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Kunming is an unpolluted, diverse city that offers a high quality of life. Infrastructure projects, including new train routes and an international airport, are providing links with south Asia, boosting trade. It's even enlisted the help of the Swiss to clean up its water system. The economic crisis may have reached China, but Kunming is in a position to buck the trend.
Photographer: Luke Duggleby Writer: David Fullbrook
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