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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-SOUTH ASIA-EXPO-THAI DURIAN (CN)

(230823) -- KUNMING, Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 18, 2023 shows Chen Jie (C) talking with other exhibitors at Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center, the venue for the seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The five-day China-South Asia Expo, which kicked off on Aug. 16 and ended on Aug. 20 in Kunming, attracted over 30,000 exhibitors as well as representatives and guests from 85 countries and regions and international organizations. Chen Jie, a 46-year-old merchant from Thailand, is one of them. Chen brought freeze-dried durians from Chanthaburi Province, the renowned fruit capital of Thailand, to the expo. Currently, durians from Thailand are dominating the Chinese market and freeze-dried durians brought by Chen were sold out even before the expo was closed. The manufacturer of Chen's durian products started its dried fruits export business to China from the year of 2016 and China market takes up almost 40 percent of the co

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-SOUTH ASIA-EXPO-THAI DURIAN (CN)

(230823) -- KUNMING, Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 18, 2023 shows Chen Jie (in the green shirt) walking out of Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center, the venue for the seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The five-day China-South Asia Expo, which kicked off on Aug. 16 and ended on Aug. 20 in Kunming, attracted over 30,000 exhibitors as well as representatives and guests from 85 countries and regions and international organizations. Chen Jie, a 46-year-old merchant from Thailand, is one of them. Chen brought freeze-dried durians from Chanthaburi Province, the renowned fruit capital of Thailand, to the expo. Currently, durians from Thailand are dominating the Chinese market and freeze-dried durians brought by Chen were sold out even before the expo was closed. The manufacturer of Chen's durian products started its dried fruits export business to China from the year of 2016 and China market takes up almost 40 percent of the com

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-SOUTH ASIA-EXPO-THAI DURIAN (CN)

(230823) -- KUNMING, Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 18, 2023 shows Chen Jie picking up delivery documents at the service desk in Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center, the venue for the seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The five-day China-South Asia Expo, which kicked off on Aug. 16 and ended on Aug. 20 in Kunming, attracted over 30,000 exhibitors as well as representatives and guests from 85 countries and regions and international organizations. Chen Jie, a 46-year-old merchant from Thailand, is one of them. Chen brought freeze-dried durians from Chanthaburi Province, the renowned fruit capital of Thailand, to the expo. Currently, durians from Thailand are dominating the Chinese market and freeze-dried durians brought by Chen were sold out even before the expo was closed. The manufacturer of Chen's durian products started its dried fruits export business to China from the year of 2016 and China market takes up almost 40 p

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 18, 2016 shows villagers carrying water pipes on a mountain road in Nonglei Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Olympic scenes: Butterfly swimmers dive in

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 18 Kyodo - Swimmers dive into the pool in the men's 100-meter butterfly at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 11, 2016.

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Olympics: Bolt completes 3rd sprint double with 200 win

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 19 Kyodo - Usain Bolt of Jamaica (far R) runs en route to winning the men's 200-meter gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Bolt completed his third consecutive Olympic 100-200 sprint double.

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Darvish throws 7-plus innings as Rangers beat A's

ARLINGTON, United States, Aug. 18 Kyodo - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish pumps his fist after striking out Coco Crisp in the seventh inning of a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 17, 2016. Darvish picked up his fourth win of the season after allowing two runs in seven-plus innings.

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Olympics: Dosho celebrates her gold in women's wrestling

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 18 Kyodo - Japanese wrestler Sara Dosho is lifted by team director Kazuhito Sakae (R) and coach Shota Shidochi (L) on their shoulders after winning the women's 69-kilogram gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 17, 2016.

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Olympics: Japan's Nakano crashes out in trampoline qualification round

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 12 Kyodo - Japanese trampoline gymnast Rana Nakano performs during the women's qualification round of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 12, 2016. The 18-year-old did not qualify for the final after finishing in 13th place.

