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Once landmark tower brought down in planned explosion

2009-07-30 00:45:03 GMT2009-07-30 08:45:03 (Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

Building No 5 on Jinqiao Road in Shenyang, Liaoning province is brought down through a controlled explosion at 5:45 am on July 29, 2009. The once tallest building in the city in the 1980s no longer fills the needs of the area's development as a commercial centre. [Xinhua]

Building No 5 on Jinqiao Road in Shenyang, Liaoning province is brought down through a controlled explosion at 5:45 am on July 29, 2009. The once tallest building in the city in the 1980s no longer fills the needs of the area's development as a commercial centre. [Xinhua]

Building No 5 on Jinqiao Road in Shenyang, Liaoning province is brought down through a controlled explosion at 5:45 am on July 29, 2009. The once tallest building in the city in the 1980s no longer fills the needs of the area's development as a commercial centre. [Xinhua]

Building No 5 on Jinqiao Road in Shenyang, Liaoning province is brought down through a controlled explosion at 5:45 am on July 29, 2009. The once tallest building in the city in the 1980s no longer fills the needs of the area's development as a commercial centre. [Xinhua]

A once landmark building in Shenyang in the 1980s was brought down through a controlled explosion at 5:45 am, July 29, 2009.

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