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    Dec 12, 2019 4 minutes
    By Li Qing
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    Heilongjiang Province in northeast China is famed for its ice and snow festivals. Qiqihar, its second biggest city, is known for the Songnen Plain, a premier bird habitat that is home to the red-crowned crane. In winter, tourists flock here to enjoy the sights and sounds of a frozen world and few of them know that this lovely city is also the cradle of China’s heavy industry.

    In Fularji, a district in Qiqihar, rows of small red brick buildings have been standing sentinel for over 60 years. They belong to China First Heavy Industries (CFHI), the first state-owned enterprise (SOE) manufacturing equipment for the country’s heavy industry, including mining, petrochemicals and nuclear

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