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China, Yunnan province. Dounan, the city of flowers, || The Beijing central governments "strategy for the development of the West" wants to turn the most backward province of Yunnan in the southwest of the country into a world center of the flower industry. Finlay company, a subsidary of a british holding, is one of the first western companies to start growing flowers in a bigger scale compared to the common fanily farms. The carnations they produce are destined for japan. (KEYSTONE/LAIF/Hans-Juergen Burkard)