| forbidden areas ? | |
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| Oct 28, 2006 19:08 |   |
 | Reading a book about a mountain climber teamed up with a photographer and their translator travelling to a rarely seen valley in Yunnan containing a small minority peoplegroup. Not that many years ago they say this area was forbidden to any foreigners. Are there still areas of Yunnan off limits to non- Chinese ? |
| Oct 29, 2006 07:40 | #1 |
| I am a lawyer in Kunming, I can give you exact answer: There is no areas forbidden to foreigners. At the beginnig of 1980's, central government has regulations that some counties were not open to foreigners, but from 1990's, these regulations had been all cancelled. so now you can go to anywhere in China without no limitation. My E-mail: 163.com|kmlawyerchen |
| Nov 28, 2006 16:39 | #2 |
| I appreciate your reply to my query. Now I can better plan my travel in and around beautiful Yunnan. Do you recall the reasons given at the time for lifting restrictions on travel to these forbidden areas ? I often find it interesting to read the reasoning given for political aboutfaces. your (would-be) friend - louis |
| Dec 28, 2006 19:16 | #3 |
| I'm still reading! Another book written by a Chinese man - born and raised in mainland China. He mentions areas in the north of China wherein he wasn't allowed to visit without specific approval from the authorities. He snuck in anyhow, but got into some mild trouble. this happened in the late 1990's. But you're saying that I can travel without restriction all through Yunnan at least, right? Happy New Year! |
| Mar 19, 2007 21:08 | #4 |
| I'm afraid that some remote areas in China are not open to non-Chinese people,such as border areas, and military areas. Tourists can visit some areas with special permit and the others are completely forbidden.Tibet is a good example. |
| Jul 7, 2008 21:23 | #5 |
| GUEST21228 | I hope that not all Lawyer in China are as bad as Siljia. There are in fact still a lot of areas in China which are offlimits to foreigerns. Tibet is only one example. South West of Hunan is another. Also its not true that there are only remote areas closed. For example Huludao in Liaoning just opened a couple of years ago. This is a bigger city where china produces there nuclear submarines. But dont worry too much. Usually as a tourist you will not notice that there are still alot of offlimies, since you anyway have no information about these areas and therefore also no reason to go there. |
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