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TIME retraces Admiral Zheng He's route and finds a nation less sure about its global role
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As the 21st century dawns, China again is on a mission to open itself
to the world. The country is clamoring for membership into the World Trade
Organization, and the capital Beijing recently won the bid to host the 2008
Olympic Games. In Shanghai, which best exemplifies this newfound spirit of
enterprise and openness, the Waigaoqiao port, above, plays a vital role in
moving local products to the outside world
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CHINA
Photographer Fritz Hoffmann finds a country on the move
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