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This time-lapse video by Dan Chung shows a day in the life of one construction site</p> </div> </li> <li class="normal live image"> <div class="linktext"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/yearoftherat" name="&lid={imageintrailblock}{Year of the rat}&lpos={trail}{3}">Year of the rat</a></h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/yearoftherat" name="&lid={imageintrailblock}{Year of the rat}&lpos={trail}{4}"> <img class="image-in-trail" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/03/14/1402008.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="Chinese new year"/> </a> <p><strong>Dan Chung, Tania Branigan</strong> and <strong>Jonathan Watts</strong> chronicle 12 momentous months in video, audio and pictures</p> </div> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/07/china.international" name="&lid={sublinks}{Chinas defining year}&lpos={trail}{1}"> China's defining year</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div id="pickable-content-combiner" class="pickablecontenttype"> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <h2 class="first">Most recent</h2> <ul id="auto-trail-block" class="auto-trail-block"> <li class="live first"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/may/04/boxing.china" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Evan Isnos on Chinas great boxing hope for Beijing}&lpos={trail}{1}">'We told the world with our fists that China is strong'</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 4 2008: </span> <p>Zou Shiming is China's great boxing hope for Beijing. Can one man cope with the expectation of 1.3 billion people, asks <strong>Evan Isnos</strong></p> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/may/04/olympicgames2008.olympicgames2008" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Chinas Olympic riding hope is Eton schoolboy}&lpos={trail}{2}">China's Olympic riding hope is Eton schoolboy</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 4 2008: </span> <p>Stardom awaits the teenage horse jumper from Sussex as he competes in Beijing for the host nation</p> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/04/globaleconomy.economics" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Tiger economies are snapping at US heels}&lpos={trail}{3}">Tiger economies are snapping at US heels</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 4 2008: </span> <p>But it's not clear whether Beijing or New Delhi will catch up first reports <strong>Richard Wachman </strong></p> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/03/china.olympicgames2008" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Olympic torch reaches Hong Kong}&lpos={trail}{4}">Olympic torch reaches Hong Kong</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 3 2008: </span> <p>Envoys of Dalai Lama arrive in Beijing for talks following first day of the torch's domestic journey</p> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/china.olympicgames20081" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Hong Kong rolls out red carpet for Olympic torch}&lpos={trail}{5}">Hong Kong rolls out red carpet for Olympic torch</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/china.olympicgames20081" name="&lid={sixthTrail}{Hong Kong rolls out red carpet for Olympic torch}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="small mask"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/02/prochinahk140x84.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="A China supporter argues with pro-democracy protesters at the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong"/> </a> <span class="date">May 2 2008: </span> <p>Police remove protesters being barracked by hostile torch supporters, as more than 100,000 gather to celebrate flame's journey through China</p> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/tibet.china" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Dalai Lama envoys to hold Beijing talks}&lpos={trail}{6}">Dalai Lama envoys to hold Beijing talks</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 2 2008: </span> <p>Representatives of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader travel to China for negotiations aimed at ending crisis in Tibet</p> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/02/hongkongtorch" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: Hong Kong Olympic torch protesters removed for own protection}&lpos={trail}{7}">Video: Hong Kong Olympic torch protesters removed 'for own protection'</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/02/hongkongtorch" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: Hong Kong Olympic torch protesters removed for own protection}&lpos={trail}{8}" class="small mask"> <img alt="hong kong" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/02/hongkong140x84.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image VIDEO-mask" height="84"/> </a> <span class="content-type">Video <span> </span> , </span> <span class="date">May 2 2008: </span> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/china.olympicgames2008" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{China critic Mia Farrow allowed into Hong Kong}&lpos={trail}{9}">China critic Mia Farrow allowed into Hong Kong</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 2 2008: </span> <p>Immigration officers allow actor to enter country despite banning of other campaigners before Olympic torch relay</p> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/china.architecture" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{China opens longest sea bridge}&lpos={trail}{10}">China opens longest sea bridge</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 2 2008: </span> <p>22-mile bridge sea bridge links Shanghai to the industrial city of Ningbo 75 miles across Hangzhou Bay</p> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/02/religion.china" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Chinese factory to supply one in four Bibles}&lpos={trail}{11}">Chinese factory to supply one in four Bibles</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 2 2008: </span> <p>China to open a new printing press that will employ 600 non-Christian locals producing 23 Bibles a minute</p> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/01/miafarrow" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: I just didnt know what to think, says Farrow}&lpos={trail}{12}">Video: I just didn't know what to think, says Farrow</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/01/miafarrow" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: I just didnt know what to think, says Farrow}&lpos={trail}{13}" class="small mask"> <img alt="mia farrow" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/01/miafarrow140x84.