The Longxi International Hotel in the village of Huaxi has been built to celebrate the village’s 50th anniversary.

The residents enjoy universal health care and free education.

A man watches the Huaxi village, at Jiangsu province December 2, 2010.

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Story:AOL, Photos: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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