Deng remembered ten years after death
(Reuters/newsphoto) Updated: 2007-02-19 13:59

A woman begs as visitors take photos in front of a billboard featuring a
portrait of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen, China February
19, 2007. The huge billboard of Deng presides over an intersection in the heart
of Shenzhen, part shrine, part tourist attraction and part ad for market
reforms. Hundreds visit each day. A few bring flowers. Everyone poses for
pictures. For those without cameras, 20 yuan ($2.58) buys two snapshots of
yourself, printed and laminated on the spot -- one before the Deng billboard,
and one facing the other way with Shenzhen's skyscrapers in the background. Ten
years after his death, Deng Xiaoping, often referred to simply as "Comrade
Xiaoping", is still revered as the man who truly awakened the sleeping giant
that was China. [Reuters]
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