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Arduous battle against tuberculosis bears fruit in Xinjiang

STORY: Arduous battle against tuberculosis bears fruit in Xinjiang DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view of Xinjiang 2. various of medical workers doing checkups for TB patients STORYLINE: Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has made great efforts to contain tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks. In 2016, Xinjiang initiated free health checkups for all residents and has continued to expand the coverage of TB screenings under this initiative. The provision of free medicine and breakfast for TB patients has since become a common practice in southern Xinjiang's rural areas. Early detection of the disease remains one of the most effective methods for prevention and control. A large number of experts are dispatched across Xinjiang to assist local medical workers with the checkups. According to the preventive strategies of the World Health Organization, directly observed treatment has been introduced in the region. Villag

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Teguramori names 18 for Rio Olympics

Japan Under-23 coach Makoto Teguramori attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2016, to name his 18-man squad for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Teguramori offered no surprises in his selection for the Aug. 4-20 tournament, where Japan will look to medal for the first time since Mexico 1968. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teguramori names 18 for Rio Olympics

Japan Under-23 coach Makoto Teguramori (R) attends a press conference with Kozo Tajima, president of the Japan Football Association, in Tokyo on July 1, 2016, to name the 18-man squad for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Teguramori offered no surprises in his selection for the Aug. 4-20 tournament, where Japan will look to medal for the first time since Mexico 1968. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teguramori names 18 for Rio Olympics

Japan Under-23 coach Makoto Teguramori attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2016, to name his 18-man squad for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Teguramori offered no surprises in his selection for the Aug. 4-20 tournament, where Japan will look to medal for the first time since Mexico 1968. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ospreys to be deployed for relief goods transportation

File photo taken Aug. 23, 2015, at an exercise area in Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, shows Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Four MV-22 Ospreys, deployed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, will be involved on April 18, 2016, in transporting relief materials to the earthquake-damaged southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Electric Power unveils details of shift to holding firm

Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2015, about the utility's decision to adopt a holding company system in April 2016 under which it will set up three subsidiaries. ==Kyodo

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"MLB Cup" created for children in Japan

Retired Major League Baseball pitcher Randy Johnson (C in back row), a National Baseball Hall of Famer and the Arizona Diamondbacks' special assistant to the president & CEO, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2015, in which the creation of the MLB Cup 2016, a baseball tournament for fourth and fifth graders in Japan, was announced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA to fly planes painted with Star Wars characters

All Nippon Airways Co. shows a model plane painted with the image of BB-8, a new droid that will make its debut in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to be released later in the year, during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2015. ANA will start operating a Boeing 767 painted with BB-8 and R2-D2 on domestic flights in November and a Boeing 777 painted with BB-8 on international flights, mainly those connecting North America and Japan, in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Bolt wins 200m to complete sprint double

Usain Bolt (L) of Jamaica crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the men's 200 meters ahead of Lashawn Merritt of the United States at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Matsumoto, Takahashi win badminton doubles gold

Japan's Ayaka Takahashi (front) and Misaki Matsutomo react after losing the first game against Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark in the women's badminton doubles final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. The Japanese duo won 2-1 to claim the country's first Olympic badminton gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Putin, Abe to meet in Vladivostok on Sept. 2

Undated combination photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alexander Galushka, minister for the development of the Russian Far East, told reporters in Moscow on Aug. 18, 2016, that the two leaders will meet in Vladivostok on Sept. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Matsutomo, Takahashi claim badminton doubles gold

Japan's Misaki Matsutomo (front) and Ayaka Takahashi play against Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in the women's badminton double final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Matsutomo and Takahashi won the match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial view of giant conveyor belt in tsunami-hit northern Japan city

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 18, 2015, shows a giant conveyor belt that has completed its mission of carrying earth and sand in the tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japanese city of Rikuzentakata. It will be disassembled before the current fiscal year ends in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Yoshida settles for silver in women's wrestling

Silver medalist Saori Yoshida (R) of Japan cries during the medal ceremony for the women's freestyle wrestling 53-kilogram class at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Gold medalist Helen Louise Maroulis of the United States is seen in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese badminton star Misaki Matsutomo

Japanese badminton star Misaki Matsutomo, seen in this undated file photo, plans to remain active, sources close to her told Kyodo News on Aug. 18, 2020. Her partner Ayaka Takahashi, who together with Matsutomo won a women's doubles gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, plans to retire.

