Xinhua Headlines: Former fishermen embrace new role as guardians of Yangtze

Xinhua Headlines: Former fishermen embrace new role as guardians of Yangtze

(220912) -- CHONGQING, Sept. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Hong (R), leader of a voluntary patrol team, pilots a boat to patrol in a national nature reserve of rare fish in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

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