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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia

STORY: Sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: TASHKENT/URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's water-saving irrigation technology 2. various of cotton fields in Uzbekistan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uzbek): SHERZOD DONAEV, Uzbek farmer 4. various of the Aral Sea area 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN XI, Director of the Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: China's water-saving irrigation technology has been helpful in improving cotton harvest and the ecological environment in Uzbekistan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uzbek): SHERZOD DONAEV, Uzbek farmer "We are in a cotton field. We planted seeds on this cotton field on April 20, 2023, by adopting Chinese technology." While Uzbekistan is famous for its cotton production, in the past several decades the livelihoods of Uzbek cotton farmers have been under severe threat from the ecological crisis of the Aral Sea. Once the

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-SUSTAINABLE TECH (CN)

(230922) -- URUMQI, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cotton farmer Gong Lunquan checks the growth of cotton in a cotton field near Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Conserving the Aral Sea -- sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia" (Xinhua/Zhou Shengbin)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-SUSTAINABLE TECH (CN)

(230922) -- URUMQI, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows cotton fields near Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Conserving the Aral Sea -- sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia" (Xinhua/Zhou Shengbin)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-SUSTAINABLE TECH (CN)

(230922) -- URUMQI, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cotton farmer Gong Lunquan checks the growth of cotton in a cotton field near Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Conserving the Aral Sea -- sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia" (Xinhua/Zhou Shengbin)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-COTTON-SUSTAINABLE TECH (CN)

(230922) -- TASHKENT, Sept. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Abandoned ships run aground in the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake, in Uzbekistan, Sept. 29, 2021. TO GO WITH "Feature: Conserving the Aral Sea -- sustainable tech improves harvest, ecosystem in Central Asia" (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua)

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Fishing boat left abandoned on empty Aral Sea spot

TOKYO, Japan - A fishing boat is left abandoned on a desert created by the recession of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest lake, in the suburbs of Aral, Kazakhstan, as seen in this file photo take in April 2010.

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Fishing boat left abandoned on empty Aral Sea spot

TOKYO, Japan - A fishing boat is left abandoned on a desert created by the recession of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest lake, in the suburbs of Aral, Kazakhstan, as seen in this file photo take in April 2010. (Kyodo)