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Chinese acupuncture works wonders for Zimbabweans

STORY: Chinese acupuncture works wonders for Zimbabweans SHOOTING TIME: June 6, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:40 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of acupuncture 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHARITY KAREKWAIVANANE, Patient 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICHARD MUTINGWENDE, Acupuncturist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RICHARD MUTINGWENDE, Acupuncturist 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): RICHARD MUTINGWENDE, Acupuncturist 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): VIMBAINASHE SIZIBA, Patient STORYLINE: At an acupuncture clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, Charity Karekwaivanane remained calm as acupuncture needles pierced her body. The 69-year-old grandmother had suffered from back pain for more than a decade. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHARITY KAREKWAIVANANE, Patient "It's a mystery that I got healed by those needles. I did not know what they would do to my body. I don't have any pain anymore. I am okay." The acupuncturist, Richard Mutingwende, a Zimbabwean licensed acupuncturist, opened the clinic after witness

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ZIMBABWE-HARARE-CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE

(240608) -- HARARE, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Richard Mutingwende, an acupuncturist, treats a patient at his clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese acupuncture works wonders for Zimbabweans" (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ZIMBABWE-HARARE-CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE

(240608) -- HARARE, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Richard Mutingwende, an acupuncturist, treats a patient at his clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese acupuncture works wonders for Zimbabweans" (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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French expat in Shanghai: I love yoga and acupuncture

STORY: French expat in Shanghai: I love yoga and acupuncture SHOOTING TIME: April 30, 2024 DATELINE: May 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tolza Simon 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TOLZA SIMON, Yoga teacher, acupuncturist in Shanghai 3. various of Tolza Simon doing yoga 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TOLZA SIMON, Yoga teacher, acupuncturist in Shanghai STORYLINE: French expat Tolza Simon, a yoga teacher in Shanghai, hopes to help people by doing what he is good at. He developed a great interest in China at a young age and came to study traditional Chinese medicine in Shanghai 10 years ago. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TOLZA SIMON, Yoga teacher, acupuncturist in Shanghai "My name is Simon. I'm living in Shanghai. I'm coming from France. I'm a yoga teacher, acupuncturist." When I was a child, I don't know why, but I used to love characters, Chinese characters. When I have the choice to study Chinese in university, I just focus on Chinese and anthropology. It was a

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Chinese medical experts provide free services in Tunisian university

STORY: Chinese medical experts provide free services in Tunisian university DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Confucius Institute 2. various of the medical services STORYLINE: The acupuncturist division of the 27th batch of the Chinese medical team to Tunisia on Monday provided free Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) services for teachers and students from the University of Carthage. During the services at the Confucius Institute of the university, Chinese doctors performed acupuncture or cupping treatments for those under different health conditions. This was the first time for many of the students to experience how the thin acupuncture needles work, and they were very curious about the Chinese doctors who quickly inserted needles into patients and made them feel better. The acupuncturists of the Chinese medical team in Tunisia have been working at Tunisia's Hospital Mongi Slim for decades, and it annually treats more than 10,000 pati

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Chinese Doctor's Day

GUIYANG, CHINA - AUGUST 15, 2023 - Zeng Ting, an acupuncturist at the People's Hospital, performs acupuncture treatment on a patient in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China, August 15, 2023. August 19 is the sixth "Chinese Doctor's Day".

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ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230709) -- ADDIS ABABA, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yueqiu, acupuncturist from the ninth batch of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Medical Team in Ethiopia, treats a patient with acupuncture at the Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 23, 3023. As Ethiopia continues to face challenges in its healthcare system, the Chinese PLA Medical Team's expertise and dedication have won acclaim for their successful partnership with their Ethiopian counterparts in helping to improve healthcare outcomes for patients. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese doctors bring medical care to Ethiopian patients" (Xinhua/Wang Ping)

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Chinese acupuncture treatment benefits Algerian patients

STORY: Chinese acupuncture treatment benefits Algerian patients DATELINE: May 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of patients 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): HOCINE CHERID, Head of physical medicine and rehabilitation department of Azur Plage Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): Patient 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): MOKHTARI, Specialist in rehabilitation 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHOU WEI, Chief acupuncturist of the 27th Chinese medical aid team to Algeria STORYLINE: A Chinese medical team has been offering free acupuncture treatment to Algerian patients at Azur Plage Hospital in western Algiers. The initiative is received with enthusiasm by both patients and medical staff at the hospital. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): HOCINE CHERID, Head of physical medicine and rehabilitation department of Azur Plage Hospital "These acupuncture treatment sessions are very beneficial as the patients don't have to take any medicine. There is a set of techniques based mainly on what we call 'meridia

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Chinese acupuncture treatment gains popularity in Tanzania's Zanzibar

