Yunnan: Land of Colourful Clouds (Episode 3)

UHD

Over thousands of years, the natural barriers in China’s remote south-western frontier have created isolated pockets of culture, incubating some of the world’s most extraordinary ways of life. 25 distinct ethnicities live in the province of Yunnan. The Lahu guard a natural treasure more precious than gold, while diverse traders buy into Yunnan’s ecological wealth. As modern development sweeps through the land, ancient secrets are shared with the world.

Tibet is the rooftop of the world; the highest plateau on earth and an extreme high altitude environment where people have lived for five thousand years. It is a place of ancient wonder but now an…

Once at the crossroads of East and West on the ancient Silk Road, the vast expanse of Xinjiang is set to take a pivitol role again as China builds 21st century trade routes to take its goods to the…

Over thousands of years, the natural barriers in China’s remote south-western frontier have created isolated pockets of culture, incubating some of the world’s most extraordinary ways of life. 25…