond by instituting a “No Car Day” every month. Kunming, home to many environmental NGOs, has Car Free Days on the last Saturday of every month. China's Green Beat gives us the skinny: The policy has its [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
... lighters and matches in hand luggage and checked-in baggage both.Many other airports, such as Kunming and Lijiang in Yunnan province, have already tightened security measures. If security officers think it necessary, they insist on making passengers take off their shoes and belts, open their suitcases and even put their laptops through special tests.Will the extra security checks inconvenience...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
... a day on smack to shoot into your arm. Bai Zhikun did this for nine years, prowling the streets of Kunming, the appealing capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, begging, stealing or borrowing to feed this habit. "I spent three years in the drug prison and almost every day I was sent to work in a coal mine outside the city. After prison, my friends persuaded me to come to the Daytop...
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
In China, Kunming Wuhua Zhisheng Economic and Development Research Institute distributed the first hydrous ethanol 93-octane gasoline. The formulation, which uses a patented emulsifier to reformulate ethanol so that it mixes with any concentration of gasoline without causing damage to vehicles. The fuel is distributed via a pilot gasoline station in Kuming, in Yunnang province. [...]
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
... mud and its been a few days of mixed emotions. i just wrote about 4 lines about how we flew from kunming to dali there before i realised we didnt fly we got a bus, i seriously am losing the plot. so anyway we got a bus from kunming down to dali which is in the yunan province. it was about 5 hours but i was NOT feeling very well im not sure why, maybe altitude or something, maybe the...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
... to get used to the local weather, Ding said.Tang Shusheng, from the police dog training center in Kunming, Yunnan province, said real explosives, filled with a variety of materials such as gunpowder and Semtex, are being used to train the dogs.At the start of their training, some of the dogs did not perform too well, Tang said.Some of them scratched at the bombs when they found them - something...
