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URUGUAY-MONTEVIDEO-PRIMARY ELECTIONS

URUGUAY-MONTEVIDEO-PRIMARY ELECTIONS

(240701) -- MONTEVIDEO, July 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Alvaro Delgado, having served as secretary of the Presidency from 2020 to 2023, casts his vote at a polling station in Montevideo, Uruguay, June 30, 2024. Uruguay held primary elections on Sunday to nominate the presidential hopeful for every political party in the general elections scheduled for Oct. 27. (Photo by Nicolas Celaya/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

NANTONG, CHINA - JUNE 30, 2024 - Photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. On July 1, 2020, the world's first kilometer-long Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Railway Bridge, designed and built by China, was officially put into operation.

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Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

NANTONG, CHINA - JUNE 30, 2024 - Photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. On July 1, 2020, the world's first kilometer-long Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Railway Bridge, designed and built by China, was officially put into operation.

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Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

NANTONG, CHINA - JUNE 30, 2024 - Photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. On July 1, 2020, the world's first kilometer-long Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Railway Bridge, designed and built by China, was officially put into operation.

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Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

NANTONG, CHINA - JUNE 30, 2024 - Photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. On July 1, 2020, the world's first kilometer-long Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Railway Bridge, designed and built by China, was officially put into operation.

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Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

NANTONG, CHINA - JUNE 30, 2024 - Photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. On July 1, 2020, the world's first kilometer-long Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Railway Bridge, designed and built by China, was officially put into operation.

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Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge

NANTONG, CHINA - JUNE 30, 2024 - Photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Railway Bridge in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. On July 1, 2020, the world's first kilometer-long Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Railway Bridge, designed and built by China, was officially put into operation.

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Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Construction - China

Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Construction - China

GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2020 shows the first section of the immersed tube underwater tunnel of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link floating to the site for installation in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Construction - China

Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Construction - China

GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2020 shows people working on the east artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Construction - China

Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Construction - China

GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 -- An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 9, 2020 shows the west artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link under construction in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-ZHONGSHAN-LINK (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-ZHONGSHAN-LINK (CN)

(240629) -- GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2020 shows the first section of the immersed tube underwater tunnel of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link floating to the site for installation in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-ZHONGSHAN-LINK (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-ZHONGSHAN-LINK (CN)

(240629) -- GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 9, 2020 shows the west artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link under construction in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-ZHONGSHAN-LINK (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-ZHONGSHAN-LINK (CN)

(240629) -- GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2020 shows people working on the east artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

(240430) -- PARIS, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 18, 2020 shows a view of the Seine River and a cityscape of Paris, France. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

(240430) -- PARIS, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People have coffee at Cafe de Flore in Paris, France, June 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

(240430) -- PARIS, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 23, 2020 shows a man visiting Musee D'Orsay in Paris, France. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

FRANCE-PARIS-CAPITAL-FILE

(240430) -- PARIS, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the park of the Chateau de Versailles (Palace of Versailles) on its reopening day near Paris, France, on June 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Australia's overseas-born population grows

STORY: Australia's overseas-born population grows SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 2, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Australian families on vacation 2. the Canberra Children's Family Center 3. various of Australian baby and toddler products 4. various of Australian children STORYLINE: The proportion of Australian residents who were born in another country has increased following a downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Tuesday, Australia's overseas-born population grew by 155,000 people between 2021 and 2022. As of June 30, 2022, 7.7 million Australian residents were born overseas, representing 29.5 percent of the total national population, the ABS said. It marked a rebound for Australia's overseas-born population after COVID-19 restricted international migration. Between 2020 and 2021, the share of Australia's population born overseas fell from 29.9 percent to 29.3 percent, th

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Aroma of African coffee wafts in China's Changsha

STORY: Aroma of African coffee wafts in China's Changsha DATELINE: June 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Gaoqiao Grand Market 2. various of African farmers processing coffee beans 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JING JIANHUA, Cafe owner at Gaoqiao Grand Market STORYLINE: At Gaoqiao Grand Market in Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, about 40 percent of the 2,000 tonnes of coffee beans sold in 2022 were imported from Africa. The market opened an African coffee trade center in 2020 to promote the import of African beans. Through the center, Chinese buyers can bypass intermediate dealers to sign deals directly with African farmers, thus reducing costs by 30 percent. The center also serves as an exhibition and distribution center, and as an incubator for new brands of African coffee. In addition to China's expanding market, the country's continuous efforts to simplify import procedures for African agricultural products have paved the way fo

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Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2022

Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2022

(221230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 31, 2022 shows the production line of COVID-19 vaccine under the Butantan Institute in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Since June 2020, Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac has carried out cooperation with the Butantan Institute to conduct a number of clinical studies, the most important of which is the Phase III clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine. Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2022 Persistent COVID-19 pandemic profoundly shapes world The persistent COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous damage to people's lives and health, had a profound impact on the world economy and people's work and life, and exacerbated supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. Putting people and their lives first, the Chinese government has been optimizing its response measures, and has achieved major positive results in coordinating epidemic prevention and control with socioeconomic development. Countries worldwide should focus o

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Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

VERL, Germany, July 2 Kyodo - Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex.

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Tougher penalties for road rage incidents

Tougher penalties for road rage incidents

MITO, Japan, June 30 Kyodo - Police officers line up in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, before a shift on June 30, 2020, as a law to impose tougher penalties for road rage incidents took effect in Japan the same day.

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Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

VERL, Germany, July 2 Kyodo - Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex.

