China - capitalism and communism

Communist China's leaders promise to revolutionize the world's second largest economy and move the image of the World "workshop". Unlike most communist governments, China's one-party state was preserved thanks to the ... capitalism. Recently, the Chinese authorities have reported that achieved its goal of economic growth at 7, 5% this year, despite the global crisis. Leaders hope that a return of the slowest period of growth since early 2009 may give a cyclic reaction.

Chinese flag is reflected in the fashion poster at a shopping center in Beijing. (AP Photo / Vincent Yu)



 

Residents walk past a modern building in Beijing. Red has long had special significance in China, symbolizing health, wealth and good fortune. It was the Red Army, a sea of ​​red flags and banners characterize the country after the successful 1949 revolution. However, more than 30 years after the death of the leader Mao Zedong's Red acquired a different meaning and context, becoming an integral part of home furnishings, clothing and household items. (AP Photo / Vincent Yu)



Hotel workers serving the delegation of the Communist Party of jumping in front of photographers at Tiananmen Square, the House of the People, where he spent the closing ceremony of the 18th Congress of the Communist Party. President Hu Jintao gave way to the vice president. (AP Photo / Alexander F. Yuan)



Luxury cars on the background of a shopping center in Beijing. (AP Photo / Vincent Yu)



Delegates of the Communist Party with their passes go after the closing ceremony of the 18th Congress. (AP Photo / Alexander F. Yuan)



Girls are heated before the meeting of delegates of the Communist Party in Beijing. (Ed Jones / AFP / Getty Images)



Tourists take pictures in the main square of Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



Two officers patrol Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Photo by Feng Li / Getty Images)



Members of the House of the People took their seats during the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party in Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



Waitress waiting for the start of the meeting, to pour tea. (Photo by Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)



A guard stands at the hangers in the Hall of the People during the congress in Beijing. (REUTERS / Carlos Barria)



Delegates depart by bus after the Congress of the Communist Party in Beijing. (Ed Jones / AFP / Getty Images)



Reflection rickshaws in the glass panel on the streets of Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



World Trade Center in the main business district of Beijing. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)



Pedestrians on the background settings in the main business district of Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



Group of migrant workers with bags on the stairs bus station in Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



A man sleeps in the Forbidden City in Beijing. (REUTERS / Carlos Barria)



Merchant tricycle with the goods on the streets of Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



On the big screen at the mall show seven new Communist Party leaders in Beijing. (AP Photo / Lee Jin-man)



The new shopping center with a Christmas tree in Beijing. (REUTERS / David Gray)



The girl lays ring in a jewelry store in Huaibei, Anhui province. New jewelry shops are mushrooming all over Beijing and Shanghai, and traders are targeting other Chinese cities in the hope of finding new customers. (REUTERS)



Girl showing gold ingot cast in honor of the year of the snake in Beijing. (AFP / Getty Images)



Buyers go along popular shopping district in Beijing. (AP Photo / Vincent Yu)



A man reading a book next to the "tray" bicycle repair at the roadside in Beijing. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)



Residential building in Wuhan, Hubei Province. (REUTERS)



Tourists walk past a sign in the park at the House of the People in Beijing. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)



A couple poses for wedding photography in the art district of Beijing, which is often compared to Greenwich Village in New York. (AP Photo / Lee Jin-man)



A police officer with a walkie-talkie in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (REUTERS / Petar Kujundzic)



Chinese woman apply makeup in a shopping center in Beijing. (AP Photo / Vincent Yu)



Girl photographed in metal silhouettes titled "You and I" in the artistic quarter. This quarter is about 400 galleries, shops and restaurants, and the area is on the eastern outskirts of Beijing. (AP Photo / Lee Jin-man)



Models rest backstage collection show at China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Photo by Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)



Chinese watching TV, which shows the opening ceremony of the Congress of the Communist Party, in a subway station in Beijing. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)



Woman chooses a drink in a supermarket in Beijing. (AP Photo / Alexander F. Yuan)

Buyers tasting food from Taiwan to Beijing store. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)



Models on the catwalk during China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Photo by Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)



Working hanging Christmas decorations in front of the hotel in central Beijing. (AP Photo / Alexander F. Yuan)



Tourists ride on a horse in front of a mini-replicas of London Bridge and the Eiffel Tower at the World Park in Beijing. This park is a collection of mini-copies of famous buildings from around the world. (AFP / Getty Images)



The boys 'fighting' sword before the mini-replica of the Capitol in Washington Park in Beijing. (AFP / Getty Images)



A soldier comes out of the closet next to the main square of Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



Elderly woman in Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



A policeman guards the underpass in Beijing. (REUTERS / Carlos Barria)



Trader is preparing to carry goods by dumping it out of the car. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



Couple chooses furniture chairs near the Chinese Vietnamese rosewood furniture store in Beijing. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)



Traffic during the smog in Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



Merchant newsstand in downtown Beijing. (AP Photo / Vincent Yu)

Man playing with the machine on the remote control at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The Temple of Heaven was built 600 years ago, the emperor came here to pray for a good harvest. Now this popular park, which brings together the elderly. (AP Photo / Lee Jin-man)



Pedestrians cross the road in the central business district of Beijing. (WANG ZHAO / AFP / Getty Images)



Buyer inspects new car Beiqi E150EV in Beijing. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)



Traditional Chinese lanterns in the bar area of ​​Beijing Houhai. 500-year-old neighborhood "hutong" grew up around two artificial lakes, and now it's turned into a quarter of bars and restaurants. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)



Chinese girl with cotton candy examines unusual handles on the doors of the restaurant in Beijing. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)



Young couple kissing near the lake Tsyanhay in Beijing. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)



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