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World Service,2 mins

Forty years of Chinese dreams

The Fifth Floor

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In December 1978, China launched a new policy to reform and open up its economy. Family finances were transformed and millions moved out of poverty. For ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Chinese, Suping has been looking back over the decades to compare the most sought after "Big Four" wedding presents now and then, starting with the 1970s. Image: Bicycle parked in Tiananmen Square, Beijing Credit: Eric Bouvet/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

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