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Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

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Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts in El Sereno, Los Angeles, Leaving One Injured

A brush fire broke out in El Sereno, Los Angeles, on Monday afternoon, July 21, near the 4400 block of Harriman Avenue. The blaze burned about half an acre in the Elephant Hill Open Space area. A 78-year-old man was severely burned. According to reports, the fire was contained later that afternoon.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231214) -- BEIJING, Dec. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Gongming (R) holding his father Yan Xinqiang's hand when walking at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (R) and Yan Gongming at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great Wal

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Gongming (R) holding his father Yan Xinqiang's hand when walking at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (R) and Yan Gongming at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great Wal

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (R) and Yan Gongming having lunch at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book,

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (L) and Yan Gongming checking on a restored watchtower at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Chinese soldiers battling near a section of ancient Great Wall (Above, taken by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist) and Yan Xinqiang and Yan Gongming posing for pictures at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, the shooting place of the above photo (Below, taken on Feb. 7, 1997). Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (R) and Yan Gongming at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great Wal

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (L) talking with a Great Wall protection volunteer about the wall condition at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Gongming (L) holding his father Yan Xinqiang's hand when walking at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (Rear) and Yan Gongming at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang taking pictures of the inside formation of a watchtower at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (L) and Yan Gongming taking pictures at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their boo

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (L) and Yan Gongming on the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great Wall is dissected into parts

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (L) and Yan Gongming sharing their research results about the Great Wall during an activity to share their new book in Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (R) holding onto Yan Gongming's shoulder when walking at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great W

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (Rear) and Yan Gongming checking on bricks used to restore the Great Wall at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (R) holding onto Yan Gongming's shoulder when walking at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great W

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (front) and Yan Gongming at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (R) and Yan Gongming at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great Wal

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken on Dec. 13, 2023 shows pages of the picture book by Yan Xinqiang and Yan Gongming. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great Wall. In their book, the Great Wall is dissected into parts and details. T

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Gongming (L) holding his father Yan Xinqiang's hand when walking at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows Yan Gongming (R) holding his father Yan Xinqiang's hand when walking at a section of the Great Wall in Yanqing of Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture book on the forms of the Great

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CHINA-BEIJING-GREAT WALL-FATHER AND SON-RESEARCH (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2023 shows Yan Xinqiang (2nd R) and Yan Gongming (1st R) sharing their research results about the Great Wall during an activity to share their new book in Beijing, capital of China. Yan Xinqiang, a 78-year-old retired art editor, and his son Yan Gongming, a 45-year-old teacher teaching Chinese as a foreign language, are a father and son who have a long story with the Great Wall. Since 1984, they have been, all at their own expense, investigating, photographing and recording the Great Wall of various locations, times and types. In 1996, at Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan County of north China's Hebei Province, they found the shooting place of a piece of photo work by Sha Fei, a China's famous wartime photojournalist, which shows Chinese soldiers are battling near a section of ancient Great Wall. Based on their research experience, they began to gradually focus the research on the form of the Great Wall. This year they published a picture

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Former death row inmate attends meeting against death penalty

TOKYO, Japan - Iwao Hakamada (R), a former death row inmate who was freed in March 2014 after nearly 48 years in prison following a court decision to reopen his case, and his sister Hideko, attend a civic meeting seeking an end to the death penalty, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 11, 2014. Hakamada, a 78-year-old former professional boxer, was sentenced to death for the murder of four members of a family in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1966, but was freed after the Shizuoka District Court approved DNA test results that showed blood found on five items of clothing said to have been worn by the culprit was not Hakamada's.

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Former death row inmate attends meeting against death penalty

TOKYO, Japan - Iwao Hakamada (R), a former death row inmate who was freed in March 2014 after nearly 48 years in prison following a court decision to reopen his case, and his sister Hideko, attend a civic meeting seeking an end to the death penalty, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 11, 2014. Hakamada, a 78-year-old former professional boxer, was sentenced to death for the murder of four members of a family in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1966, but was freed after the Shizuoka District Court approved DNA test results that showed blood found on five items of clothing said to have been worn by the culprit was not Hakamada's.

