A construction worker carries pipes past a bank advertistment in
China's southern city of Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, June
5, 2002. According to provincial data, with a 2001 GDP at $127.5
billion dollars, Guangdong says its economy is already larger than that
of countries such as Singapore, South Africa and Greece. Guangdong
Governor Lu Ruihua predicted that exports from his southern province
would grow at around 10 percent a year in the next five years.
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