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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MEXICO-CILI-PRICKLY PEAR-ECONOMY (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MEXICO-CILI-PRICKLY PEAR-ECONOMY (CN)

(231111) -- GUIYANG, Nov. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker selects Cili fruit at a Cili processing company in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 23, 2018. Cili (Rosa roxburghii), meaning "thorn pear" in Chinese, is a yellowish, spiny fruit renowned for its rich vitamin C content and various nutritional benefits. This distinctive fruit is a hallmark produce of the mountainous regions in southwest China's Guizhou. Currently, the Cili production stands as a key driver in promoting rural revitalization in Longli County, Guizhou Province. The county's Cili cultivation area has expanded to 105,000 mu (7,000 hectares), yielding an annual output of 16,000 tons of fresh fruit. The comprehensive output value exceeds 400 million yuan (approximately 54.87 million U.S. dollars), significantly contributing to the income growth of the over 8,000 local farmers. Meanwhile in the semi-arid parts of Mexico, another kind of throny fruit also brings profits to local farmers. The prickly pear cactus is a plan

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MEXICO-CILI-PRICKLY PEAR-ECONOMY (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MEXICO-CILI-PRICKLY PEAR-ECONOMY (CN)

(231111) -- GUIYANG, Nov. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker shows a Cili beverage at a Cili processing company in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 23, 2018. Cili (Rosa roxburghii), meaning "thorn pear" in Chinese, is a yellowish, spiny fruit renowned for its rich vitamin C content and various nutritional benefits. This distinctive fruit is a hallmark produce of the mountainous regions in southwest China's Guizhou. Currently, the Cili production stands as a key driver in promoting rural revitalization in Longli County, Guizhou Province. The county's Cili cultivation area has expanded to 105,000 mu (7,000 hectares), yielding an annual output of 16,000 tons of fresh fruit. The comprehensive output value exceeds 400 million yuan (approximately 54.87 million U.S. dollars), significantly contributing to the income growth of the over 8,000 local farmers. Meanwhile in the semi-arid parts of Mexico, another kind of throny fruit also brings profits to local farmers. The prickly pear cactus is a p

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MEXICO-CILI-PRICKLY PEAR-ECONOMY (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MEXICO-CILI-PRICKLY PEAR-ECONOMY (CN)

(231111) -- GUIYANG, Nov. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker recycles Cili fruit residue at a factory in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 23, 2018. Cili (Rosa roxburghii), meaning "thorn pear" in Chinese, is a yellowish, spiny fruit renowned for its rich vitamin C content and various nutritional benefits. This distinctive fruit is a hallmark produce of the mountainous regions in southwest China's Guizhou. Currently, the Cili production stands as a key driver in promoting rural revitalization in Longli County, Guizhou Province. The county's Cili cultivation area has expanded to 105,000 mu (7,000 hectares), yielding an annual output of 16,000 tons of fresh fruit. The comprehensive output value exceeds 400 million yuan (approximately 54.87 million U.S. dollars), significantly contributing to the income growth of the over 8,000 local farmers. Meanwhile in the semi-arid parts of Mexico, another kind of throny fruit also brings profits to local farmers. The prickly pear cactus is a plant that

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Syrian Olympic football team aims for glory at Hangzhou Asian Games

STORY: Syrian Olympic football team aims for glory at Hangzhou Asian Games DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Syrian Olympic football team training 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAITHAM AL-LOOZ, Player 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMOUD MOHANNA, Player 4. various of training 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): TAMER HASSAN, Coach of the Syrian team 6. coach of the Syrian team 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): TAMER HASSAN, Coach of the Syrian team 8. various of training 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): MUHI AL-DEEN DAWLEH, Director of the Syrian team STORYLINE: As the excitement builds for the forthcoming 19th Asian Games, the Syrian Olympic football team is fervently preparing to make their mark on the international stage. Having made it to the quarter-finals in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, the team is aiming for nothing less than reaching the finals in China's Hangzhou. A total of 23 men's teams will participate in the football competition in this year's Asian Games

