The Prov: nce of Yunnan is becoming increasingly important to China, both economically and politically. Kunming (or Yunnanfu) is likely to be the seat of the Central Government in the event of Chungking being seriously threatened. The city it situated on a fertile plain and is rapidly becoming modernized. It contains an aviation military college, Government offices, schools and a wireless station. The foreign settlement came into existence with the opening of the Yunnan Railway in the early part of the century. Great Britain, France and the United States each having consular Y beginning to demonstrate its importance as a supply route. Other highways connect the province representatives. The province is well equipped with roads, the new Burma-Yunnan highway already
with Siam, Szechuan and Kweichow
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