Since 2012
High in the northwestern uplands of Yunnan lies a popular destination known as Shangri-La since 2001. When Bruce Connolly visited it in 1995, it was called Zhongdian. A town partly fulfilling Bruce’s Tibetan dream.
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China has repackaged Xinjiang into a tourist haven, touting “ethnic” experiences that activists say it’s trying to erase. Source link
When Japan’s then incoming leader Sanae Takaichi was scrambling in October for a new coalition partner so the Liberal Democratic Party could remain in power, she seemed open to requests put forth by the Japan Innovation Party in return for its support. One of the key demands of the JIP was that Osaka should be officially elevated in status to the nation’s “second capital”, with additional infrastructure for the city to enable it to become the seat of government in the event of a natural disaster… Source link
General Secretary Xi Jinping warns about the recurrence of undesirable work styles – formalities for formalities’ sake, hedonism, and extravagance. Source link