40 years through a lens

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A 41-year-old Sinohydro Corp worker kisses the ground after getting off a plane in Beijing on March 4, 2011. The People's Liberation Army Air Force sent four planes to Libya to bring back Chinese nationals after a civil war broke out in the country. A total of 287 Chinese citizens took the planes back to China. It was the first time the PLA Air Force evacuated Chinese nationals from overseas. [SHEN LING/FOR CHINA DAILY]

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Astronauts take a group photo in the Shenzhou-IX spacecraft on June 27, 2012. The three astronauts, including China's first female astronaut, stayed in space from June 16 to 29. [SHENZHOU-IX ASTRONAUT TEAM]

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A man manages his e-commerce business at 1 am on Nov 12, 2014, in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, while his wife sleeps. November 11 is an e-commerce discount day in China. [ZHAO YONG/FOR CHINA DAILY]

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A couple poses for a wedding photo on a cliff at Chaya Mountain Scenic Zone in Zhumadian, Henan province, on Nov 11, 2017. [LU JIAN/FOR CHINA DAILY]

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A Fuxing bullet train, the first high-speed train developed and built in China, drives across Yongdingmen Bridge in Beijing in the autumn of 2017. [YUAN RUILUN/FOR CHINA DAILY]

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Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, parades in formation on the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. [ZHANG LEI/FOR CHINA DAILY

SEARU

Yes, these photos look like milestones beside the China developing road which can recall me too much deep memory about the past era!