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 | China's Shenzhou spacecraft V: Chinese university students look at a model of the Shenzhou V spacecraft in Xi'an, the capital of China's central province of Shaanxi, October 16, 2003. China's press gushed with pride on Friday after the country became the third to send a man into space and back, pronouncing the feat as a step towards technological supremacy -- but not towards becoming a millitary powerhouse. click to open  |  | A Chinese mother and daughter wave flags promoting Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games and the Chinese national flag during a ceremony in Xian, Shaanxi province, to wish Beijing success for the bid to host the Olympic Games, July 13, 2001. click to open |  | A Chinese policeman watches the destruction of pirated goods worth more than $500,000 in Xian, March 13, 2001, as part of an anti-piracy drive before World Consumer Day on Thursday. The volume of pirated products has increased significantly in every manufacturing sector since China began to transform its economy into a market-oriented system in the late 1970s. The destroyed goods included liqueur, cigarettes, VCDs and medicine. click to open |
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