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Article: China Exclusive: China's 'Iron Man' an undying legend
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 16, 2009
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China Exclusive: China's 'Iron Man' an undying legend
HARBIN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Watching the new film "Iron Man,"
Tan Lei, a sophomore from Daqing city of northeast China's
Heilongjiang Province, has tears in her eyes.
"The 'iron man' shall never be forgotten," Tan said. "He
sacrificed all he had for China."
China's "Iron Man" was an oil driller named Wang Jinxi.
In September 2009, nearly 39 years after his death, Wang -- who
drilled the first well of China's largest oil field in Daqing -- was
voted by the public one of the 100 most notable figures in New
China's history.
In January, Wang was selected as one of the country's 10 most
influential figures in the past 100 years by China ...