• Around China

    Xiaogang: A tale of China's rural reform

    Starting from the epoch-making household contract responsibility system, Xiaogang village has witnessed the four decades of China's rural reform and development.
  • Around China

    EU ambassador on China's reforms

    Hans Dietmar Schweisgut speaks about China unleashing its entrepreneurial spirit and transforming its economy over four decades on the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up.
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    Yiwu youth: Making shoes by hand 'like raising a child'

    As one of the new generation of traders in the world's largest small commodities market, Ye Peng has inherited the enterprising and hardworking spirit of Yiwu that has made the city what it is today.
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    China's reform, opening-up in Japanese celebrities' eyes

    In the eyes of Yasuo Fukuda, former Japaneses prime minister, China has seen a rapid development for the past 40 years, running like a high-speed train.
  • Society

    College couple finds life's work in rural China

    Zhang Yu and husband Wang Tao were among the first to become village officials right out of university in Beijing. They discovered their life's mission in China's profound rural transformations.