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Kunming

[ koon-ming ]

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a city in and the capital of Yunnan province, in southern China: an important transshipment point on the Burma Road in World War II.


Kunming

/ ˈʊˈɪŋ /

noun

  1. a city in SW China, capital of Yunnan province, near Lake Tien: important during World War II as a Chinese military centre, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road; Yunnan University (1934). Pop: 1 748 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Guaiqiong Li is an assistant research fellow in African studies at Yunnan University in Kunming, China.

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Leading a large delegation of officials and business figures, Min Aung Hlaing arrived on Tuesday in Kunming, a city in the province of Yunnan, which shares a long border with Myanmar.

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But at its heart is a railway line that will connect Kunming - the capital of Yunnan province - to Kyaukphyu, a deep sea port the Chinese are building on Myanmar’s western coast.

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Now they are working with the government of the city of Kunming, China to see if they can learn to easily clone good police dogs.

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Kunxun is a Kunming wolfdog – a kind of dog similar to a German Shepherd.

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