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Gallery: a modern history of China
19 Jul 2008
A new book reveals China as seen by Chinese photographers, from 1949 to the present day.
Source: De Xiuxian, 1973
Marshal Ye Jianying holds court on the beach at a seaside resort in Hainan province. Ye played a key role in arresting the "Gang of Four", which effectively ended the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
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