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China Entered A Moderately Aging Society

YANTAI, CHINA - JUNE 24, 2023 - (FILE) Two elderly people talk on the street in Yantai, Shandong province, China, June 24, 2023. By the end of 2022, the number of people aged 60 or above in China reached 280 million, accounting for 19.8 percent of the total population, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

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China Entered A Moderately Aging Society

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 29, 2022 - (FILE) An elderly couple walks on a street in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Oct 29, 2022. By the end of 2022, the number of people aged 60 or above in China reached 280 million, accounting for 19.8 percent of the total population, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer (L) carries out safety check on a cargo truck at the highway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 15, 2023. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 15, 2023 shows a crane in operation at the container terminal of the Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A crane loads containers at the Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 15, 2023. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 15, 2023 shows a cargo truck at the highway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer (R) checks credentials of a driver at the highway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 15, 2023. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer helps a foreign passenger fill in an entry card at the customs control section of the highway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 15, 2023. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 15, 2023 shows a cargo truck at the highway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 15, 2023 shows cargo trucks waiting to depart from the highway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 17, 2023 shows a freight train at the railway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Photo by Li Fachun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Police patrol the highway port in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 15, 2023. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A crane loads containers at the Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 15, 2023. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-MANZHOULI-PORT (CN)

(230323) -- MANZHOULI, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 15, 2023 shows a container terminal at the Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Located on the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has witnessed a steady growth of passenger traffic after the resumption of highway passenger transportation here on Jan. 8. Since the beginning of 2023, Manzhouli has handled 924 China-Europe freight trains which carried 97,828 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo by March 14. The two figures represent a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent and 19.8 percent respectively. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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COVID-19 infections fall in France

STORY: COVID-19 infections fall in France DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: LYON, France CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a pharmacy 2. SOUNDBITE (French): ERIC HUMBERT, Pharmacist 3. various of a hospital 4. various of a person making a self-test for the COVID-19 STORYLINE: In the last week of December 2022, the infection rate of the COVID-19 cases in France fell to 421 per 100,000 inhabitants, a drop of 25 percent in one week. According to the latest report from Public Health France, the country reported 115 additional COVID-19 deaths. In addition, the number of people hospitalized fell over a week, with 7,733 hospitalizations over the last seven days, which represents a drop of 19.8 percent. French Minister of Health Francois Braun, however, spoke on Wednesday during a trip to Annecy of a "week of all dangers" for the health system due to a context of "triple epidemic" with influenza and bronchiolitis. SOUNDBITE (French): ERIC HUMBERT, Pharmacist "We apprehend the ep

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Support rate for Fukuda Cabinet plunges to 19.8%: Kyodo poll

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 2 about the low approval rating for his Cabinet in a Kyodo News opinion poll. The approval rating for his Cabinet plunged to 19.8 percent, down 6.8 percentage points from April, according to the poll conducted on May 1 and 2.

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China's foreign trade of goods up 10.4 pct in first 7 months

STORY: China's foreign trade of goods up 10.4 pct in first 7 months DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ports 2. various of China-Europe freight trains STORYLINE: China's foreign trade of goods jumped 10.4 percent year on year to 23.6 trillion yuan (about 3.5 trillion U.S. dollars) during the first seven months of the year, official data showed Sunday. Exports rose 14.7 percent year on year to 13.37 trillion yuan, while imports increased 5.3 percent from a year ago to 10.23 trillion yuan, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC). During the period, China's trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the European Union and the United States, expanded by 13.2 percent, 8.9 percent and 11.8 percent from a year ago, respectively. From January to July, China's trade with Belt and Road countries and other members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) soared by 19.8 percent and 7.5 percent year on

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China's foreign trade surges despite COVID-19 jitters, trade outlook still resilient

STORY: China's foreign trade surges despite COVID-19 jitters, trade outlook still resilient DATELINE: July 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of general views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English interpretation): LI KUIWEN, Spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NITIN KARAMCHANDANI, Indian businessman in Xiamen 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JON PENRICE, President of Dow for Asia Pacific 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): NICOLAS POIROT, President and CEO for China unit of Air Liquide STORYLINE: China's foreign trade of goods jumped 9.4 percent year on year to 19.8 trillion yuan (about 2.94 trillion U.S. dollars) during the first half of the year. According to the General Administration of Customs (GAC), exports rose 13.2 percent year on year, while imports increased 4.8 percent from a year ago. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English interpretation): LI KUIWEN, Spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs "In the first half of this ye