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My 2023 in China: What it's like for an American translator to cycle through China

STORY: My 2023 in China: What it's like for an American translator to cycle through China SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 7-14, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Marian Rosenberg 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARIAN ROSENBERG, American translator 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARIAN ROSENBERG, American translator 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARIAN ROSENBERG, American translator 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARIAN ROSENBERG, American translator STORYLINE: Marian Rosenberg never expected her solo cycling tours through China would attract much attention. The American translator has been living in the southern Chinese city of Haikou since 2004. And since 2005, Rosenberg has been traversing the vast expanses of the country on her bicycle. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARIAN ROSENBERG, American translator "I'm 42 years old. I've been living in Hainan for the past (almost) 20 years. And then outside of work, I know, I don't look terribly athletic. But I like to g

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Gamba's Japan midfielder Endo wins J-League MVP award

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Gamba Osaka captain Yasuhito Endo poses in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2014, after being named the 2014 J-League Player of the Year. The 34-year-old Japan midfielder helped engineer the biggest turnaround in league history, with Gamba erasing a 14-point deficit to finish one point ahead of Urawa Reds to capture their second championship and first since 2005.

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(1)Japan extends SDF mission to Iraq for 1 year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into a press conference room in his office on Dec. 9 following a Cabinet decision to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in and around Iraq for a year through Dec. 14, 2005.

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LDP OKs extension of SDF mission

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Kyuma, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, speaks at a news conference at the party's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 9. A General Council meeting approved a proposal to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in Iraq by one year through Dec. 14, 2005.

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Koizumi meets Kanzaki on Japan's aid mission in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner, the New Komeito party, at his office on Dec. 9 before the Cabinet approved a proposal to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in Iraq by one year through Dec. 14, 2005.

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(1)Japan extends SDF mission to Iraq for 1 year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into a press conference room in his office on Dec. 9 following a Cabinet decision to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in and around Iraq for a year through Dec. 14, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi meets Kanzaki on Japan's aid mission in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner, the New Komeito party, at his office on Dec. 9 before the Cabinet approved a proposal to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in Iraq by one year through Dec. 14, 2005. (Kyodo)

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LDP OKs extension of SDF mission

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Kyuma, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, speaks at a news conference at the party's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 9. A General Council meeting approved a proposal to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in Iraq by one year through Dec. 14, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Gamba's Japan midfielder Endo wins J-League MVP award

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Gamba Osaka captain Yasuhito Endo poses in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2014, after being named the 2014 J-League Player of the Year. The 34-year-old Japan midfielder helped engineer the biggest turnaround in league history, with Gamba erasing a 14-point deficit to finish one point ahead of Urawa Reds to capture their second championship and first since 2005. (Kyodo)

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Former disaster minister Ozato dies at 86

Photo taken in 2005 shows Sadatoshi Ozato, the minister who was in charge of reconstruction following the 1995 Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake. Ozato died at 86 on Dec. 14, 2016, people close to him said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo