Milestones: 1961
China Daily | Updated: 2009-09-30 05:12
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 Model soldier Lei Feng escorts an elderly woman home in Fushun, Liaoning province, in 1961. Ji Zeng |
-- China hosts the 26th World Table Tennis Championships, the first international sporting event to be held in the country. Chinese ping-pong players capture three titles.
-- China starts to address problems arising from the speedy organization of communes.
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