Nakhi people 纳西族
An old picture of a nakhi man and his kid
A young girl with long hair
The back view of a typical Nakhi woman's dress
A working woman and her baby
A group of women walking and chatting on a local village street
An...
Nakhi people 纳西族
Nakhi people (or Naxi) 纳西族, numbered about 320,000 and an official recognized ethnic group in China, are inhabitants of the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of...
Japan spurs talk of currency war
Japan has come under fire this week for policies that critics say deliberately devalue the yen, but analysts say fears of an outright currency war are overblown.
The political rhetoric became heated after the Bank of Japan announced plans to make...
Va people 佤族
On a Va's dinner table - home made alcohol is must
Tea is very important part of Va's daily lives and they're very serious on serving tea
Mother and daughter taking meticulous care on preparing the rice
Thin rice with chicken
Deep fried...
Va people 佤族
On "Touch You Black" 摸你黑 day literally thousands of Va, young and old, flock to the streets to participate and dance
Thank the good lord for the shower
Va people 佤族
Picture of Va people in ethnic clothes
The Va love their alcohol and is very common for two people to sit down to have a drink or two.
Va people 佤族
The Burma Road 滇缅公路 is 717 miles (1,154 km) long and runs through rough mountain country. The sections from Kunming to the Burmese border were built by 200,000 Burmese and Chinese laborers during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and...
Va people 佤族
Va people 佤族, numbered about 400,000 living in China and 800,000 living in Myanmar, are officially recognized ethnic group by both countries. In China, the Va live in compact communities in the Ximeng 西盟, Cangyuan 沧源...
Foreign Ministry vows Taiwan won't back down on Diaoyutais
Foreign Minister David Lin speaks to reporters a Foreign Ministry press conference in Taipei, yesterday. Lin said the government will not back down on any sovereignty issue. ...
TAIPEI -- Foreign Minister David Lin said...
Sui people 水族
A village full of egg shaped rocks
Villagers use them to build foundations and walls
Or even a dam
A village market
From these Sui villages come a few national brands of products: a spicy and sour sauce
A rice wine if...
Sui people 水族
An ancient Sui village under a modern bridge
On a side of a hill by a river
Higher up in the mountain......it's morning time
The day begins
An elderly man fixing the house
Another one cleans the alleys
Not old enough for...
Sui people 水族
Sports and activities of the Sui people
Horse Racing Day
People flock to the track
Here's there off!
Even the young ones get involved
Sui people 水族
A typical Sui woman's dress
Holiday dresses
Casual looks
Village looks
A Sui woman who's a member of the 18th Congress
Casual young girl
More formal
Sui people 水族
The Sui's script have a history as long as the Chinese script and they borrows characters from each other and modified them as times came along. Here's a tombstone copy of a Sui script
An ancient book
But the writing system is dying as most Sui...