CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-CENTURY-CHANGE (CN)
(230617) -- KUNMING, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Above: This undated file photo provided by Chinese photographer Yin Xiaojun shows horses carrying goods to downtown Kunming in the late Qing Dynasty in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Below: This aerial photo taken on Jan. 1, 2022 taken by Xinhua photographer Hu Chao shows an international freight train ready to depart from Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province for the Lao capital Vientiane. French diplomat Auguste Francois came to Kunming in 1899. During his 5 years of stay in the city, He took thousands of photos with his 7 cameras.
About a century later, with the efforts made by Chinese photographer Yin Xiaojun, some of these photos, together with pictures taken by others from 1896 to 1925, were published in China in 2017.
From the contrast between these 12 old pictures of the landmarks in Kunming and photos taken by Xinhua photographers, people nowadays have a chance to get a glimpse of the changes taken place in the city during the past
- Product Code
- ILEA001440596
- Registered date
- 2023/6/17 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
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- 3120 × 4160 pixel
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- 4.02(MB)*
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