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Chinese countryside thinking out of the poverty box

Chinese tourists abroad. Villages in China are also reaping the benefits of tourism. [Xinhua]

Wearing a bright red dress, a mottled cappa and dainty makeup, Yang Huiqin is setting a first for women in a village in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

   "Before we had tourism, women in the village never wore dresses or silk stockings, let alone lipstick," said the 43-year-old owner of a cave-style family inn in Longwangba Village.

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