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-THORN PEAR CULTIVATION (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-THORN PEAR CULTIVATION (CN)

(230620) -- GUIYANG, June 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker sorts thorn pears at a fruit processing enterprise in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 23, 2018. TO GO WITH "Across China: Thorn pear cultivation proves fruitful for mountain farmers" (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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Narita airport increases foreign workers

Narita airport increases foreign workers

NARITA, Japan, Aug. 23 Kyodo - Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2018, shows foreign workers engaging in cleaning work at a terminal in Narita airport, near Tokyo. Roughly 10 percent of the some 300 cleaners at one of the busiest airports in Japan are foreign workers.

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Asian Games: Indonesian sport climber Aries Susanti Rahayu

Asian Games: Indonesian sport climber Aries Susanti Rahayu

PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Sept. 3 Kyodo - Indonesian sport climber Aries Susanti Rahayu competes in a preliminary round in the women's sport climbing speed at the Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia, on Aug. 23, 2018. She won gold in the event.

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Old oil tanker becomes new artificial reef for divers in Malta

STORY: Old oil tanker becomes new artificial reef for divers in Malta DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: GOZO, Malta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an oil tanker being scuttled STORYLINE: A 60-meter wide and 855-tonne heavy oil tanker was scuttled off Gozo island, Malta on Monday afternoon. It will start its new life as an artificial reef to attract divers from home and abroad. The tanker, formerly registered in Togo, ran aground on the coast of Malta in February 2018. It then retired from service as the repair cost was too high, according to Maltese media. Efforts to clean the tanker by removing all fuels and lubricants and some equipment as well had been done before it was scuttled. Maltese Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo told journalists at the scene that Malta has not scuttled a ship this size for a few years and it will help Malta attract more divers. Malta is an attractive destination for divers and diving is also a key component of the country's tourism sector. In the

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Japan to send SDF planes to Afghanistan for evacuations

Japan to send SDF planes to Afghanistan for evacuations

File photo taken on Oct. 14, 2018, shows a Japan Self-Defense Forces C-2 transport plane. Japan said Aug. 23, 2021, that the country will send a total of three SDF planes -- one C-2 and two C-130 transport planes -- to Afghanistan to evacuate Japanese nationals and local staff who worked for the Japanese Embassy there and other organizations amid the worsening security situation following the Taliban's recent takeover of the country.

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Asian Games: Indonesian sport climber Aries Susanti Rahayu

Asian Games: Indonesian sport climber Aries Susanti Rahayu

Indonesian sport climber Aries Susanti Rahayu competes in a preliminary round in the women's sport climbing speed at the Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia, on Aug. 23, 2018. She won gold in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New mass transit train in Jakarta

New mass transit train in Jakarta

Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan rides a mass rapid transit train from Lebak Bulus Station in South Jakarta to Hotel Indonesia Circle Station in central Jakarta on Aug. 23, 2018, prior to the scheduled start of commercial operation in March 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New exhibition focuses on Japanese "comfort women"

New exhibition focuses on Japanese "comfort women"

A staff member at the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace in Tokyo checks materials at its latest exhibition focusing on Japanese "comfort women" on Aug. 23, 2017. Official historical documents and correspondence from Japanese soldiers as well as testimonies of former comfort women are on display during the exhibition, which runs through the end of July 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima nuclear power plant prepares for spent nuclear fuel removal

Fukushima nuclear power plant prepares for spent nuclear fuel removal

Part of a roof cover is placed on top of the No. 3 reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 2, 2017. The arch-shaped roof cover, which will be made up of 16 parts and is planned to be 18 meters in height, 23 meters in length and 57 meters in width when completed, will help prevent radioactive materials from being spattered during an operation which could start in 2018 to remove spent nuclear fuel from the reactor damaged in the 2011 tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima nuclear power plant prepares for spent nuclear fuel removal

