Illustration - Vin Medoc

Illustration - Vin Medoc

GIRONDE (33). ENTRE-DEUX-MERS. CARMASAC. THE CHATEAU OF CARMASAC, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK PRINCE CASTLE HAS BEEN BUILT DURING THE XIVTH CENTURY. OWNED BY THIERRY LURTON, IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS REDS, WHITES AND ROSES WINES. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sawa's 33rd birthday

Sawa's 33rd birthday

JINAN, China - Homare Sawa, captain of Japan's national women's soccer team, receives 33 roses from reporters in Jinan, China, on her 33rd birthday on Sept. 6, 2011. The team is in China to take part in the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2012 London Olympics.

National lawmaker leads locals to prosperity through rose industry

STORY: National lawmaker leads locals to prosperity through rose industry DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rose industry 2. various of Yang Ying 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG YING, National lawmaker 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG YING, National lawmaker STORYLINE: Yang Ying, the president of a company running rose businesses in China's tropical island of Hainan, is also a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature. In 2009, Yang rented about 184 hectares of land in two villages in Sanya City as a base for rose plantation. Now, villagers get paid by working in rose gardens. They also receive dividends at the end of the year. Even for the farmers not planting roses, they can get payment by renting their land. In 2014, Yang developed a scenic spot featuring roses, which has greatly boosted local tourism industry. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG YING, National lawmaker "Look at this shoot that you've c

Sawa's 33rd birthday

Sawa's 33rd birthday

JINAN, China - Homare Sawa, captain of Japan's national women's soccer team, receives 33 roses from reporters in Jinan, China, on her 33rd birthday on Sept. 6, 2011. The team is in China to take part in the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2012 London Olympics. (Kyodo)

KAREL GOTT

KAREL GOTT

The popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott, presented with a bunch of roses by a press photographer, talks with journalists as he leaves the maternal hospital in Prague Podoli on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Karel Gott became father for the fourth time on Wednesday evening, May 28, when his wife Ivana, 32, gave birth to a daughter. The girl, named Nelly Sofie, is Gottｴs second daughter by Ivana, whom he married in Las Vegas this January. The first daughter, Charlotte Ella, is two years old now. Besides, Gott has two daughters, aged 33 and 20, by his previous girl-friends. (CTK Photo/Veronika Simkova) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.