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The modern version, which is now popularly recognized in China as the standard qipao, was first developed in Shanghai after 1900.

Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.

I have come to realize that China is developing quickly but the Chinese people live a relatively leisurely life.

Do they all enjoy such high speed development?

As figures from the National Development and Reform Committee show, the Internet has developed rapidly in rural China.