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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B A staff member introduces the history of Quanjude to customers at its first-ever store on the Qianmen Street in Beijing, capital of China, March 25, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a bette

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President Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act

Bette Marino, President of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, delivers remarks as prior to President Joe Biden signing Social Security Fairness Act in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, January 5, 2025. Photo by Leigh Vogel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act

President Joe Biden walks in to the East Room with Bette Marino, President of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, prior to signing the Social Security Fairness Act in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, January 5, 2025. Photo by Leigh Vogel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act

President Joe Biden walks in to the East Room with Bette Marino, President of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, prior to signing the Social Security Fairness Act in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, January 5, 2025. Photo by Leigh Vogel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Bette Marino, President of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, after signing the Social Security Fairness Act in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, January 5, 2025. Photo by Leigh Vogel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)CHINA-HENAN-TAICHI-FRENCH ENTUSIAST

(240508) -- ZHENGZHOU, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ziqiang (L) instructs Guillaume Large in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. Guillaume Large (Chen Shaoquan), a 44-year-old Taichi enthusiast from Bordeaux of France, has been practicing Taichi for over 20 years. Guillaume Large got a sports injury in his young age and decided to start practicing Taichi at a local club in France as a way of recovery. From then on he gradually fell in love with Taichi. In 2007, Guillaume Large and his fellows established an association, aiming to promote Chinese culture in France through teaching Taichi and Chinese, etc. In 2013, he started to learn Taichi from Chen Ziqiang, the head coach of Chenjiagou Taichi School in Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province. Since then, he has led French students to come to study in Chenjiagou almost every year. "Now French people are becoming increasingly fond of Chinese culture, and I hope our relationship could get better and bette

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(SP)CHINA-HENAN-TAICHI-FRENCH ENTUSIAST

(240508) -- ZHENGZHOU, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ziqiang (L) instructs Guillaume Large in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 18, 2024. Guillaume Large (Chen Shaoquan), a 44-year-old Taichi enthusiast from Bordeaux of France, has been practicing Taichi for over 20 years. Guillaume Large got a sports injury in his young age and decided to start practicing Taichi at a local club in France as a way of recovery. From then on he gradually fell in love with Taichi. In 2007, Guillaume Large and his fellows established an association, aiming to promote Chinese culture in France through teaching Taichi and Chinese, etc. In 2013, he started to learn Taichi from Chen Ziqiang, the head coach of Chenjiagou Taichi School in Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province. Since then, he has led French students to come to study in Chenjiagou almost every year. "Now French people are becoming increasingly fond of Chinese culture, and I hope our relationship could get better and bette

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(SP)CHINA-HENAN-TAICHI-FRENCH ENTUSIAST

(240508) -- ZHENGZHOU, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guillaume Large (front L) practices Taichi in Chenjiagou Village of Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2024. Guillaume Large (Chen Shaoquan), a 44-year-old Taichi enthusiast from Bordeaux of France, has been practicing Taichi for over 20 years. Guillaume Large got a sports injury in his young age and decided to start practicing Taichi at a local club in France as a way of recovery. From then on he gradually fell in love with Taichi. In 2007, Guillaume Large and his fellows established an association, aiming to promote Chinese culture in France through teaching Taichi and Chinese, etc. In 2013, he started to learn Taichi from Chen Ziqiang, the head coach of Chenjiagou Taichi School in Wenxian County, central China's Henan Province. Since then, he has led French students to come to study in Chenjiagou almost every year. "Now French people are becoming increasingly fond of Chinese culture, and I hope our relationship could get better and bette

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(240124) -- HEFEI, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member operates the iFLYTEK Smart Translator at the iFLYTEK Co. Ltd. in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 19, 2024. China Speech Valley, located in the western suburbs of Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, is China's first national-level industry base focusing on voice and AI. Founded in 2013, this base is now home to over 2,200 enterprises. iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise settled in China Speech Valley. As a leading enterprise in China's intelligent voice industry, it has driven more and more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to take root in Hefei. For years, from the initial voice synthesis and recognition to voice interaction, cognitive intelligence, and now the AI-powered large language model, iFLYTEK has continued to make breakthroughs in source technology innovation. Today, China Speech Valley, with iFLYTEK as its core, is actively embracing the new era of artificial general intelligence, in an effort to bette

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Peace Forum - Paris

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bette at Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations are in Paris for a conference on how to provide aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Nathan Laine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Huawei launches program in Zambia to upscale ICT talents

STORY: Huawei launches program in Zambia to upscale ICT talents DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Launch of the 8th 2023 "Seed for the Future" program in Zambia 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MENG HAO, Minister Counselor of Chinese Embassy in Zambia 3. various of the launch 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FELIX MUTATI, Zambia's Minister of Technology and Science 5. various of the launch 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BETTE CHEN, Huawei Zambia's managing director 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JOSEPHAT KALEZHI, Dean of School of Information and Communication Technology at Copperbelt University STORYLINE: Huawei on Tuesday launched the 2023 "Seeds for the Future" program in Zambia aimed at upscaling information and communication technologies (ICT) talents. The launching ceremony was attended by officials from the Chinese Embassy in Zambia, Zambian government officials, Huawei officials as well as students from universities participating in this year's pr

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Community health centers in Shanghai prevent severe COVID-19 cases

STORY: Community health centers in Shanghai prevent severe COVID-19 cases DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of community health centers in Shanghai 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MS ZHANG, Patient's daughter 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHU YULONG, Director of Xiaokunshan Town community health center 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Community family doctor 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): JIN YUAN, Deputy director of Fangsong neighborhood community health center STORYLINE: Community health centers in China's Shanghai are doing their best to prevent severe cases of COVID-19. At Xiaokunshan Town community health center in Songjiang District, the number of patient visits has exceeded 260 at its peak in a single day, with most of them elderly people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MS ZHANG, Patient's daughter "My father is 87 years old. It is convenient for him to come here to receive intravenous infusion. He's been staying in the center for a few days. He feels bette

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Palestinians welcome Israeli-Turkish normalization: Turkish FM

STORY: Palestinians welcome Israeli-Turkish normalization: Turkish FM DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the bilateral meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas in Turkey (courtesy: Ihlas news agency) 2. various of meeting of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in the capital Ankara (file) 3. various of meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the capital Ankara (file) STORYLINE: Palestinian authorities, including Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip, welcome the normalization of relations between Türkiye and Israel because this helps Ankara better support the Palestinian cause, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. "Both the Palestinian president (Mahmoud Abbas) and Hamas side want our relations with Israel to be normalized. They also know that thanks to this dialogue, we will bette

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