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COVER STORY 

A Rising Star looks at how Xiamen has been catapulted to fame by the tide of reform and opening up. Located on the coast, Xiamen’s strength is in its fine beaches and green mountains combined with an efficient, convenient and transparent investment climate full of innovation and entrepreneurship. 

WORLD 

Foundations of Friendship reflects on China’s improving relationship with Japan and accomplishments at the Beijing-Tokyo Forum held in Japan recently. Both sides agreed to safeguard regional peace and prosperity, enhance trade and economic cooperation and boost personal exchanges to enhance bilateral ties. 

BUSINESS 

Radiating New Vigor looks at how Northeast China is becoming a hot investment destination. Once a heavy industry base, the region survived recent economic stagnation and is transforming itself with an improved business environment and better talent aggregation that is attracting foreign business investors as well as domestic ones.  

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