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In Chinas Yunnan province, the Salween River is known as the Nujiang (怒江). It gives its name to the provinces westernmost prefecture and derives from the name of the earliest inhabitants of the valley — the Nu minority. In their own language nu means dark.

In Chinas Yunnan province, the Salween River is known as the Nujiang (怒江). It gives its name to the provinces westernmost prefecture and derives from the name of the earliest inhabitants of the valley — the Nu minority. In their own language nu means dark.

December 24, 2015 In Chinas Yunnan province, the Salween River is known as the Nujiang (怒江). It gives its name to the provinces westernmost prefecture and derives from the name of the earliest inhabitants of the valley — the Nu minority. In their own language nu means dark. So its the dark people and the dark river. But the Chinese character used to represent nu is the word for angry. It may be the wrong choice for designating the people, for they are a small, placid and easy-going ethn...