K'un-ming

Settlements at a few favored basins, and strategic outposts were established very early, such as those at Kuei-yang and K'un-ming, but the vast extent of the territory remained under the local autonomous rule of tribal chieftains with nominal subservience to the Chinese Emperor.

1954, Herold J. Wiens, “The South China geographical environment”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 8

During World War II K’un-ming received many refugees from eastern China and later from southeast Asia, and became a Chinese military base. It was also of great importance as the transport terminus for the Burma road and for cargo flown over the "Hump" by U.S. air forces.

1968, Edward W. Wagner, “K’UN-MING”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 13, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 511, column 1

Julia Child helped one of the world's richer and more puritanical nations to view its menu afresh. A Californian, she worked for U.S. intelligence in wartime K'un-ming, where the American food she ate was "terrible" and the regional Chinese food was a revelation.

2006, Geoffrey Blainey, A Short History of the 20th Century, Ivan R. Dee, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 254