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Chasing changing palates
2011-06-01 08:25
One of Bian Jiang's most vivid memories of Beijing in the 1980s was the long queues of people, waiting in the late autumn chilly wind, to buy large amounts of cabbages and sweet potatoes to take home.
Finding the right cure
2011-06-01 10:09
During the last 30 years, the health service system in China has made several significant strides and improved the overall health condition of urban and rural Chinese citizens. Though much of the focus in those days was on public health and preventive treatment, it also had some shortcomings. An inherent flaw of the post-1980s period was that healthcare became more of a fee-for-service available mainly to those who could afford it. There was also a constant churn of medical personnel from the rural to the urban areas, contrary to what was envisaged by policymakers.
A people on the move
2011-06-01 10:11
In 1983, Zhen Zhicheng, then 6 years old, was free as a bird in the steep mountains of Hubei province, where his parents, both Beijing natives, had been living since 1970 alongside tens of thousands mobilized from around China to work at the No 2 Automobile Plant in the small town of Shiyan.
Trailblazers of reform
2011-06-01 10:09
In the 1980s, when Li Zhongjian saw an expensive overseas-made cigarette lighter, he had the foresight to figure out how to make it in his home city of Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang province. Li formed a company - something very rare in China then - to make the lighters, initially for the domestic market.
Capturing the moment
2011-06-01 10:13
In a flash, 30 years have passed. China Daily was born during the nation's reform and opening-up and has steadily grown since then. Having joined China Daily in its early years, I was fortunate to witness the changes and be a part of the change itself.

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Geng Jiasheng, 54, a national master technician in the manufacturing industry, is busy working on improvements for a new removable environmental protection toilet, a project he has been devoted to since last year.

Chasing changing palates

Finding the right cure

A people on the move

Trailblazers of reform

Capturing the moment