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It's to prevent cheating.
It's to prevent cheating.
A bit off topic.
High school college entrance exams underway. So WIFI and data networks are blocked a few hundred meters near high schools.
Can teachers confirm this?
Ishmael, check yahoo mail via address below:
us.mg4.mail.yahoo.com
We respect your perseverance, goldie122.
Most of us would show compassion in person. This is the internet, and the brass nature of anonymity. All comments posted online are subject to criticism.
Love & peace to you and your family.
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Work commences on Lijiang-Shangri-la Railroad
发布者I stopped short of naming it "Holy Mountain" as that would carry Abrahamic connotations. Sacred Mountain probably has a better ring for the Tibetan Bon & Buddhism motif.
RIP to 11 victims of Mt. Everest just last month. They need stricter regulations on the south Nepal side.
Book Review: Lost Horizon
发布者The gravity-defying, floating Hallelujah Mountains in James Cameron's Avatar film franchise is also fictional, but based off of the majestic beauty of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan.
Nature of the cosmos has continuously shown itself more miraculous than our human imagination.
It's official: Yunnan facing serious drought
发布者Heavy rain pouring early. Good call Kiwi!
Book Review: Lost Horizon
发布者An article titled "In search of the real Shangri-La" on Lost Horizon and Shanghai-la was republished three days ago on the Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/china-watch/travel/the-real-shangri-la/
"'The place described in the book Lost Horizon has never been disclosed, but we knew it was Muli and the surrounding area' - Xuan Ke, son of Joseph Rock's secretary who organised the translation of Lost Horizon into Mandarin in the 1970s"
Work commences on Lijiang-Shangri-la Railroad
发布者Just returned. If all goes well, the high speed rail (HSR) from Kunming to Shangri-La is scheduled to run next year.
In the second to last paragraph, it's difficult to imagine any trains would run through Deqen ["Deqin"] given its challenging mountain terrains and its "godly mountain" (神山) reputation given by locals. Townsfolk are wary of the environmental degradation caused by over-tourism in the event of a HSR station perched along their sacred Deqen mountain range. Although Shangri-La to Tibet HSR is planned which seemingly passes through that NW direction. An update on that would be appreciated.
Between Shangri-La and Deqen is Balagezong Shangri-La Grand Canyon National Park, This 4-starred attraction opened to public just last year with deeper mountainous road accessibility than ever before. The grand canyon view near the summit is spectacularly surreal. FIY, for 70 bucks more per day, local guides will take you further than park shuttles normally traverse by hiking special paths.
GoKunming (or affiliates) should definitely do a piece on Balagezong. The local hero/entrepreneur who spent a decade depleting his entire fortune (~40M) and borrowing hundreds of millions to connect his remote mountainous village to the world ought to be featured.