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

A bundle of flowers is seen 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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