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Ten years on, China-South Asia trade doubles on closer ties

STORY: Ten years on, China-South Asia trade doubles on closer ties DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province STORYLINE: The ongoing seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province, has attracted more than 30,000 exhibitors, representatives, and guests from 85 countries and regions to attend online and offline. Themed "Solidarity and Coordination for Common Development," the five-day expo has set up 15 exhibition pavilions, with various kinds of events. Over the past 10 years, the expo has witnessed closer ties between China and South Asia, with the trade volume between China and South Asian countries doubling. When the first expo took place in 2013, the trade volume between China and South Asian countries amounted to less than 100 billion U.S. dollars, but the figure reached 197.4 billion U.S. dollars last ye

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Xinhua Headlines: Ten years on, China-South Asia trade doubles on closer ties

(230817) -- KUNMING, Aug. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- South Asian products are seen at the first China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 6, 2013. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)

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Ecosystem of Mt. Fuji threatened by alien plants

KOFU, Japan - A member of the Fujisan Club holds some bur cucumbers, designated as an invasive alien species, on Aug. 17, 2013 along Lake Kawaguchi in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. The nonprofit organization is engaged in a series of campaigns to exterminate the species to protect domestic species and the local environment.

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Ecosystem of Mt. Fuji threatened by alien plants

KOFU, Japan - Volunteers and members of the Fujisan Club work to get rid of bur cucumbers, designated as an invasive alien species, on Aug. 17, 2013 along Lake Kawaguchi in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, with a view of Mt. Fuji (back). The nonprofit organization is engaged in a series of campaigns to exterminate the species to protect domestic species and the local environment.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Brianna Rollins of the United States wins the women's 100 meters hurdles in 12.44 seconds at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt smiles with the Jamaican national flag around his neck after winning the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Vitezslav Vesely of Czech Republic wins the men's javelin throw with a toss of 87.17 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (far R) competes in the men's 200 meters final at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Bolt won gold with a time of 19.66 seconds.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt acknowledges spectators at stands after winning the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt strikes his trademark pose after winning the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Bolt won gold with a time of 19.66 seconds.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt competes in the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Bolt won gold with a time of 19.66 seconds.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt competes in the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Bolt won gold with a time of 19.66 seconds.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Meseret Defar (C) of Ethiopia competes in the women's 5,000 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Defar won gold with a time of 14:50.19.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Meseret Defar of Ethiopia celebrates after winning the women's 5,000 meters in 14:50.19 at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda wins the men's marathon in 2:09:51 at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Bolt won gold with a time of 19.66 seconds.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt competes in the men's 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Bolt won gold with a time of 19.66 seconds.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Meseret Defar (C) of Ethiopia competes in the women's 5,000 meters at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013. Defar won gold with a time of 14:50.19.

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World athletics championships

MOSCOW, Russia - Meseret Defar of Ethiopia wins the women's 5,000 meters in 14:50.19 at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2013.

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Return rush peaks following 'Bon' holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a many-kilometers-long traffic jam on the inbound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Aug. 17, 2013, as many people headed home from their summer holidays. Mt. Fuji is visible in the background.

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Panoramic photo shows evacuees of Great Kanto Earthquake

TOKYO, Japan - A 4.6-meter-long panoramic photo panel, showing around 300,000 evacuees who gathered at the plaza in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, is on display Aug. 17, 2013, at the Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum in Tokyo's Sumida Ward ahead of the 90th anniversary of the disaster Sept. 1.

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Return rush peaks following 'Bon' holidays

NARITA, Japan - The arrival lobby of Narita airport near Tokyo is crowded on Aug. 17, 2013 with travelers returning to Japan after spending their summer holidays overseas.

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Return rush peaks following 'Bon' holidays

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train platform at Tokyo Station is crowded on Aug. 17, 2013 with travelers returning from summer holidays.

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Construction under way at 9/11 Ground Zero

NEW YORK, United States - This Aug. 17 photo shows the construction site at Ground Zero for new buildings to replace the World Trade Center skyscrapers destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in New York. An official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the site, struck a confident note that the skyscraper will be completed in 2013. The authority provided Kyodo News with a photo opportunity at the site ahead of the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the United States.

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Construction under way at 9/11 Ground Zero

NEW YORK, United States - This Aug. 17 photo shows the construction site for the new 1 WTC skyscraper at Ground Zero of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in New York. An official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the site, struck a confident note that the skyscraper will be completed in 2013. The authority provided Kyodo News with a photo opportunity at the site ahead of the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the United States.

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A member of Qixin puppet troupe packs puppets in Qitian Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Aug. 10, 2022 shows a truck of Qixin puppet troupe on its way for a performance in Qitian Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers watch a performace of Qixin puppet troupe in Dazhu Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers watch a performace of Qixin puppet troupe in Dazhu Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Qixin puppet troupe perform in Dazhu Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xie Bangyin (R), head of Qixin puppet troupe, performs with troupe members in Dazhu Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of Qixin puppet troupe have dinner by the stage in Dazhu Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xie Bangyin, head of Qixin puppet troupe, assembles a puppet in Dazhu Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-PUPPET TROUPE (CN)

(220817) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xie Bangyin (R), head of Qixin puppet troupe, practices puppetry with a troupe member in Qitian Village of Tangfang Township in Guangchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 10, 2022. Tangfang puppetry is an opera in which artists perform stories with puppets. The puppetry was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2013. In 1997, Xie Bangyin, a folk puppeteer from Tangfang, founded Qixin Puppet Troupe with fellow puppeteers. During festivals and important events, local villages would invite the troupe to perform puppetry. Over the past 25 years, the troupe has given more than 3,500 performances. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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Construction under way at 9/11 Ground Zero

NEW YORK, United States - This Aug. 17 photo shows the construction site at Ground Zero for new buildings to replace the World Trade Center skyscrapers destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in New York. An official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the site, struck a confident note that the skyscraper will be completed in 2013. The authority provided Kyodo News with a photo opportunity at the site ahead of the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the United States. (Kyodo)

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Construction under way at 9/11 Ground Zero

NEW YORK, United States - This Aug. 17 photo shows the construction site for the new 1 WTC skyscraper at Ground Zero of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in New York. An official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the site, struck a confident note that the skyscraper will be completed in 2013. The authority provided Kyodo News with a photo opportunity at the site ahead of the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the United States. (Kyodo)