Fukushima nuclear power plant prepares for spent nuclear fuel removal

Part of a roof cover is placed on top of the No. 3 reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 2, 2017. The arch-shaped roof cover, which will be made up of 16 parts and is planned to be 18 meters in height, 23 meters in length and 57 meters in width when completed, will help prevent radioactive materials from being spattered during an operation which could start in 2018 to remove spent nuclear fuel from the reactor damaged in the 2011 tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alibaba

Alibaba

Alibaba Group stands at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Shares of Alibaba rose 7% on April 12, 2021, after the CEO said he doesn't expect the antitrust penalty to have a major impact.

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Aliyun

Aliyun

Alibaba's Aliyun is seen at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Ali cloud or will be independent management and listed.

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Aliyun

Aliyun

Alibaba's Aliyun is seen at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Ali cloud or will be independent management and listed.

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Aliyun

Aliyun

Alibaba's Aliyun is seen at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Ali cloud or will be independent management and listed.

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Alibaba

Alibaba

Alibaba Group stands at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Shares of Alibaba rose 7% on April 12, 2021, after the CEO said he doesn't expect the antitrust penalty to have a major impact.

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Aliyun

Aliyun

Alibaba's Aliyun is seen at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Ali cloud or will be independent management and listed.

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Aliyun

Aliyun

Alibaba's Aliyun is seen at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Ali cloud or will be independent management and listed.

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Alibaba

Alibaba

Alibaba Group stands at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Shares of Alibaba rose 7% on April 12, 2021, after the CEO said he doesn't expect the antitrust penalty to have a major impact.

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Alibaba

Alibaba

Alibaba Group stands at the Smart Expo in Chongqing, China, Aug. 23, 2018. Shares of Alibaba rose 7% on April 12, 2021, after the CEO said he doesn't expect the antitrust penalty to have a major impact.

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New head of Japan's LDP Suga

New head of Japan's LDP Suga

Photo taken Aug. 23, 2018, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga giving an interview in Tokyo. Suga won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Sept. 14, 2020, and is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Rugby World Cup in Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018, shows Kumagaya Rugby Stadium in Kumagaya, near Tokyo, a venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Rugby World Cup in Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018, shows Kumagaya Rugby Stadium in Kumagaya, near Tokyo, a venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British Museum to host manga exhibition in 2019

British Museum to host manga exhibition in 2019

Photo taken at the British Museum in London on Dec. 5, 2018, shows original copies of the Japanese manga series "Seinto Oniisan (Saint Young Man)" by Hikaru Nakamura, owned by the museum. The museum announced the same day that it will host a manga exhibition, one of the largest outside Japan, from May 23 through Aug. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British Museum to host manga exhibition in 2019

British Museum to host manga exhibition in 2019

Photo taken at the British Museum in London on Dec. 5, 2018, shows original copies of the Japanese manga series "Munakata Kyouju (Professor Munakata)," drawn by Yukinobu Hoshino. The museum announced the same day that it will host a manga exhibition, one of the largest outside Japan, from May 23 through Aug. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British Museum to host manga exhibition in 2019

British Museum to host manga exhibition in 2019

Hartwig Fischer, director of the British Museum in London, announces on Dec. 5, 2018, that the museum will host a manga exhibition, one of the biggest outside Japan, from May 23 through Aug. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese re-entry capsule

Japanese re-entry capsule

File photo taken on Aug. 20, 2018, in Ibaraki Prefecture shows a mockup of a re-entry capsule that was loaded onto the Kounotori7 Japanese unmanned cargo vessel that was docked to the International Space Station on Sept. 27 following the launch Sept. 23 of an H-2B rocket from Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture. The Kounotori7 carrying the capsule is scheduled to be detached from the ISS on Nov. 8 and the capsule only will return on Nov. 11, bringing back experiment samples to Earth, the first such mission for the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-N. Korea student exchange program

