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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (R) discusses the progress of the project at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to com

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (L) works at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within a limit

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (C) walks at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within a limit

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (R) discusses the progress of the project at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to com

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (L) works at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within a limit

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (2nd L) talks with his Peruvian colleagues at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to co

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin poses for a photo at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 23, 2024 shows the entrance of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel project in Cusco Region in Peru. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAJIK TRAIN CONDUCTOR (CN)

(240502) -- URUMQI, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Airkir Duliki works at a railway station in Korla, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 18, 2024. Airkir Duliki, the 27-year-old ethnic Tajik train conductor, was born and raised amidst the snow-capped mountains and grasslands in a village of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau, where railways were not common for residents in the past. Airkir's initial experience with train travel occurred when she journeyed to Urumqi for university in Xinjiang. Accompanied by her father, she traversed over 300 kilometers of mountainous terrain from their village to reach the nearest Kashgar train station. Inspired by the first train journey, Airkir pursued a career in the railway sector after graduating from university in 2019. Since then, she has served as a train attendant on routes, linking Kashgar of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Throughout her four-years as an

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAJIK TRAIN CONDUCTOR (CN)

(240502) -- URUMQI, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Airkir Duliki works on a train from Kashgar to Chengdu in China, April 18, 2024. Airkir Duliki, the 27-year-old ethnic Tajik train conductor, was born and raised amidst the snow-capped mountains and grasslands in a village of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau, where railways were not common for residents in the past. Airkir's initial experience with train travel occurred when she journeyed to Urumqi for university in Xinjiang. Accompanied by her father, she traversed over 300 kilometers of mountainous terrain from their village to reach the nearest Kashgar train station. Inspired by the first train journey, Airkir pursued a career in the railway sector after graduating from university in 2019. Since then, she has served as a train attendant on routes, linking Kashgar of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Throughout her four-years as an attendant, she has consistently demon

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240428) -- BEIJING, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Zuying (1st L) makes embroidery in Wuying Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 18, 2019. Liang Zuying, 48, hails from Wuying Village, a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that is hidden deep in the towering mountains straddling Guangxi and Guizhou. In the past, the impassable mountains and rugged landscape rendered locals extremely poor. Due to their traditional views and poor family conditions, many parents did not send their daughters to school. Liang and many other women in the village received little education and could neither read nor speak Mandarin, a major impediment that isolated them from the outside world. From March 2020, local authorities initiated a training program in Wuying Village to teach ethnic women Mandarin, in a bid to remove language barriers between them and people beyond the village, while improving their communication and vocational skills. So far, more than 1,000 Mandarin

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-ETHNIC WOMAN (CN)

(240427) -- LIUZHOU, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Zuying (1st L) makes embroidery in Wuying Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 18, 2019. Liang Zuying, 48, hails from Wuying Village, a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that is hidden deep in the towering mountains straddling Guangxi and Guizhou. In the past, the impassable mountains and rugged landscape rendered locals extremely poor. Due to their traditional views and poor family conditions, many parents did not send their daughters to school. Liang and many other women in the village received little education and could neither read nor speak Mandarin, a major impediment that isolated them from the outside world. From March 2020, local authorities initiated a training program in Wuying Village to teach ethnic women Mandarin, in a bid to remove language barriers between them and people beyond the village, while improving their communication and vocational skills. So far, more than 1,000 Mandarin

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 12, 2024 shows aquatic plants at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers also regularly m

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows Li Yang processing mud samples extracted from the bottom of the Datong Lake at the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing t

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang checks the condition of aquatic plants at the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers a

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang processes reagents at a laboratory in the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers also

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang checks the condition of aquatic plants at the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers a

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows workers collecting aquatic plants at Datong Lake aquatic plants industrial demonstration park in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project exper

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows a view of Datong Lake aquatic plants industrial demonstration park in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other s

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang (front) observes fish and aquatic plants at Datong Lake aquatic plants industrial demonstration park in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and o

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang (front) checks the growth of aquatic plants at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers also regularly

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows a view of Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers also regularly monitor t

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yuan, a doctoral candidate from Wuhan University, processes reagents at a laboratory in the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments,

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang shows the aquatic plants at the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers also regularly

