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Located in China's southwestern frontier province
of Yunnan, fast by the River Wanding, Whose name in the Dai
language means "the sun shining overhead ", she covers an area of
34 square miles.Nestling within an stone's - throw of Burma, This
mountain trade mecca of 84,000 people is China's youngest city.
She came into being in 1932, putting down roots in
an ancient spot of earth trod by Kublai Khan's rampaging Mongol
warriors and crossed by the old spice and tea caravans. And it was
here that the China section of the historic Burma Road to Kunming,
the only passage of access to the outer world during World War II
, began at the bridge over the Wanding River connecting China with
Burma. But it was not until 53 years later that she was formally
established as a municipality and opened to westerners.
Wanding is 866 km from Kunming, you can go there by
bus or, you can fly to Mangshi first, then, transfer to bus to
Wanding.
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