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Baseball: Wu Nien-ting

Wu Nien-ting of the Seibu Lions hits a two-run single in the sixth inning of a game against the SoftBank Hawks on Aug. 18, 2016, in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wrestling: Saori Yoshida

Photo taken Aug. 18, 2016, shows Japanese wrestler Saori Yoshida (L) reacting after losing to Helen Louise Maroulis (R) of the United States in the women's 53-kilogram final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Yoshida, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, announced her retirement on her Twitter account on Jan. 8, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vending machines celebrating Olympic medalists to be installed

Vending machines celebrating Japanese athletes who won medals in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics are unveiled in a ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2017. The Japanese Olympic Committee said the machines will be set up at post offices of the medalists' hometowns or municipalities hosting their training facilities across the nation. Part of the revenues from the machines will be donated for enhancing athletes' performance and promoting the Olympic movement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vending machines celebrating Olympic medalists to be installed

(From L) Wrestler Saori Yoshida, swimmer Kosuke Kitajima and wrestler Eri Tosaka pose in front of vending machines celebrating Japanese athletes who won medals in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, in their unveiling ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2017. The Japanese Olympic Committee said the machines will be set up at post offices of the medalists' hometowns or municipalities hosting their training facilities across the nation. Part of the revenues from the machines will be donated for enhancing athletes' performance and promoting the Olympic movement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe plays golf

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) plays golf in Chigasaki, near Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2016, for the first time since Aug. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe plays golf

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plays golf in Chigasaki, near Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2016, for the first time since Aug. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Rio Olympics

Left photo shows the United States' Ashton Eaton (back) embracing his wife, Canada's Brianne Theisen-Eaton, after winning the gold medal in the men's decathlon event of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Aug. 18, 2016. Right photo shows Brianne Theisen Eaton (back) embracing her husband Ashton Eaton after winning the bronze medal in the Olympic women's heptathlon competition on Aug. 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Rio Olympics

Erica Wiebe of Canada poses with her gold medal for the women's wrestling freestyle 75-kg competition at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Chen defeats Lee in badminton singles final

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia reacts after losing a point in the men's singles final against Chen Long of China at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. Chen won 21-18, 21-18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: China's Chen wins badminton singles gold

China's Chen Long plays against Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the men's badminton singles final at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. Chen won 21-18, 21-18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: China's Chen wins badminton singles gold

China's Chen Long plays against Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the men's badminton singles final at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. Chen won 21-18, 21-18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: China's Chen wins badminton singles gold

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei (L) plays against Chen Long of China in the men's badminton singles final at the Rio Olympics on Aug. 20, 2016. Chen won 21-18, 21-18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of Rio Olympics

American athletes who won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics leap near the podium on Aug. 18, 2016 in celebration of their sweep. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of Pyongyang

Women demonstrate in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Aug. 18, 2016, to promote a "200-day battle," a slogan urging people to work intensively for 200 days from early June to increase production volume. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic scenes: Japan's Yoshida bows in tears

Japanese wrestler Saori Yoshida bows in tears toward the mat before leaving the ring after losing to Helen Louise Maroulis of the United States in the women's freestyle 53-kilogram final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic scenes: Creators of refugee team mural

Two creators of a refugee team mural, Rodrigo Sini (R) and Cety Soledade, pose in front of their spray-painted work portraying all 10 members of the first Olympic refugee team at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Maroulis vs. Yoshida final in women's 53-kg wrestling

Saori Yoshida of Japan (above) places her head down on the mat after losing to Helen Louise Maroulis of the United States during the women's wrestling 53-kilogram final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Maroulis won the gold medal. (Photo taken from camera set up on stadium ceiling)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Isinbayeva elected to IOC athletes' commission

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva celebrates after being elected to the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

(From L to R) Asuka Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka and Ryota Yamagata of Japan celebrate after winning a 4x100-meter relay qualification heat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. The team qualified for the final in a national-record 37.68 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

(From L to R) Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Asuka Cambridge of Japan pose for a photo after winning a 4x100-meter relay qualification heat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Japan qualified for the final in a national-record 37.68 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

Ryota Yamagata starts for the Japanese team in a 4x100-meter relay qualification heat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. Japan qualified for the final in a national-record 37.68 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

Competitors in the men's decathlon congratulate each other following the 1,500-meter race at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

Keisuke Ushiro of Japan competes during the decathlon 1,500-meter race at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Scenes from athletics on Day 14

Keisuke Ushiro of Japan makes an attempt in the decathlon pole vault event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: U.S. qualifies for 4x100 relay final after rerun

(From L to R) Morolake Akinosun, English Gardner, Tianna Bartoletta and Allyson Felix of the United States celebrate after qualifying for the women's 4x100-meter relay final in a rerun at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Wrestlers in action

Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai (facing) and Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia compete during a women's 63-kilogram quarterfinal match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo