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Street scene in Kunming, China, and arch with "天开云瑞"坊. During WWII.
People come and go from village gate in SW China during WWII, with propaganda and military rules posed beside the gate.
American GIs near an American air base in WWII in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area.
local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area.
Wall and gate of Chenggong, on the road to Camp Schiel and near the American base at Chenggong, during WWII, March 1945. Yunnan, China. In the CBI during WWII.
A section of city wall and gate to Chenggong (Chengkung), possibly going back to the final days of the Ming Dynasty, 400 years before. Two Chinese men carry a wealthy Chinese merchant on a “hua-gan" (滑竿) pole chair. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.
A ceremonial tribute arch in southern China.
Architecture in China, as photographed by Eugene Wozniak: An entry gate at a village near Yangkai during WWII.