Hu Jintao pledges open China amid 30-year celebration BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged Thursday that China would never turn back on its path of opening to the world, as he led celebrations for the nation's 30 years of spectacular economic reforms. China now tries to tame Deng's black and white cats A huge billboard of China's late leader Deng Xiaoping presides over an intersection in the heart of Shenzhen, part shrine, part tourist attraction and part ad for market reforms. China's icy Harbin rediscovers its Russian roots Russian swimmer Lyudmila Smolyakova strips down to a bathing suit and flip-flops and prances in front of Chinese tourists bundled up against below-freezing weather before diving into a pool cut into an iced-covered river.
Hu Jintao pledges open China amid 30-year celebration BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged Thursday that China would never turn back on its path of opening to the world, as he led celebrations for the nation's 30 years of spectacular economic reforms.