Japan-N. Korea student exchange program

Students of Japanese and North Korean universities take a selfie in Pyongyang on Aug. 23, 2018. The Japanese students visited North Korea under a student exchange program between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Army 2018 forum in Russia

Army 2018 forum in Russia

A man holds a Kalashnikov automatic rifle during the Army 2018 military-technical forum in the outskirts of Moscow on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Army 2018 forum in Russia

Army 2018 forum in Russia

Visitors from Africa pose for photos during the Army 2018 military-technical forum in the outskirts of Moscow on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's first-ever female fighter jet pilot

Japan's first-ever female fighter jet pilot

Photo taken in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2018, shows Misa Matsushima, 1st Lt. of the Air Self-Defense Force, who became Japan's first-ever female fighter jet pilot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's first-ever female fighter jet pilot

Japan's first-ever female fighter jet pilot

Photo taken in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 23, 2018, shows Misa Matsushima, 1st Lt. of the Air Self-Defense Force, who became Japan's first-ever female fighter jet pilot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jokhang Temple in Tibet

Jokhang Temple in Tibet

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018, shows Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jokhang Temple in Tibet

Jokhang Temple in Tibet

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018, shows Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N.-N. Korea talks

U.N.-N. Korea talks

North Korean Land and Environment Protection Minister Kim Kyong Jun (2nd from R) and Erik Solheim (far L), executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme, hold talks in Pyongyang on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N.-N. Korea talks

U.N.-N. Korea talks

North Korean Land and Environment Protection Minister Kim Kyong Jun (R) and Erik Solheim, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme, shake hands in Pyongyang on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ford Motor dealership

Ford Motor dealership

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018, shows a Ford Motor Co. dealership in Beijing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New paintings at Kyoto temple

New paintings at Kyoto temple

Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, shows newly-completed paintings on "fusuma" sliding paper doors to the press on Aug. 23, 2018. The paintings, created by Japanese cartoonist Kenichi Kitami and other artists, are on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New paintings at Kyoto temple

New paintings at Kyoto temple

Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, shows newly-completed paintings on "fusuma" sliding paper doors to the press on Aug. 23, 2018. The paintings, created by Japanese cartoonist Kenichi Kitami and other artists, are on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New paintings at Kyoto temple

New paintings at Kyoto temple

Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, shows newly-completed paintings on "fusuma" sliding paper doors to the press on Aug. 23, 2018. The paintings, created by Japanese cartoonist Kenichi Kitami and other artists, are on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New paintings at Kyoto temple

New paintings at Kyoto temple

Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, shows newly-completed paintings on "fusuma" sliding paper doors to the press on Aug. 23, 2018. The paintings, created by Japanese cartoonist Kenichi Kitami and other artists, are on view from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jokhang Temple in Tibet

Jokhang Temple in Tibet

People pray in front of Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Houses for Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar

Houses for Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar

Men stand nearby houses for Rohingya Muslims who have come back to Myanmar in a village in the country's western state of Rakhine on Aug. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Massive Disneyland collections up for auction

Massive Disneyland collections up for auction

A woman brings out an ice cream cart, previously used at a Disneyland park, on Aug. 23, 2018, on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The cart is one of approximately 800 Disneyland items, collected by talent agent Richard Kraft over the last 25 years, that will be put up for auction on Aug. 25-26 in Sherman Oaks, California. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Rugby: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018 shows Kumagaya Rugby Stadium (front), one of the venues of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, at Kumagaya Sport and Culture Park in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, in Saitama, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Rugby: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018 shows Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, one of the venues of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, at Kumagaya Sport and Culture Park in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, in Saitama, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Rugby: Kumagaya Rugby Stadium

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2018 shows Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, one of the venues of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, at Kumagaya Sport and Culture Park in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, in Saitama, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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