On Google Maps the stretch between Mengze (Honghe) and Pengpuzhen is still missing and by default they route you via Yuxi and Jianshui. The new road is a different one. First you go to Shillin and then pass Mile and Kaiyuan. Near Mengze you hit the old road to Vietnam again.
When you pass Mile you will see the exit sign S.Mile which always makes me smile. I don't know which joker made this sigh but there exist no N.Mile (And of course it should be Mile-S which it is in Chinese)
Since Google Maps still is not updated they cannot give you a total distance for this road but it should be around 400 Km. Take in mind that distance indications on Chinese highways are not always the distance to the actual town but the distance to the exit of that particular motorway for that town. At Shillin you enter a different motorway so the distance Hekou to Shillin might be 300 Km.
Note as well that Google maps has the administrative centre of Kunming Town in Chenggong as base when you type in "Kunming". This is nearly 30 Km away from what we regard as downtown Kunming.
(Another silly thing is that some time ago Dianchi Lake turned into Dianchi Pool and Yangzong Lake into Yangzong Sea. Luckily Fuxian Lake is still Fuxian Lake).
Interview: Tracking Kunming's trash with Adam Liebman
发布者@Janjal
The separated waste collection bins in the street indeed get collected in one single bin on a collection vehicle.
The old one even had one entry for batteries; since there was nothing behind it to collect things thrown through there they just fell on the ground.
Clear example of the conflict between idea and practice.
Interview: Tracking Kunming's trash with Adam Liebman
发布者@Andrew.
No idea what type of technology they use but you can recognise them on the chimney and cooling towers (Painted in happy floral designs).
The Wuhua one is in the far northwest of the city near the motorway junction of the third ring road and the motorway to Fuming.
The Xishan one is behind Xishan Mountain and nearer to Haikou then Kunming.
Wuhua N25-06-59 E102-39-31
Xishan N24-50-56 E102-32-25
Turbulence on Paris-Kunming flight injures 20
发布者Indeed en route ;-)
Turbulence on Paris-Kunming flight injures 20
发布者Note you are using the word "approach" here wrongly. The approach is when the plane is about to land, this involves flying at lower altitutes which are more prone to turbulence. At approach one always has to wear seatbelds (Tables volded up and seats in upright position and window shutter open).
The right word is "an route" to Kunming.
Yunnan's capital scrambles as 'Civilized Kunming' audit looms
发布者Indeed more fenced off area but within days they have removed some poles and they are parking cars on the pavement again.