China: Starlight Night Market in Jinghong, Yunnan

Tourists visit the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Tourists visit the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Tourists watch a performance at the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Tourists visit the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

This photo shows a view of the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

A tourist poses for photos at the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Tourists take a ride on a hot air balloon at the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

This photo shows a view of the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Tourists visit the Starlight Night Market in Jinghong City of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dec. 7, 2024. The night market is a destination to experience the customs of Dai ethnic group.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…