UPDATED: November 5, 2012 NO. 45 NOVEMBER 8, 2012 | A Decade of Dreams Fulfilled | | | Beijing Review takes a look at the remarkable past decade of China's history in a series of photographs charting the many changes and achievements that have taken place in the country.
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ORIENTAL CROWN: The China Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010 was the largest national pavilion at the event (WANG XIANG) |
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NEW AGE OF DEFENSE: On October 12, China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, sails out of the northeastern port of Dalian for the first time after it entered service on September 25 (CFP) |
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BACK TO EARTH: China's first female astronaut Liu Yang (center) waves as she emerges from the (CFP) |
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HISTORY-MAKING AUTHOR: Mo Yan, who received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the first Chinese writer to win the honor (CFP) |
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A SUNNY PROSPECT: A bullet train travels on the Shanghai-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway near Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province (CFP) |
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A DEEP EXPEDITION: China's manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong returns to its mother ship after completing a third dive of 6,963 meters to collect samples of deep sea water deposits and creatures on June 22 (CFP) |
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CHINA, GO: Beijing residents gather on the street to cheer for the start of the Beijing Olympic Games on August 8, 2008 (CFP) |
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A BUMPER HARVEST: Farmers in east China's Zhejiang Province operate rice combine harvesters in their fields. The country rescinded its 2,600-year-old agricultural tax on January 1, 2006 (CFP) |
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EXPANDING SAFETY NET: A farmer in Mengcheng County, east China's Anhui Province, shows off his new certificate after joining the rural pension scheme, which was launched nationwide on a trial basis in August 2009 (CFP) |
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NEW FLAT, NEW LIFE: On July 1, 2008, Chen Shaomin and his wife move into an apartment provided by the first low-income housing program in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province (CFP) | |
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