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Fresh-cut flowers a flourishing business in China's Wuhan ahead of Spring Festival

STORY: Fresh-cut flowers a flourishing business in China's Wuhan ahead of Spring Festival DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fresh-cut flowers 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZUO WEI, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SU LIN, Manager of a bouquet store STORYLINE: Fresh-cut flowers have become a booming business in China's Wuhan, as the Chinese Lunar New Year is just around the corner. Home to over 30,000 wholesale companies, Wuhan Hankoubei International Commodity Trade Center is a major shopping area where citizens go for new year specialties. Flowers of more than 500 categories are sold here. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZUO WEI, Local resident "I bought three kinds of flowers today. With this brightly-colored baby's breath, I hope my life in the coming year can be more exuberant. And these red roses carry the wishes for a flourishing life. They are also quite romantic. The colorful bouquets also carry my good wishes for my family, an

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Soccer stadium staff dance with joy as they await World Cup

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - Exuberant cleaning workers at the Free State stadium, one of the venues of World Cup matches, show off some dance moves in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on March 8, 2010.

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(5)Tigers win Central League pennant for 1st time in 18 years

OSAKA, Japan - An exuberant Hanshin Tigers fan dives into the Dodombori River from Ebisu Bridge in Osaka on Sept. 15 after the baseball club won the Central League pennant for the first time in 18 years.

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Dejected Japanese players walk off field

SYDNEY, Australia - Dejected Japanese players walk off the field past the exuberant American team as the United States took a 2-1 ''sayonara'' win from Japan in the eighth inning in the gold medal final of the softball competition at the Sydney Olympic Games on Sept. 26.

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Dejected Japanese players walk off field

SYDNEY, Australia - Dejected Japanese players walk off the field past the exuberant American team as the United States took a 2-1 ''sayonara'' win from Japan in the eighth inning in the gold medal final of the softball competition at the Sydney Olympic Games on Sept. 26.

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Japan Series starts in Fukuoka

SoftBank Hawks players are exuberant after the team scored in the fourth inning of the Japan Series' first game against the Yakult Swallows on Oct. 24, 2015, at the Yafuoku Dome in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer stadium staff dance with joy as they await World Cup

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - Exuberant cleaning workers at the Free State stadium, one of the venues of World Cup matches, show off some dance moves in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on March 8, 2010. (Kyodo)

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(5)Tigers win Central League pennant for 1st time in 18 years

OSAKA, Japan - An exuberant Hanshin Tigers fan dives into the Dodombori River from Ebisu Bridge in Osaka on Sept. 15 after the baseball club won the Central League pennant for the first time in 18 years. (Kyodo)