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Free Education Empowers Rural Girls In Huaping - China

A teacher grades exam papers at Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Huaping County, Lijiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 24, 2025. Each morning at Huaping High School for Girls in Yunnan Province, the schoolyard rings with a bold pledge, "I was born to be a mountain not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the valleys at my feet." Behind that voice stands Zhang Guimei, the school's founder and principal. In her sixties and struggling with illness, she still devotes more than 18 hours a day to her students. Megaphone in hand, she has become a living symbol of how education can open doors that poverty once closed. Founded in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls is the country's first senior high school to offer free education for girls. The school in mountainous Yunnan Province has created a miracle, with more than 2,000 graduates -- most of whom come from low-income rural families -- admitted to colleges and universities. Many of them later became teachers, doctors and civil servants, ful

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Traditional Fishing - Bangladesh

Rural People going to take part on the traditional fishing together with Net and fish trap in the Fulbari beel of Ful Bari area of Gach bari Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. on March 9, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Fishing - Bangladesh

Rural People going to take part on the traditional fishing together with Net and fish trap in the Fulbari beel of Ful Bari area of Gach bari Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. on March 9, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Fishing - Bangladesh

Rural People catching fish togetherr with Net and fish trap in the Fulbari beel of Ful Bari area of Gach bari Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. on March 9, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Fishing - Bangladesh

Rural People going to take part on the traditional fishing together with Net and fish trap in the Fulbari beel of Ful Bari area of Gach bari Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. on March 9, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Fishing - Bangladesh

Rural People catching fish togetherr with Net and fish trap in the Fulbari beel of Ful Bari area of Gach bari Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. on March 9, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Fishing - Bangladesh

Rural People going to take part on the traditional fishing together with Net and fish trap in the Fulbari beel of Ful Bari area of Gach bari Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. on March 9, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Fishing - Bangladesh

Rural People catching fish togetherr with Net and fish trap in the Fulbari beel of Ful Bari area of Gach bari Union of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet, Bangladesh. on March 9, 2024 Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese national flag raised in Nauru after nearly 19 years of hiatus

STORY: Chinese national flag raised in Nauru after nearly 19 years of hiatus SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Yaren CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of flag-raising ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XUGUANG, Head of Chinese diplomatic team in Nauru STORYLINE: A Chinese national flag-raising ceremony was held on Monday in Nauru by a Chinese diplomatic team, marking the first time in nearly 19 years that the five-star red flag has been raised in the Pacific island country. The ceremony was held by the team responsible for reestablishing the Chinese embassy in Nauru in a compound that also houses their temporary offices. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG XUGUANG, Head of Chinese diplomatic team in Nauru "It's the first time in nearly 19 years that the five-star red flag has been raised in Nauru. This is a very important moment with special significance. China and Nauru are naturally complementary and have great potential in bilateral cooperation. I am ful

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Lebanese rely on affordable traditional meals amid economic crisis

STORY: Lebanese rely on affordable traditional meals amid economic crisis DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:05 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a local canteen offering ful medames STORYLINE: Lebanon's financial and economic crisis has forced Lebanese to cut down their expenses and spend less on different kinds of needs including food. Since 2019, Lebanon's financial meltdown, seen by the World Bank as one of the worst crises since the 1850s, has plunged over 80 percent of the Lebanese population into poverty. Many Lebanese can't afford different types of food. They have to rely on cheap meals, such as traditional food. Ful medames is a traditional Lebanese meal prepared with cooked fava beans seasoned with garlic, olive oil, cumin and lemon juice. A plate of it for two people costs around 60,000 Lebanese pounds (1.5 U.S. dollars), which is affordable for most people. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beirut. (XHTV)

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Malaysia keen to export more palm oil among agricultural products to China: minister

STORY: Malaysia keen to export more palm oil among agricultural products to China: minister DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of palm oil plantation area 2. various of palm seeds on trees 3. various of palm oil factory 4. various of palm seed displays in the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) STORYLINE: Malaysia is ready to export more agricultural products including palm oil and tropical fruits to China. That is according to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister of Malaysia Zuraida Kamaruddin. She says demand for these products from China is welcome, especially at a time of economic uncertainty. Zuraida adds that last year, the Chinese market accounted for 12 percent of Malaysian palm oil exports. She also says that "China also supports and accepts the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification, which has enabled the palm oil industry (in China) to enhance its corporate image while ful