"Wangding''is Dai ward, meaning "the Place Where
the Sun Shines Directly''. With a population of 10,000, it was the
smallest town at the county level in China. It borders on Burma in
the south, separated only by a river from jiugu, an important town
in the north of Burma and has a boundary line of over 28
kilometers. In February 1999, Wanding, a former county-level city,
became a part of Ruili City. Wanbing was a key point on the
Southwest Silk Route. In 1938,theYunnan -Burma Road was open to
traffic, and Wanding was the terminal stop in China. During the
Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army blocked all other ports in
China. Wanding became the only international passageway on land,
through which many military supplies were carried to the interior
of the country, making great contribution to t he war Wanding
Bridge stands over the Wanding River in the south of Wanding Town
and is a bridge over the boundary river between China and Burma. A
customs house and a frontier inspection station are set up on the
bridge. Since Liberation Wanding Bridge has been a bridge
symbolizing the friendship between the friendship between the
people of the two countries. On December 5, 1985 the sister of the
king of Tailand came to Wanding Bridge while paying a visit to the
port of Wanding.
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