A Tale Of Two Time Periods

Former radio host compares poor province from 22 years ago with how it is now

Bruce Connolly couldn't stop taking photos during the 40-minute journey from the airport to the center of Zunyi, a city in the southwestern province of Guizhou, even though many of his fellow travelers fell asleep as soon as they got on the bus following a three-hour flight from Beijing.

The trip, which began on Nov 21, was the first time in 22 years Connolly had visited the province. In 1995, he took a journey from Beijing to Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, which led him through Guiyang, Anshun and Liupanshui in Guizhou.