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(240428) -- BIJIE, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows members of a canal maintenance team posing for a group photo near a canal on the cliffs on April 24, 2024 (above, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Wenbin), and members of a canal construction team posing for a group photo on the cliffs in 1960 (below, photo by Wang Zhenxiang), in Shengji Township of Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. On the precipitous cliffs, there are several canals that provide water for nearby farmlands in Shengji Township. One of the daily work for canals' maintenance team members is to clear withered branches and fallen rocks out of the canals. In Shengji Township, it is a typical karst landform. Rainwater swiftly permeates the hills and grounds after falling from the sky, little of which can be left for local people's livelihood. From the 1950s to the 1970s, with support of water conservancy departments, local villagers tirelessly carved out ten canals spanning over 130 kilometers amid the rugged m

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(240429) -- BEIJING, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows members of a canal maintenance team cleaning up a canal on the cliffs on April 24, 2024 (above, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Wenbin), and members of a canal construction team building a canal on the cliffs in 1960 (below, photo by Wang Zhenxiang), in Shengji Township of Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua)

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(240429) -- BEIJING, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Ciqikou ancient town in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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(240429) -- BEIJING, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a view of Yuehe historical area in 1979 (L, photo by Pang Yiying) and people visiting the area on April 26, 2024 (by Xinhua photographer Jiang Han) in Nanhu District, Jiaxing of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua)

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(240428) -- BIJIE, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows members of a canal maintenance team patrolling a canal on the cliffs on April 24, 2024 (L, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Wenbin), and members of a canal construction team building a canal on the cliffs in 1960 (R, photo by Wang Zhenxiang), in Shengji Township of Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. On the precipitous cliffs, there are several canals that provide water for nearby farmlands in Shengji Township. One of the daily work for canals' maintenance team members is to clear withered branches and fallen rocks out of the canals. In Shengji Township, it is a typical karst landform. Rainwater swiftly permeates the hills and grounds after falling from the sky, little of which can be left for local people's livelihood. From the 1950s to the 1970s, with support of water conservancy departments, local villagers tirelessly carved out ten canals spanning over 130 kilometers amid the rugged mountains and constructed eight rese

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(240428) -- BIJIE, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows members of a canal maintenance team cleaning up a canal on the cliffs on April 24, 2024 (above, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Wenbin), and members of a canal construction team building a canal on the cliffs in 1960 (below, photo by Wang Zhenxiang), in Shengji Township of Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. On the precipitous cliffs, there are several canals that provide water for nearby farmlands in Shengji Township. One of the daily work for canals' maintenance team members is to clear withered branches and fallen rocks out of the canals. In Shengji Township, it is a typical karst landform. Rainwater swiftly permeates the hills and grounds after falling from the sky, little of which can be left for local people's livelihood. From the 1950s to the 1970s, with support of water conservancy departments, local villagers tirelessly carved out ten canals spanning over 130 kilometers amid the rugged mountains and constructed e

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(240429) -- BEIJING, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A model presents a creation during the Puyuan Fashion Week in Puyuan Fashion Resort in Jiaxing of east China's Zhejiang Province, April 26, 2024. The five-day Puyuan Fashion Week kicked off Wednesday at Puyuan Fashion Resort in Jiaxing, embracing the theme "Weaving a Wise Future" under the guiding principle that "Knitting is Fashion." (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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(240429) -- BEIJING, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The screenshot captured from a video released by the Houthi group on April 27, 2024 shows the wreckage of what it said was a "U.S. MQ9 spy drone" in a mountain in Saada, northern Yemen. Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday posted a video showing the downing of what it said was a "U.S. MQ9 spy drone" over the northern Yemeni province of Saada. (Xinhua)

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(240428) -- BIJIE, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Liu Xinzhi, a builder of a canal on the cliffs, talking about the construction of a canal in the past on April 24, 2024 (L, photo by Xinhua photographer Yang Wenbin), and Liu Xinzhi (1st R) building a canal on the cliffs with other villagers in 1960 (R, photo by Wang Zhenxiang), in Shengji Township of Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. On the precipitous cliffs, there are several canals that provide water for nearby farmlands in Shengji Township. One of the daily work for canals' maintenance team members is to clear withered branches and fallen rocks out of the canals. In Shengji Township, it is a typical karst landform. Rainwater swiftly permeates the hills and grounds after falling from the sky, little of which can be left for local people's livelihood. From the 1950s to the 1970s, with support of water conservancy departments, local villagers tirelessly carved out ten canals spanning over 130 kilometers amid the rugged

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(240428) -- BIJIE, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken from April 24 to 25, 2024 shows part of the original builders of the canals on the cliffs in Shengji Township of Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. On the precipitous cliffs, there are several canals that provide water for nearby farmlands in Shengji Township. One of the daily work for canals' maintenance team members is to clear withered branches and fallen rocks out of the canals. In Shengji Township, it is a typical karst landform. Rainwater swiftly permeates the hills and grounds after falling from the sky, little of which can be left for local people's livelihood. From the 1950s to the 1970s, with support of water conservancy departments, local villagers tirelessly carved out ten canals spanning over 130 kilometers amid the rugged mountains and constructed eight reservoirs. With the completion of these canals and reservoirs, previously barren lands were transformed into fertile ones wherever the water flowed. Tod

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(240204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A folk artist performs a molten iron fireworks show during an event celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year in Luting Township of Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 3, 2024. (Photo by Wu Daqing/Xinhua)

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