CHINA-LIAONING-JINZHOU-PEASANT COUPLE-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-LIAONING-JINZHOU-PEASANT COUPLE-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CN)

(230312) -- SHENYANG, March 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People view and take pictures of egrets and herons at "Lu Ling," which in Chinese refers to the mountain that herons inhabit, in Linghai of Jinzhou City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 30, 2022. In northeastern China's Liaoning Province, a peasant couple spent nearly half a century magically transforming two barren mountains into a leafy paradise for birds, creating an epic tale with their bare hands. TO GO WITH "Feature: Turning bald mountains into green, a couple's 40-yr odyssey" (Xinhua)

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