Sitting on a gold mine
By Wang Kaihao, Zhang Yue and Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-07 07:53
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Clockwise from top left: A worker oversees the process of gold extraction from ore. Cranes and half-finished buildings soar in the skyline of Zhaoyuan. Some mine shafts now plummet to more than 1,700 meters below the ground. Zhaoyuan city has led the country's gold output for 35 years. Zhao Gang / For China Daily |
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