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Former death-row inmate Hakamada hospitalized

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Iwao Hakamada, a 78-year-old former death-row inmate who was released following a court decision in March 2014 to reopen the 1966 murder case that led to his conviction. Hakamada, a former professional boxer, has been hospitalized for pneumonia in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, his lawyers said Aug. 29, 2014.

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Singapore rural haven struggles to keep out development

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken July 15, 2014, shows 78-year-old Ahmad Kassim, a resident of Pulau Ubin, a small island tucked away just off the northeastern corner of mainland Singapore. The sleepy rural haven is struggling to preserve its rustic charm, even as other parts of the affluent city-state have long given way to economic development.

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Juntendo University professor Amano

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Amano, professor of Juntendo University, speaks during an interview on April 20, 2012 with Kyodo News at the university in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. The surgeon who conducted Emperor Akihito's heart bypass surgery in February said he expects the operation to prove successful when the 78-year-old emperor returns home safely from a trip in May to Britain.

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Fluid removed from emperor's chest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor underwent a procedure on March 7, 2012, to remove fluid from his chest that had accumulated since his heart bypass surgery in the previous month, the Imperial Household Agency said.

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Emperor discharged from hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are met by staff while leaving the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on March 4, 2012. The 78-year-old emperor went through cardiac rehabilitation programs after undergoing heart bypass surgery for angina on Feb. 18. (Pool photo)

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Emperor discharged from hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on March 4, 2012, accompanied by Empress Michiko. The 78-year-old emperor went through cardiac rehabilitation programs after undergoing heart bypass surgery for angina on Feb. 18. (Pool photo)

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Emperor discharged from hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on March 4, 2012, accompanied by Empress Michiko. The 78-year-old emperor went through cardiac rehabilitation programs after undergoing heart bypass surgery for angina on Feb. 18. (Pool photo)

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Emperor discharged from hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito waves from a car as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after being released from the University of Tokyo Hospital on March 4, 2012. The 78-year-old emperor went through cardiac rehabilitation programs after undergoing heart bypass surgery for angina on Feb. 18.

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Antinuclear rally

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Matashichi Oishi, a 78-year-old former crew member of the trawler Fukuryu Maru No. 5, speaks during a rally in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 1, 2012. Antinuclear activists called for an end to reliance on nuclear power at the rally on the 58th anniversary of the exposure of the tuna fishing boat to radiation from a U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific in 1954.

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Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito arrives at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2012, to visit his 78-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there on Feb. 18. The crown prince turned 52 on Feb. 23.

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Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, after visiting his 78-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there the previous day.

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Prince Akishino

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, after visiting his 78-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there the previous day.

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Empress Michiko

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2012, after visiting her 78-year-old husband, Emperor Akihito, who underwent heart bypass surgery there the previous day.

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are greeted by staff after arriving at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012. The 78-year-old emperor entered the hospital to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day. (Pool photo)

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are pictured in the car arriving at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012. The 78-year-old emperor entered the hospital to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day. (Pool photo)

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012. The 78-year-old emperor entered the hospital to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day. (Pool photo)

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko leave the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on the morning of Feb. 17, 2012, heading for the University of Tokyo Hospital. The 78-year-old emperor entered the hospital in Tokyo to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day.

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - People sign their names in the visitors' register at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012, to express their support for Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor entered the same day the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day.

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor entered the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012, to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day.

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Emperor to undergo heart bypass surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2012 after spending the previous night in University of Tokyo Hospital, where he underwent a detailed heart exam on Feb. 11. The 78-year-old emperor will undergo heart bypass surgery on Feb. 18 at the hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said on Feb. 12.

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Emperor to undergo heart bypass surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko leave University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2012, where the emperor underwent a detailed heart exam the previous day. The 78-year-old emperor will undergo heart bypass surgery on Feb. 18 at the hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said on Feb. 12.