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A miracle I witness: China in the eyes of long-time observers

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 18, 2017. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

"Never in the world has a developing country (leaped) to an economic wonderland at such a pace," German journalist Martin Kummer said, recalling changes he had witnessed in China in his lifetime.

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