The only legit international school in Kunming is KIA, last I checked. All other schools are knock off version. International schools if properly registered need the students to show passports and mainland Chinese are not permitted to join.
And they are vetted and standardized, so that if you graduate, you could join any college or highschool in the country the school is registered, or globally.

The ministry of education has to sign off on it. Still a surprise to me how KIA managed to get it done, with their little religious affiliation.

Using an international curriculum doesn't make it an international school. If, then all my previous classes were International school classes.

To get a license for Int. Schools is almost impossible from within China and you need tons of cash, an international education linked institute, it needs to be vetted and other important administration obstacles to overcome.

There are these bicultural school, they pretend that they are somewhat international but just until they sucked enough money out of you and then turn full on Chinese style, gaokao, test this, test that and 30+kids in class, occasional corporal punishment, you name it.

And of course graduating from one of these doesn't do you any good, unless you go through years of tutor classes and TOEFL, GMAT tests. So in the end they are pretty pointless unless you want your loved ones to stay in China.

There are cheap flights to Europe but after June 1st, or even before that they charge high season fares. And then, you are lucky if you get a seat for less than 8000RMB.

Try booking expert sites, they give great advice for when and how to book at the right time, to catch the best fares for certain routes and airlines.

The winter is gone, are there any music festivals, scheduled in the near future?
Not the bar gigs but bigger festivals, is what I am looking for.

The only direct Kunming-European flight is to Paris. It's China Eastern or Southers but I doubt they get you below 1000US$ which is 6500RMB, by todays exchange rate.

I doubt that you can find a flight that cheap, especially in Summer, but you can try.

I recommend to pick your date before June 1st, when the airlines change to their Summer rates. Find and book flights a little more that 2 month before departure. Go with airlines that have layovers.

Airlines that offer cheaper flights are Emirates [Guangzhou], Etihad [Chengdu], a sometimes cheaper option is, low-fare carrier to Hongkong, then direct or lay-over flight to Europe. since Hongkong is much cheaper than mainland flights.

The only reasonable direct flight option is Chengdu Amsterdam with KLM.

The final option, to my knowledge, is C-trip, sometimes they have crazy-ticket-out-of-hell-guerilla options, with the crashiest airlines possible and several lay-overs 30hours flights for 4k to 10k RMB.

So that is something to look into, if money is an issue.

Otherwise as I said, to get a flight around 6500RMB is very unlikely, unless you have miles or promotion codes.

I hope that helps.

@Ericonadventure
I am a few days each week in Kunming. What kind of writing are you interested in? If I may ask publicly?