The newly-opened skyscraper in Huaxi Village, Jiangsu province, dwarfs the surrounding buildings

这座新落成的摩天楼位于江苏省华西村，它在周围的建筑中显得鹤立鸡群。

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The newly-opened skyscraper in Huaxi Village, Jiangsu province, dwarfs the surrounding buildings.

这座新落成的摩天楼位于江苏省华西村，它在周围的建筑中显得鹤立鸡群。

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Huaxi village, set up in 1961, is China's richest village. It is also called the No. 1 Village of China.

华西村，1961年建村，是中国最富裕的农村，同时被称为“中国第一村”。

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Mr. Wu, who died of lung cancer at age 84 on Monday, responded to China's market overhauls in the early 1980s with a politically savvy strategy to charge up the economy of Huaxi, the village in eastern Jiangsu province that he headed as Communist Party secretary.

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My eyes are fairly popping out of my head even before we get to the theme park that Huaxi has built for the hordes of tourists who visit the village.

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But that's just what I found in Jiangsu province's Huaxi, which prides itself on being officially named as China's richest village, an accolade they say they've enjoyed for the last 16 years.

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