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Flying car tested in N China

STORY: Flying car tested in N China SHOOTING TIME: June 16, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: LANGFANG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flying car STORYLINE: The XPeng X2 flying car successfully completed on Sunday a test flight in Langfang City, north China's Hebei Province. This flying car can cruise for approximately 25 minutes. It has an empty weight of 680 kilograms and a maximum payload of 160 kilograms. The vehicle is designed for altitudes of up to 1,000 m and flight speeds of up to 130 km/h. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Langfang, China. (XHTV)

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Rock on tracks may have caused Nagasaki derailment

NAGASAKI, Japan - A rock weighing 130 kilograms is removed from the scene of a train derailment in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 20. Investigators suspect the front car of a super-express train derailed and plunged into a rice field overnight after hitting the fallen rock.

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Biggest ancient 'dotaku' bell restored

What is claimed to be the biggest ancient 'dotaku' bronze bell in Japan is put on display at a museum in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, neighboring Nara and Kyoto on Thursday Oct. 1. The bell, weighing 55 kilograms, with 135 centimeters in height, has been restored based on original bronze pieces unearthed in 1881. Dotaku, made in the Yayoi Period (300 BC- AD 300), are believed to be musical instruments or ceremonial implements. So far, more than 400 of these bells have been discovered in Japan. They usually range from 10 to 130 centimeters in height.

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Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming

STORY: Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plantation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JUMAY HASAN, Cotton farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ABDUGANI ABDUKEYUM, Cotton farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO XIHAI, China National Cotton Group Corporation STORYLINE: Cotton sowing is in full swing in northwest China's Xinjiang. Despite U.S. sanctions on Xinjiang cotton, more Xinjiang cotton farmers have confidence in their careers. Jumay Hasan is one of them. For him, planting cotton has become a good source of income. He plants 130 mu (8.7 hectares) of cotton in Shaya County this year, 10 mu more than last year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JUMAY HASAN, Cotton farmer "Last year, each mu of cotton field in our cooperative harvested 410 kilograms of cotton. We could get more than 2,000 yuan (about 314 U.S. dollars) of dividends per mu." Meanwhile, new technologies also help far

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Biggest ancient 'dotaku' bell restored

What is claimed to be the biggest ancient 'dotaku' bronze bell in Japan is put on display at a museum in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, neighboring Nara and Kyoto on Thursday Oct. 1. The bell, weighing 55 kilograms, with 135 centimeters in height, has been restored based on original bronze pieces unearthed in 1881. Dotaku, made in the Yayoi Period (300 BC- AD 300), are believed to be musical instruments or ceremonial implements. So far, more than 400 of these bells have been discovered in Japan. They usually range from 10 to 130 centimeters in height.

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exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

The gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million was unveiled during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Jiri Rusnok, Vladimir Oppl, exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

Governor of the Czech central bank (CNB) Jiri Rusnok (right) and author of design Vladimir Oppl (left) look on the gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

The gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million was unveiled during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

The gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million was unveiled during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Jiri Rusnok, Jaroslav Moravec, exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

Governor of the Czech central bank (CNB) Jiri Rusnok (right) and curator Jaroslav Moravec (left) unveil the gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Rock on tracks may have caused Nagasaki derailment

NAGASAKI, Japan - A rock weighing 130 kilograms is removed from the scene of a train derailment in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 20. Investigators suspect the front car of a super-express train derailed and plunged into a rice field overnight after hitting the fallen rock. (Kyodo)