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Three years in China

And so, that's it. My time in China is up. I've come to the end of my three years here - the standard life expectancy for a BBC foreign posting. I'd like to take you through a few of the things I've seen during my time here. Not a representative... ...full story at James Reynolds

from James Reynolds on Tue, Jul 07 2009

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07 Jan 08 visit Chinese healthier as life expectancy rises to 73  »  Shanghai Daily THE average life expectancy of Chinese increased to 73 in 2005, 1.6 years more than in 2000, the Ministry of Health has said, according to a China News Services report yesterday. Life expectancy was only 36.5 years in 1949 when the People's Republic of...
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04 Oct 09 visit Life expectancy increases by 44 years from 1949 in China's economic powerhouse Guangdong  »  People's Daily The average life expectancy in China's biggest economic powerhouse Guangdong Province has increased by 44 years since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, the provincial health authorities said Saturday. The average life expectancy...
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18 Feb 09 visit Average life expectancy of Shanghai citizens reaches 81 years  »  People's Daily The average life expectancy of Shanghai citizens reached 81.28 years in 2008, an increase of 0.2 years from 2007. Xu Jianguang, Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, announced this at a press conference held by the Municipal Government of...

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