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers also regularly

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang (2nd L) checks the growth of aquatic plants at Datong Lake aquatic plants industrial demonstration park in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang an

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-HUNAN-DATONG LAKE-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT (CN)

(240418) -- CHANGSHA, April 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Yang checks the condition of aquatic plants at the workstation at Datong Lake in Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province, April 11, 2024. Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province is the second-largest freshwater lake in the country. Located on the central region of the Dongting Lake, Datong Lake is known as "the heart of the Dongting". Due to disorder aquaculture development, the water quality of Datong Lake was once seriously deteriorated. In January 2018, an aquatic vegetation planting project was launched in Datong Lake area, with a team from Wuhan University providing technical guidance. In order to support the comprehensive water environment management and ecological industry development of Datong Lake, a scientific workstation was established here in April 2019. Li Yang, a postdoctoral fellow from Wuhan University, has been working at Datong Lake since 2018. While completing the project experiments, Li Yang and other stationed researchers a

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CHINA-GUANGXI-VILLAGE-TREE-PLANTING (CN)

(240310) -- LIUZHOU, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villager Pan Yongxiong plants trees in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 18, 2019. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Six years ago, with the support of local government and Lianjiang City in Guangdong Province, the village began to implementing a ten-year tree planting program to improve local ecological environment. Thousands of peach, plum, pear and other fruit trees have been planted. Now, as these trees start bearing fruit, the living environment of the village continues to improve, laying a goundwork for future eco-tourism development. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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S. Korea logs current account surplus for 8th month in December

STORY: S. Korea logs current account surplus for 8th month in December SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bank of Korea (BOK) (July 18, 2019) 2. various of Busan container terminal (March 7, 2023) 3. various of semiconductor production line (courtesy of Samsung Electronics, July 9, 2019) 4. various of automobile export site (courtesy of Hyundai Motor Company, Oct. 24, 2019) 5. various of Seoul streets (courtesy of Yonhap TV, Feb. 7, 2024) STORYLINE: South Korea logged current account surplus for the eighth straight month in December last year due to export recovery, central bank data showed Wednesday. Current account balance, the broadest measure of cross-border trade, posted a surplus of 7.41 billion U.S. dollars in December 2023, staying in black since May, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). Trade surplus for goods stood at 8.04 billion dollars in December, hovering in black since April. Export grew 5.8 percent f

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231218) -- BEIJING, Dec. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The new golden rooster containing relics saved from the April 15, 2019 cathedral fire is lifted by crane to be installed atop the spire of Notre Dame cathedral as part of its reconstruction, in Paris, France, Dec. 16, 2023. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)

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CHINA-HAINAN-OFFSHORE DUTY-FREE SALES (CN)

(231018) -- HAIKOU, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 20, 2019 shows tourists selecting products at a duty-free shop in Bo'ao, south China's Hainan Province. Since introducing relevant policies 12 years ago, south China's island province of Hainan has recorded total offshore duty-free sales of 202.4 billion yuan (about 28.19 billion U.S. dollars), according to local authorities. As of Monday, 37.22 million shoppers had purchased 268 million duty-free products on the island, according to the customs of Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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Meeting With Firefighters Arrivals - Paris

Former Military Chief of Staff and newly appointed in charge of the organisation of Notre-Dame cathedral's reconstruction, Jean-Louis Georgelin arrives at the Elysee palace on April 18, 2019 in Paris, France, to meet with firefighters. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting With Firefighters Arrivals - Paris

Former Military Chief of Staff and newly appointed in charge of the organisation of Notre-Dame cathedral's reconstruction, Jean-Louis Georgelin arrives at the Elysee palace on April 18, 2019 in Paris, France, to meet with firefighters. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SOUTH AFRICA-SNAPSHOT

(230818) -- CAPE TOWN, Aug. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 1, 2019 shows a view of Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa, to hold the 15th BRICS summit this month, is the southernmost country in Africa. It is the only country in the world with three capitals, with Pretoria as its administrative capital, Cape Town as its legislative capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital. Other major cities include Johannesburg and Durban. South Africa has a pleasant climate and famous tourist destinations such as Cape of Good Hope, Kruger National Park and the Table Mountain, attracting a large number of foreign tourists for vacation and sightseeing every year. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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Warmer waters see Loggerhead turtles expand into Mediterranean

