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Former ambassador impressed by country's energy, vitality and dynamism

When former US ambassador Gary Locke first visited China in the 1980s, what he saw when he arrived in Shanghai was "the biggest, most profound transformation the world has ever seen".

"The time was when China was just embarking on its opening-up reform policies," he recalled. "We arrived at night, drove into the city from the airport on a bus. I was just so completely overwhelmed by the sights. Hundreds of thousands of people riding bicycles.