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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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    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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    Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill (万寿山; 萬壽山; Wànshòu Shān) Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres...
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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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    Bridge is the most well-known of the six bridges on the western shore of Kunming Lake. It was erected in the years 1750, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor...
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    of 8 knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers in the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people, and wounding 143 others...
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