久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Witnessing the rapid transformation of Guizhou

By Bruce Connolly | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-11-27 17:14
Share
Share - WeChat

Zunyi Airport - flight from Beijing. [Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn]


Traveling by train is often a good way to view a country, to look not just at the landscape but also the levels of development. In 1995 a journey from Beijing to Kunming led me from Hunan through Guiyang, Anshun and Liupanshui. Later rail journeys took me through central and southwestern Guizhou. Although never actually staying in the province, the impression was of an economic and lifestyle disparity between fast growing eastern cities and what then was a relatively remote mountainous part of China. Guizhou was often touted as one of the least developed, poorer provinces. However, it appeared to me that most deprivation was concentrated mainly within mountainous rural villages often lacking adequate road connections. Access was along rough tracks, transport by packhorse. These upland areas were home to ethnic nationality groups. However I did feel there was potential for Guizhou due to its stunning topography: a geology featuring large limestone caves and dramatic waterfalls, a climate allowing lengthy periods of cultivation, and of course the ethnic diversity which has long been a draw for tourists. Later I would discover Guizhou's close association with the famed Long March in 1935. I believed that if a modern infrastructure was laid down then the area's potential could be unleashed.

Accepting a recent invitation from China Daily to visit Guizhou, I still expected lingering rural poverty. On arrival my preconceptions were quickly dispelled.

A modern Airbus jet connected Beijing to Zunyi, Guizhou's second city, in under three hours. A 40-minute journey from the airport to downtown by expressway was an eye opener. Initially the route along a forested valley passed modern villages - there were very few signs of the older wooden buildings I remembered. This gave way to a new area of modern university campuses, high-tech zones, smart hotels and a mixture of real estate development. Environmental work included a network of cycleways weaving through well-maintained parklands. A far cry from what I had imagined for Zunyi. Closer to downtown, administrative buildings and a new cultural centre rose above squares and landscaped lakes within a clean, well-maintained setting. Indeed what I saw could easily replicate longer-developed eastern cities although lower land prices and less urban pressure meant more space for extensive green environments, including Xinpu Wetland Park. I did however notice a significant number of women with babies strapped to their backs - Guizhou' s ethnic nationalities were not subject to the two-child policy – and there appeared to be many young people.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next   >>|
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 99亚洲自拍| 中文字幕久久亚洲一区 | 欧美亚洲中日韩中文字幕在线 | 成人免费久久精品国产片久久影院 | 台湾三级香港三级在线理论 | 一区二区三区不卡视频 | 欧美精品亚洲 | 亚洲系列中文字幕一区二区 | 国产精品合集久久久久青苹果 | 国产一有一级毛片视频 | 99视频网站 | 999久久| 免费国产成人α片 | 特级做a爰片毛片免费看一区 | 成人精品视频一区二区在线 | 美国欧美一级毛片 | 成人午夜免费视频 | 在线有码 | 亚洲综合一区二区三区 | 亚洲高清免费视频 | 欧美精品一区二区在线观看 | 久久手机免费视频 | 欧美性色黄大片在线观看 | 欧美首页 | 一级一级一片在线观看 | 一级做a爰性色毛片免费 | 精品视频一区二区 | 国产女人毛片 | 国产在线精品一区二区三区 | 免费在线成人 | 日韩一级一欧美一级国产 | 免费老外的毛片清高 | 色老头老太做爰视频在线观看 | 国产一区二区三区免费在线视频 | 久久er热在这里只有精品85 | 久久九九精品视频 | 盗摄偷拍a在线观看 | 久久国产情侣 | 精品久久久在线观看 | 欧美一级视频在线高清观看 | 亚洲成 人a影院青久在线观看 |