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White pagoda against the crimson evening glow in Beihai Park – Mother Nature is the best artist.
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The issues related to #Xinjiang are not about human rights, but bear on China’s sovereignty&territorial integrity. The US & several Western countries are pushing for a draft decision on XJ by dressing it up as a technical/procedural matter. This is extremely misleading & harmful.
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Smart parking device in Shenzhen, making parallel parking a piece of cake. #SmartTechnology
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Flower displays have become an abiding feature of National Day celebrations since their debut 37yrs ago. Some snapshots of the unmissable spectacles over the years.
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China plans to recruit 12-14 new reserve #taikonauts for future spaceflight missions. The past decade has witnessed a spike in the number of China's space missions and taikonauts.
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Building a better world together — China honors that commitment as recorded by banknotes issued by its friends & partners worldwide.
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Shenzhou-14 taikonauts celebrate the National Day in space.
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October is the best time to appreciate chrysanthemum. In China National Botanical Garden, an ocean of various chrysanthemums are in full bloom.
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Today is the Double Ninth Festival. Wish all seniors good health and happiness！
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Once a barren desert, now a serene oasis, the transition of north China's Youyu county mirrors the unremitting efforts of afforestation and ecological protection. It also helped lift locals out of poverty.
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Flocks of wild red-crowned cranes migrating north were seen flying across the Songhua River to settle at its wetland habitat in NE China, which is the world's largest.
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China has been a firm supporter of the #UN and #multilateralism. And with deeds not words.
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#C919, China's first homegrown large jetliner has obtained the type certificate. Thus it's taken a milestone step towards market operation.
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To watch the flag-raising ceremony on the National Day, hundreds of thousands of Chinese people began to wait at the Tiananmen Square as early as 1:30am. Pure love for the motherland.
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#ForbiddenCity
Upper pic: The invading Eight-Power Allied Forces line up inside the imperial compound shrouded in gun smoke.
Lower pic: Now the glittering #PalaceMuseum, a top tourist attraction, receives millions of visitors per year.
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National Day parade
Upper pic: Mules & old field guns among meagerly equipped troops at the founding of the PRC.
Lower pic: DF-17 hypersonic missiles, among other self-manufactured weaponry, are unveiled on the 70th birthday of the PRC.
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Ending poverty
Upper pic: A mother carrying her child crosses the Nujiang River by gliding down a steel cable in Lisu, Yunnan.
Lower pic: New bridge over the Nujiang River ends the transport function of the steel cable, which is now a tourist attraction.
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Diplomacy
Upper pic: The then China's top diplomat Li Hongzhang arrives at the humiliating negotiation for indemnities to the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
Lower pic: A confident China represented by its top-level diplomats at the #Anchorage talks with the US.
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