STORY: Warmer waters see Loggerhead turtles expand into Mediterranean DATELINE: April 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Loggerhead Sea turtles 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANA LIRIA, Responsible person of ADS Biodiversity 3. various of Loggerhead Sea turtles 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): ANA LIRIA, Responsible person of ADS Biodiversity 5. various of Loggerhead Sea turtles 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): ANA LIRIA, Responsible person of ADS Biodiversity 7. various of Loggerhead Sea turtles STORYLINE: A study carried out in 2022 by the Center for Environmental Studies in the Spanish city of Valencia, showed that between 1982 and 2019, the temperature of the Mediterranean Sea increased by 1.3 degrees Celsius as the effect of climate change. Although climate change is usually bad news for wildlife, the warmer waters of the Mediterranean appear to have opened up an opportunity for Loggerhead Sea turtles. These animals, which can weigh up to 150 kilograms, usually nes

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Tea industry brings fortune to remote village in China's Tibet

STORY: Tea industry brings fortune to remote village in China's Tibet DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tea industry 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): PADMA YUDRON, Local villager 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): TSEGYEL NORBU, Party chief of Xoiwaka Village 4. various of the tea industry STORYLINE: Thanks to its unique climate, Xoiwaka Village in Bome County in China's Tibet is suitable for planting tea. In 2019, under the guidance of the local government, the village has been promoting the tea industry, which has brought significantly higher incomes. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): PADMA YUDRON, Local villager "I'm engaged in watering and fertilizing here. I have a daily income of 200 yuan (about 29 U.S. dollars)." Since 2019, more than 40 million yuan (about 5.8 mln U.S. dollars) has been invested in tea farming in the village, including 30 million yuan (about 4.4 mln U.S. dollars) invested by tea-making enterprises. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): TSEGYEL

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Wild giant pandas caught on camera in China's Chengdu

STORY: Wild giant pandas caught on camera in SW China's Sichuan DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of wild giant pandas STORYLINE: According to China's Giant Panda National Park this week, a female giant panda and her cub were caught on camera in the park. The footage was taken on the night of Dec. 18, 2022 in the park's Longchi protection area in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda mother and her baby were filmed digging in the snow to find water sources. Experts estimated that the panda cub is around one to one and a half years old. In 2019, a wild panda mother and her cub were also captured on camera in the same area. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chengdu, China. (XHTV)

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Greece increases minimum monthly wage

STORY: Greece increases minimum monthly wage DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis 2. various of workers at a fertilizer factory 3. various of workers at food hypermarket 4. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister STORYLINE: The minimum monthly wage in Greece will be increased to 780 euros (830 U.S. dollars) as of April 1 this year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Athens Friday. This is the third time in three years the minimum wage is increased, he said. In 2019, the minimum monthly wage in the country was 650 euros. The approximately 600,000 low-income earners will still be struggling due to the inflationary pressures of recent months. However, this is the best possible the government could do and Greek enterprises could afford, he said. (1 euro= 1.06 U.S. dollars) SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister "I have no illusions. I know, we know, that

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2020 Tokyo Games ticket sales

TOKYO, Japan, April 18 Kyodo - Two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima releases information on how to apply for 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic tickets at a media event in Tokyo on April 18, 2019.

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2020 Tokyo Games ticket sales

TOKYO, Japan, April 18 Kyodo - Two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima releases information on how to apply for 2020 Tokyo Olympic tickets at a media event in Tokyo on April 18, 2019.

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Xinhua Headlines: Chinese modernization to stimulate steady development in Asia-Pacific

(221118) -- BEIJING, Nov. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 13, 2019 shows a container wharf at Qinzhou port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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Foreign tourist arrivals in Myanmar up 22.9 pct on year in Q2

STORY: Foreign tourist arrivals in Myanmar up 22.9 pct on year in Q2 DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of Yangon International Airport STORYLINE: Myanmar welcomed 42,315 foreign tourists between April and June, up 22.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. The Southeast Asian country resumed the operations of international commercial flights in April, and the number of tourists visiting the country gradually increased, the ministry's figures showed. Myanmar's Ministry of Hotels and Tourism was working to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry, drawing a strategic roadmap for Myanmar tourism recovery (2021-2025) that includes 18 strategies and 93 actions, Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism Htay Aung has said. Official data showed that more than 4.36 million tourists visited Myanmar in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak occurred in the country. The number of tourists who visited Myanmar signific