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image VIDEO-mask" height="84"/> </a> <span class="content-type">Video <span> </span> , </span> <span class="date">May 1 2008: </span> Darfur activist Mia Farrow allowed to enter Hong Kong after interview with immigration officers, despite banning of other campaigners </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/01/china.sudan" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Mia Farrow warned against Olympic torch protest}&lpos={trail}{14}">Mia Farrow warned against Olympic torch protest</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 1 2008: </span> <p>Mia Farrow allowed to enter Hong Kong after a brief interview with immigration officers</p> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/01/china1" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{China opens record-breaking sea bridge}&lpos={trail}{15}">China opens record-breaking sea bridge</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="date">May 1 2008: </span> <p>Hangzhou Bay bridge, spanning 22 miles, links Shanghai with booming industrial city of Ningbo</p> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/01/seabridge" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: Worlds longest sea bridge opens in China}&lpos={trail}{16}">Video: World's longest sea bridge opens in China</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/may/01/seabridge" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: Worlds longest sea bridge opens in China}&lpos={trail}{17}" class="small mask"> <img alt="china seabridge" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/01/seabridge140x84.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image VIDEO-mask" height="84"/> </a> <span class="content-type">Video <span> </span> , </span> <span class="date">May 1 2008: </span> Hangzhou Bay bridge, spanning 22 miles, links Shanghai with booming industrial city of Ningbo </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/may/01/amnesty.international.china.olympics" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: Amnesty links torture with Olympic torch}&lpos={trail}{18}">Video: Amnesty links torture with Olympic torch</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/may/01/amnesty.international.china.olympics" name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{Video: Amnesty links torture with Olympic torch}&lpos={trail}{19}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Amnesty International 'Torchure' ad" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/04/28/Torchure_0284.jpg" width="140" class="trail-image VIDEO-mask" height="84"/> </a> <span class="content-type">Video <span> </span> , </span> <span class="date">May 1 2008: </span> Amnesty International draws attention to China's poor human rights record with an ad that shows a torture device becoming the Olympic torch </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="pagination"> <li class="first"></li> <li class="last"><a name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{pagination-next}&lpos={tagAutoTrailblock}{20}" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/china?page=2">Next</a></li> <li>1</li> <li><a name="&lid={tagAutoTrailblock}{pagination-page}&lpos={tagAutoTrailblock}{21}" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/china?page=2">2</a></li> <li><a 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name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{Three Gorges dam}&lpos={trail}{1}"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/01/04/chin7.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="China - Three Gorges dam" class="-mask"/> </a> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,,1799355,00.html" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{Three Gorges dam}&lpos={trail}{2}">Three Gorges dam</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>The world's biggest reinforced concrete dam</p></div> </li> <li class="major-heading"><h2>In pictures</h2></li> <li class="normal live image "> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/oct/11/china.internationalnews" onclick="return openGalleryPopup('https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/oct/11/china.internationalnews', 696);" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{Chinas most powerful}&lpos={trail}{3}"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/01/04/chin.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="China - Communist party conference" class="Gallery-mask"/> </a> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/oct/11/china.internationalnews" onclick="return openGalleryPopup('https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/oct/11/china.internationalnews', 696);" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{Chinas most powerful}&lpos={trail}{4}">China's most powerful</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>The new Communist party leadership</p></div> </li> <li class="normal live odd "> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/aug/08/china.olympicgames2008" onclick="return openGalleryPopup('https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/aug/08/china.olympicgames2008', 696);" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{One year to go}&lpos={trail}{5}">One year to go</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>Countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games</p></div> </li> <li class="normal live "> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/slideshow/page/0,,1955482,00.html" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{In search of the baiji}&lpos={trail}{6}">In search of the baiji</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>Effort to find world's most endangered mammal</p></div> </li> <li class="major-heading"><h2>Focus</h2></li> <li class="normal live image odd "> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/page/0,,2143493,00.html" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{G2 in Shanghai}&lpos={trail}{7}"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/01/04/chin1.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="China - Shanghai" class="-mask"/> </a> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/page/0,,2143493,00.html" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{G2 in Shanghai}&lpos={trail}{8}">G2 in Shanghai</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>China's emergence as an aspiring superpower</p></div> </li> <li class="major-heading"><h2>From the archive</h2></li> <li class="normal live "> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/aug/27/china.jonathanwatts" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{August 27 2006}&lpos={trail}{9}">August 27 2006</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>Peasants' road from poverty paved in concrete</p></div> </li> <li class="normal live odd "> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/may/27/china.comment" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{May 27 2006}&lpos={trail}{10}">May 27 2006</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>Millions of peasants lose out in land grab</p></div> </li> <li class="normal live "> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/mar/15/china.china" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{March 15 2006}&lpos={trail}{11}">March 15 2006</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>Chongqing - China's invisible city</p></div> </li> <li class="normal live odd "> <div class="linktext"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080503234731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1997/jul/01/china.andrewhiggins" name="&lid={headingVerticalLinks}{July 1 1997}&lpos={trail}{12}">July 1 1997</a></p> </div> <div class="trailtext"><p>China again becomes master of Hong Kong</p></div> </li> <li class="normal live "> <div 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