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Kunming is the capital of Yunnan province in China's South West and is one of the most attractive tourist cities in China, famous for its benign climate and folk customs of ethnic groups. It features an average average altitude of 400 metres above sea level, giving it a cool summer and moderate winter climate, is surrounded by hills and faces the beautiful "Dian Chi" lake to the south. With a population of some 4 million, it has been inhabited by the Chinese for 2000 years; albeit remaining a remote outpost until the 8th century, then becoming a secondary capital of the kingdom of Nanzhao which centered to the northwest of it at Dali, obtaining wide fame in the Ming dynasty for it's variety of folk customs, temperate climate and beautiful scenery.

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Kunming City Guide

Village Girl, City Divorce
Village Girl, City Divorce
From He Liyi's Mr. China's Son, a profoundly accessible account of an intellectual and his revolutionary re-education. Fortunately, in December 1954, a permanent job supported by the government was offered to her in the presch
Jiuxiang: Another Side of Yunnan
Jiuxiang: Another Side of Yunnan
There are two kinds of tourists: those who want to see nature untrammeled, and those who want to see what man has done with it. The latter must heavily outweigh the former, otherwise why would Yunnan's Jiuxiang Park get so little PR? To be
Yunnan's Redlands
Yunnan's Redlands
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Jinghong: a Point of Transit, Not a Destination
It is unseemly to give an entire city a bad review, as though a place where so many work and play, laugh and love, can be written off like a mediocre movie or restaurant.
Legendary Feminism: the Story of Ashima
Legendary Feminism: the Story of Ashima
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Kunming's Unique Relationship with China
Kunming's Unique Relationship with China
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