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... Yunnan Yunnan ( Yün - nan in Wade - Giles romanization , Yunnan in Pinyin ) , the fourth largest province of China , is a moun- tain and plateau region on China's southwestern frontier . It is bounded by the Tibet Autonomous Region on ...
... Yunnan Yunnan ( Yün - nan in Wade - Giles romanization , Yunnan in Pinyin ) , the fourth largest province of China , is a moun- tain and plateau region on China's southwestern frontier . It is bounded by the Tibet Autonomous Region on ...
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... Yunnan remains substantial ; it comprises more than 20 recognized nationalities and numerous other minority peoples , ac- counting for nearly one - third of Yunnan's population . In distribution , these groups are highly intermixed ...
... Yunnan remains substantial ; it comprises more than 20 recognized nationalities and numerous other minority peoples , ac- counting for nearly one - third of Yunnan's population . In distribution , these groups are highly intermixed ...
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... Yunnan has one " key school " — Yunnan University in K'un - ming . There is also a grow- ing number of technical schools , among which the most prominent are the Yunnan College of Forestry , Yunnan Agricultural University , Yunnan ...
... Yunnan has one " key school " — Yunnan University in K'un - ming . There is also a grow- ing number of technical schools , among which the most prominent are the Yunnan College of Forestry , Yunnan Agricultural University , Yunnan ...
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