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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People holding carp-shaped lanterns stage a performance in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo shows a view in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A girl plays in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 14, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 14, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo shows a view in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 12, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit a lotus pond in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo shows a scene in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 14, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People holding carp-shaped lanterns stage a performance in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A boy watches a man painting in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 14, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 14, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A girl holds a carp-shaped lantern in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo shows a view in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo shows a scene in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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(FujianPano)CHINA-FUJIAN-PUYUAN-ANCIENT VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240801) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit a lotus pond in Carp Brook scenic area in Puyuan Village, Puyuan Township, Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 29, 2024. In Puyuan Village, there is a brook running through it. The brook was named Carp Brook as there are nearly ten thousand carps in it. For more than 800 years, villagers in this ancient village have lived in harmony with carps in the brook. In recent years, local authorities have fully tapped the cultural heritage of Carp Brook and carried out a protection and repair project of the ancient village in a bid to promote rural revitalization. In 2023, Carp Brook scenic area received 1.12 million tourist trips, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, with tourism revenue reaching 627 million yuan (about 86 million U.S. dollars). Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Jiang Kehong)

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Australian student visa rejection rate rises

STORY: Australian student visa rejection rate rises SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of international students in Canberra 2. various of the Australian National University campus STORYLINE: According to the latest Australian government data, 80.9 percent of total international student visa applications in the six months to December 2023 were approved -- down from 86 percent in the financial year 2022-23 and 91.5 percent in 2021-22. It marks the lowest approval rate since 2005-06. The fall coincided with the December release of the government's new migration strategy, which places an emphasis on greater scrutiny for student visa applicants to end exploitation of the immigration system. Under the overhaul, colleges and universities have been placed into three tiers based on their history of visa fraud or other problems with international students. Those in tier one, including Australia's largest universities, ar

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Taxi strike in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Taxi drivers hold a rally in front of the Seoul city hall in the South Korean capital on June 20, 2012. About 86 percent of South Korea's 255,000 taxis held a strike that day to protest a fuel price surge and insufficient government support.

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Don Quijote to buy 86% stake in supermarket chain Nagasakiya

TOKYO, Japan - Discount store chain operator Don Quijote Co. Chairman Takao Yasuda (L) and Kyoden Co. Chairman Hiroshi Hashimoto attend a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12 where the two companies announced Don Quijote will buy an 86 percent stake in the supermarket chain Nagasakiya Co. from Kyoden, Nagasakiya's parent company.

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U.S. gun violence claims over 1 mln lives amid rampant firearm abuse, proliferation

STORY: U.S. gun violence claims over 1 mln lives amid rampant firearm abuse, proliferation DATELINE: Dec. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: Amid a surge in both gun violence and ownership, the United States has seen over 1 million firearm fatalities over the past three decades with the death rates reaching a 28-year high in 2021. There were 1,110,421 deaths related to firearms in the country from 1990 to 2021, nearly 86 percent of them among males, according to a recent study released in the JAMA Network Open. "Firearm fatalities accelerated dramatically during the COVID pandemic," said Eric Fleegler, one of the authors, who takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. "Multiple potential factors have likely contributed to this including severe economic distress, an erupting mental health crisis, and a significant uptick in the sale of firearms," said th

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NE China fully enters heating season with multiple measures ensuring smooth operation

STORY: NE China fully enters heating season with multiple measures ensuring smooth operation DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hunnan Heating Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO WEIJIA, General manager assistant, Hunnan Heating Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG DIANZHONG, Shenyang City Public Utilities Development Center 4. various of Hunnan Heating Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: By Tuesday, China's northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and parts of Liaoning have started to provide heating to local residents. In Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, local heating provider Hunnan Heating Co., Ltd. says it is fully prepared for the heating season. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO WEIJIA, General manager assistant, Hunnan Heating Co., Ltd. "Our company started storing up coal in summer, and now our coal storage has reached 86 percent of the full capacity, which can meet most of the demands in the heating season. And we will

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White-headed langurs' population improves thanks to habitat protection

STORY: White-headed langurs' population improves thanks to habitat protection DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of white-headed langurs 2. various of nature reserve STORYLINE: The white-headed langur, characterized by the white hair on their heads, is a critically endangered species of langur endemic to China. They are often spotted in the 200-square km karst hills between the Zuojiang and Mingjiang rivers in the city of Chongzuo, south China's Guangxi. In the 1980s, the population of the species dropped to some 300 due to decades of deforestation, land reclamation and poaching. To rescue the endangered primate species, in 2005, a regional-level nature reserve to protect the rare langurs was established in Chongzuo, and later it was upgraded into a national reserve. Through the past decade, the forest coverage of the reserve has risen from 70 percent to 86 percent. Currently, the population of the species has increased to over 1,

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Don Quijote to buy 86% stake in supermarket chain Nagasakiya

TOKYO, Japan - Discount store chain operator Don Quijote Co. Chairman Takao Yasuda (L) and Kyoden Co. Chairman Hiroshi Hashimoto attend a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12 where the two companies announced Don Quijote will buy an 86 percent stake in the supermarket chain Nagasakiya Co. from Kyoden, Nagasakiya's parent company. (Kyodo)

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Prime Minister Andrej Babis's TV speech in which he takes full political responsibility for all crisis measures

***MARCH 23, 2020, FILE PHOTO*** Prime Minister Andrej Babis's speech addressed to the nation on March, 23, 2020, was watched by 4.18 million viewers over 15 on TV stations CT1, CT24, TV Nova, TV Prima and TV Barrandov on Monday, which corresponded to 86 percent of all viewers watching television at that time, according to server Mediaguru referring to ATO measuring. In his speech PM Babis thanked all citizens for their understanding and respect for the government's extraordinary measures intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus epidemic and Of course, as Prime Minister of the country, I take personal responsible for all these crisis measures. And I take on full political responsibility. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Prime Minister Andrej Babis's TV speech in which he takes full political responsibility for all crisis measures

***MARCH 23, 2020, FILE PHOTO*** Prime Minister Andrej Babis's speech addressed to the nation on March, 23, 2020, was watched by 4.18 million viewers over 15 on TV stations CT1, CT24, TV Nova, TV Prima and TV Barrandov on Monday, which corresponded to 86 percent of all viewers watching television at that time, according to server Mediaguru referring to ATO measuring. In his speech PM Babis thanked all citizens for their understanding and respect for the government's extraordinary measures intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus epidemic and Of course, as Prime Minister of the country, I take personal responsible for all these crisis measures. And I take on full political responsibility. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)