Dear DSCI Friends, We'd like to share news of a wonderful and very personal donation recently made to Denver Sister Cities International by Dr. James Aubrey. Jim has entrusted DSCI with a collection of art and cultural objects gathered through years of international experience and relationships. I recently...
This September, Denver and Kunming celebrate an extraordinary milestone: 40 years as Sister Cities. Since 1986, the Denver–Kunming relationship has brought together students, educators, artists, civic leaders, businesses, volunteers, and families through decades of cultural exchange and citizen diplomacy. Now, we invite you to help us celebrate. Denver–Kunming...
How Wartime Friendship Became Citizen Diplomacy Long before Denver and Kunming became sister cities, they were connected by a very different story. It was not a story about cultural exchange programs, student visits, or international friendship. It was a story about survival. In 1939, the City of Kunming found itself...
As spring settles into the mountains of Yunnan Province near Kunming, tea harvest season begins across mist-covered hillsides and ancient forest landscapes that have shaped the culture of the region for centuries. In the early mornings, tea farmers carefully gather fresh leaves by hand from tea trees growing high...
As spring turns toward summer in the mountains surrounding Kunming, the forests begin to change. Warm rains arrive across Yunnan Province, mist settles into the hillsides, and one of the region’s most beloved seasonal traditions quietly begins: mushroom season. Across mountain villages and forested landscapes, local families begin searching...
