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    Kunming Lake (Chinese: 昆明湖; pinyin: Kūnmíng Hú) is the central lake on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Together...
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    to Kunming, Yunnan, China. Its nickname is the "Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland" (Chinese: 高原明珠) and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the...
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    cultural centre of the province. Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II Kunming was a Chinese military center and...
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    lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill (万寿山; 萬壽山; Wànshòu Shān) Kunming...
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    Kunming Yi or Kunming Barbarian (昆明夷) lived in the neighbouring region of Erhai lake. Therefore, the lake was also called "Kunming Lake". The Kunming...
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    702278 Green Lake Park, or Cui Hu Park (simplified Chinese: 翠湖公园; traditional Chinese: 翠湖公園; pinyin: Cuìhú Gōngyuán), is an urban park in Kunming, Yunnan Province...
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    Wolterstorff's newt. It was only found near the Kunming Lake in Yunnan, China. It was found in shallow lake waters and adjacent freshwater habitats. Despite...
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    36 meters (118 ft) in length and stands on the northwestern shore of Kunming Lake, near the western end of the Long Corridor. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    Qichao, Chen Yinke, and Y. R. Chao. In 1927, Wang drowned himself in Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace before the National Revolutionary Army entered Beijing...
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  • Kunming Kunming dialect, a dialect of Southwestern Mandarin Chinese Kunming dog, a wolf-dog breed of working dog Kunming Lake (Beijing), the central lake on...
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