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Over 132,000 students pass university entrance exam in Myanmar

STORY: Over 132,000 students pass university entrance exam in Myanmar DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:07 LOCATION: Nay Pyi Taw CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students checking exam results 2. students entering school STORYLINE: Myanmar's Ministry of Education announced on Friday that 132,077 students passed their high school graduation exam for the 2021-2022 academic year. The country's matriculation exam pass rate this year was 46.88 percent, up by 14.82 percentage points from the 2019-2020 academic year, official data showed. There were 281,751 students sitting for the matriculation exam this year, which was held at local and foreign exam centers in late March and early April. In the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, 7,600 students passed this year's matriculation exam, with a passing rate of 47.18 percent. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southeast Asian country was unable to hold the university entrance exam last year. In Myanmar, students are set to take the matriculat

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Tunisian government rolls out measures to revive tourism

STORY: Tunisian government rolls out measures to revive tourism DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourism sites in Tunisia STORYLINE: The Tunisian government announced on Thursday a tourism recovery plan aimed at reaching 50 to 60 percent of tourist entries made in 2019 at the end of this year. Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden said after a ministerial meeting "the plan also determines the main lines of the government's orientations in order to support the various players in the sector of tourism, as well as the professional structures in their efforts to overcome the effects of the health crisis linked to COVID-19". Bouden stressed the challenges that Tunisian tourism will have to face. She invited professional organizations to multiply their efforts in order to be able to adapt to the new phase of recovery of world tourism and to undertake necessary preparations which will allow a new successful tourist season. Xinhua News Ag

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Algerian Army Chief Wants President Declared Unfit To Lead

FILES - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP), Ahmed Gaid Salah attend an event in Algiers, Algeria, 27 June 2012 (issued 26 March 2019). Official Algerian media reports state Salah on 26 March called for the implementation of Article 102 of the Constitution to end the current political crisis in the county, which allows the Constitutional Council to declare the position of president vacant if the leader is unfit to rule. Protests continue in Algeria despite Algeria's president announcement on 11 March that he will not run for a fifth Presidential term and postponement of presidential elections previously scheduled for 18 April 2019 until further notice. Photo by Kadri Mohamed/Imagespic/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Algerian Army Chief Wants President Declared Unfit To Lead

FILES - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP), Ahmed Gaid Salah attend an event in Algiers, Algeria, 27 June 2012 (issued 26 March 2019). Official Algerian media reports state Salah on 26 March called for the implementation of Article 102 of the Constitution to end the current political crisis in the county, which allows the Constitutional Council to declare the position of president vacant if the leader is unfit to rule. Protests continue in Algeria despite Algeria's president announcement on 11 March that he will not run for a fifth Presidential term and postponement of presidential elections previously scheduled for 18 April 2019 until further notice. Photo by Kadri Mohamed/Imagespic/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Madrid Sign France Teenager Eduardo Camavinga

File photo dated August 31, 2020 of Eduardo Camavinga during a training session at the French National Football Centre in Clairefontaine, Yvelines, France. Real Madrid have signed highly-rated France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal. The 18-year-old had entered the final 12 months of his contract with the Ligue 1 club, who were not prepared to lose him on a free transfer next year. He completed his medical at France's Clairefontaine training centre on Monday. In April 2019, Camavinga became the youngest Rennes debutant aged 16 years and four months. Photo byABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Madrid Sign France Teenager Eduardo Camavinga

File photo dated September 13, 2020 of Rennes Eduardo Camavinga in action during the Ligue 1 Nimes vs Rennes football match on in Nimes, France. Real Madrid have signed highly-rated France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal. The 18-year-old had entered the final 12 months of his contract with the Ligue 1 club, who were not prepared to lose him on a free transfer next year. He completed his medical at France's Clairefontaine training centre on Monday. In April 2019, Camavinga became the youngest Rennes debutant aged 16 years and four months. Photo by Patrick Aventurier/ABACAPRESS.COM