STORY: Chinese acupuncture treatment gains popularity in Tanzania's Zanzibar DATELINE: March 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Dar Es Salaam CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of patients outside the clinic 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WAHIDA, Doctor at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): HADIA, Patient 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU YAJIAN, Acupuncturist of 32nd Chinese medical team to Zanzibar 5. various of the clinic STORYLINE: In Tanzania's Zanzibar, patients queue up for treatment outside the acupuncture clinic of Mnazi Mmoja Hospital. Wahida has worked at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital for 29 years. As a member of the acupuncture department, she has witnessed the growing influence of acupuncture in the region. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WAHIDA, Doctor at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja Hospital "We've got so many patients. Before per month we got maybe 200 (patients), but now 1,000 or 800. The patients they enjoyed this treatment, and they were cured. They enjoyed it because they get relieved from

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MOROCCO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230302) -- CAIRO, March 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Acupuncturist Shen Hanbing from the Chinese Medical Team examines a resident before doing acupuncture therapy in Mohammedia, Morocco, Feb. 27, 2023. Since 1975, China has been assigning medical teams to Morocco to provide medical services for local people. By the end of 2022, about 2,000 Chinese medical workers have been dispatched to the African country in 195 batches, receiving 5.78 million patients' visits and performing nearly 530,000 surgeries. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo performs acupuncture therapy to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with h

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo performs acupuncture therapy to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with h

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) performs acupuncture therapy with his assistant to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limi

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo plays billiards after work in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via mobile phone af

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A patient receives acupuncture therapy at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family vi

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo performs acupuncture therapy to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with h

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo adjusts his outfit before work in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via mobile phon

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Patients wait outside Hao Yabo's consulting room at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo checks a patient's condition at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) has lunch with his colleague in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limited time to chat with his family via mobile ph

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) performs acupuncture therapy with his assistant to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limi

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230216) -- BANGUI, Feb. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yabo (R) performs acupuncture therapy with his assistant to a patient at a hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 13, 2023. Hao Yabo, a Chinese doctor born in the 1990s and a member of the 19th Chinese medical team dispatched to the Central African Republic, traveled across seven time zones in June of 2022 to Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The following months saw him and his teammates fully engaged in their medical aid mission to this country, providing services to local people and winning friends. As an acupuncturist, Hao has been performing a variety of treatments for local patients to cure as many ailments as possible. His superb medical skills have not only won himself compliments from patients, but also turned the patients fans of acupuncture. More often than not, even native doctors approached to him for medical advice and treatments. Living in a different time zone, Hao, who happens to be a new father, has very limi

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ZIMBABWE-HARARE-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230127) -- HARARE, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tatenda Chimbunde (L) interacts with a patient at the Zimbabwe-China Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Center in Harare, Zimbabwe on Jan. 18, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Locally trained acupuncturist makes ancient treatment accessible to Zimbabweans" (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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ZIMBABWE-HARARE-ACUPUNCTURIST

(230127) -- HARARE, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tatenda Chimbunde treats a patient with traditional acupuncture therapy at the Zimbabwe-China Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Center in Harare, Zimbabwe on Jan. 18, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Locally trained acupuncturist makes ancient treatment accessible to Zimbabweans" (Photo by Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-SERVICE

(220820) -- KAMPALA, Aug. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Acupuncturist Li Xiaobin (L) demonstrates acupuncture therapy to trainee Daisy Naluyange at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 19, 2022. China's Doctors' Day, also known as Medical Workers' Day, falls on Aug. 19. At the operation table in the Uganda-China Friendship Hospital here, senior Ugandan surgeons and their Chinese counterparts work shoulder to shoulder in saving the lives of ordinary Ugandans who are in dire need of health care. (Xinhua/Zhang Gaiping)

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Chinese acupuncture popular among Ugandans

STORY: Chinese acupuncture popular among Ugandans DATELINE: Aug. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the treatment 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Luganda): ZERIDA KYOKUSIIMA, Patient 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LI XIAOBIN, Chinese acupuncturist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JUSTINE KIRABO, Acupuncture intern STORYLINE: Acupuncture, a component of traditional Chinese medicine, is gaining popularity among Ugandans, especially the elderly who have back pains, leg pains, and knee pains. SOUNDBITE 1 (Luganda): ZERIDA KYOKUSIIMA, Patient "I came for the Chinese needle because I have spent a long time with a lot of pain. I have been having back pain that goes through my legs and veins, and I have been in this severe pain for two years. Whenever I stand up, sitting becomes a challenge, and when I'm seated, I can barely stand. So when I came to this hospital, they told me about the Chinese doctors doing acupuncture. I decided to try it out hoping that I will get healed from this pain."

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE

(220813) -- KAMPALA, Aug. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Justine Kirabo, an intern of Chinese acupuncturist Li Xiaobin, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 10, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Acupuncture bridges China-Uganda ties" (Xinhua/Zhang Gaiping)

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Man in news: Acupuncturist develops inflatable emergency white cane

Undated photo shows blind acupuncturist Isamu Yoshida, who has developed an inflatable emergency white cane for the visually impaired to use when a normal cane is broken. When not in use, the polyester cane can be folded and is small enough to be placed in a pocket. Completed in March this year, it is available in a pair for 1,000 yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo