What the Yunnanese are not
This (paraphrased) quote below is from a book published a couple years ago. Entitled People of Yun Nan , it came out with a spate of books that tried to pin down the traits of people from different regions of China (one was entitled “I’d Rather Be Dead Than A Shanghainese Man” ). The books trot out the usual stereotypes and were hugely popular. However, even living here a while, I still find these stereotypes interesting:
