Episode three of Yunnan: The China You Never Knew available now! Come with us to explore the 600 year-old Islamic town of Donglianhua.

Host Jordan Porter travels from Weishan to Donglianhua in search of a more complete historical sense of the region. Yunnan's cultural influences are vast, and in Donglianhua, Islam put down deep roots.

Jordan speaks with the town mosque's elderly imam, who can remember back to when Donglianhua had no electricity, saw few if any tourists and was completely unknown to the outside world.

Together with friend and guide, Frank Hitman, Jordan also learns about the famous Ma family, who prospered greatly as traders along the Tea Horse Road but also played a hugely important role in securing training, supplies and safe passage for anti-Japanese forces during World War II.

For more about Destination China and Yunnan province, see the following links:

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Show host Jordan Porter is an entrepreneur, writer and the founder of Chengdu Food Tours and the Chengdu Baijiu Club. Originally from Canada, he has lived Sichuan's capital since 2010 and is driven by a passion for the food and drink of southwest China. When not writing or eating, he enjoys driving around the countryside, talking to farmers, exploring mountains and listening to rock'n'roll.

For more about Jordan, find him on:
Instagram:   / chengdufoodtours  
Facebook:   / chengdufoodtours  
Twitter:   / jordanporter37  
Websites: http://www.chengdufoodtours.com and http://www.chengdubaijiuclub.com

To know more about Frank Hitman and the Yunnan-oriented trips he organizes, check out Zouba Tours:
https://www.zoubatours.com/
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Special thanks to Kris Ariel for some post production sound engineering wizardry. You can find Kris here:
http://www.krisariel.com/
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