DALI, China — Justin Franchi Solondz, an environmental activist from New Jersey who spent years evading charges of ecoterrorism in the United States by hiding out in China, was sentenced to three years in prison by a local court on Friday on charges of manufacturing drugs in this backpacker haven.

According to his father, Paul Solondz, the Dali police said they discovered 33 pounds of marijuana buried in the courtyard of the house that the younger Mr. Solondz rented, as well as what the prosecutor described as a drug laboratory inside the house.

Short profile of dam projects and alternative smaller hydro electricity generation on the Nu Jiang (the Salween River)

Dear all,

The Olympic torch will now (after the three day mourning delay) be in Yunnan (Kunming, Lijiang and Shangri-La) from June 9 to June 11

hello, I'm Alexandre I use to be the chef in Don Papa in Lijiang. I just open my new restaurant and bakery in Lijiang again in YUHE hotel at the entrance of the old town.

we have more choice than before, different kind of bread, ice cream , coffee and more.....

we only serve french food like pepper steak, sea bass, potatos gratin, roast chicken with french fries....etc.....

a bientot 

Want rent a house in OldDaLi.

Someone know that ?

Farmers who burn silt from a lake inspired a power station to study a commercial run.

Is the Great Firewall of China an issue with expats in particular in Yunnan? Do you have better access to websites than previous few years? Can anyone tell me for example if livejournal.com is accessible in Yunnan? How about facebook.com ?

BEIJING (Reuters) - A 19-year-old Chinese student recorded the killing and dismembering of her married lover by her boyfriend, local media said on Friday.

The second-year student in the southwestern province of Yunnan, her boyfriend and another male accomplice had all been arrested after the killing last month, the Southern Metropolis Daily said.

The victim, 39, was a married manager at a local highway and bridge building company, the newspaper said.

    hi ! Yunnan is my hometown,but I studied in Sanya,Hainan for three years,It's also very beautiful place in China,I still miss Yunnan,now Iam in kunming,so happy to back here,hope to work in kunming ,so pity I found the salary here is low compare with Sanya.