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Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

VERL, Germany, July 2 Kyodo - Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on May 16, 2020 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 25, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on May 17, 2020 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 24, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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Sunset, music and an old man who survived COVID-19

STORY: Sunset, music and an old man who survived COVID-19 DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:41 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Liu Jian and Wang Xin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU JIAN, Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG XIN, COVID-19 survivor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU JIAN, Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LIU JIAN, Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WANG XIN, COVID-19 survivor 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): LIU JIAN, Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): WANG XIN, COVID-19 survivor 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): LIU JIAN, Professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (Chinese): WANG XIN, COVID-19 survivor STORYLINE: Liu Jian, a conductor and composer based in Shanghai, and Wang Xin, a 90-year-old violinist and COVID-19 survivor in Wuhan, made friends with each other in early 2020. As Wuhan was hit hard by COVID-19, a photo of Wa

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(HKSAR 25)CHINA-GREATER BAY AREA-TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE (CN)

(HKSAR 25)CHINA-GREATER BAY AREA-TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE (CN)

(220630) -- GUANGZHOU, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 23, 2020 shows a view of the Humen Bridge, which links Guangzhou City and Dongguan City, in south China's Guangdong Province. With the building of traffic arteries, the connectivity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been continuously improved. The convenient transport network has also enhanced the logistics efficiency within the area and injected new vitality into local development of business. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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(HKSAR 25)CHINA-GREATER BAY AREA-TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE (CN)

(HKSAR 25)CHINA-GREATER BAY AREA-TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE (CN)

(220630) -- GUANGZHOU, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 23, 2020 shows a view of the Humen Bridge, which links Guangzhou City and Dongguan City, in south China's Guangdong Province. With the building of traffic arteries, the connectivity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been continuously improved. The convenient transport network has also enhanced the logistics efficiency within the area and injected new vitality into local development of business. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-DISSOVLED

(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-DISSOVLED

(220621) -- TOKYO, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) Hashimoto Seiko speaks during the press conference following the last Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2022. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee will be dissolved on June 30 after having the last board meeting here on Tuesday. (Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Handout via Xinhua)

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(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-DISSOVLED

(SP)JAPAN-TOKYO-OLYMPIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE-DISSOVLED

(220621) -- TOKYO, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) Hashimoto Seiko (C) speaks during the last Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2022. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee will be dissolved on June 30 after having the last board meeting here on Tuesday. (Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Handout via Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: "Reliable development partner" -- China in eyes of Asia-Pacific countries

Xinhua Headlines: "Reliable development partner" -- China in eyes of Asia-Pacific countries

(220602) -- BEIJING, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Yingxing (R), specialist from the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, checks the growth of the dry-land rice with local specialist Tony Simon in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea on Jan. 30, 2020. (Photo by Hu Yingping/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: A look at younger generation on China's new journey

Xinhua Headlines: A look at younger generation on China's new journey

(220509) -- BEIJING, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lu Tingting (R), a member of volunteer team of Party members, works at an exhibition hall of the Communist Manifesto at Fudan University in Shanghai, east China, June 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

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Copper fiber sheet commercialized by Good Eye

Copper fiber sheet commercialized by Good Eye

Good Eye (Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture) will release GUD Sheet, a copper fiber sheet with antibacterial and antiviral effects, in June. The company commercialized four types of masks, including one priced at 4,980 yen (excluding consumption tax). The GUD sheet is a polymer fiber covered with copper foil and coated with a visible light responsive photocatalyst. In an experiment on bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria, it was confirmed that rubbing a finger covered with the virus on the sheet for 30 seconds reduced the number of the virus to less than 1/1000.Professor Hideyuki Itabashi of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Gunma University, who also serves as the company's chairman, said, "We hope to start experiments in July. The photo shows copper fiber sheets commercialized as masks and chiefs. (Photo taken on May 19, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Essential Caregivers Act Press Conference - Washington

Essential Caregivers Act Press Conference - Washington

Tracey Alvino holds a photo of her father Daniel Alvino during a press conference to call for action on the Essential Caregivers Act (HR 3733), outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Daniel Alvino caught COVID-19 at a nursing home and died at the age of 76 in a hospital. His daughter Tracey Alvino was never allowed to visit her father in the hospital, where he died alone in April 2020. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Essential Caregivers Act Press Conference - Washington

Essential Caregivers Act Press Conference - Washington

Tracey Alvino holds a photo of her father Daniel Alvino during a press conference to call for action on the Essential Caregivers Act (HR 3733), outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Daniel Alvino caught COVID-19 at a nursing home and died at the age of 76 in a hospital. His daughter Tracey Alvino was never allowed to visit her father in the hospital, where he died alone in April 2020. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Scottish culture secretary speaks in interview in Tokyo

Scottish culture secretary speaks in interview in Tokyo

Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Cabinet secretary for culture, says in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 30, 2015, that the 2012 London Olympics had beneficial effects on Scotland. She expressed the view that support by Japan's outlying regions for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is vital for its success. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coates inspects Makuhari Messe in Chiba Pref.

IOC's Coates inspects Makuhari Messe in Chiba Pref.

John Coates (far R), chair of the Coordination Commission for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 of the International Olympic Committee, is greeted by Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (far L) in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on June 30, 2015, after inspecting Makuhari Messe in the city as some games are planned to be held there. Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R), president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, also accompanied them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan aims for 2020 fiscal reform goal through robust growth

Japan aims for 2020 fiscal reform goal through robust growth

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at an economic and fiscal policy meeting in Tokyo on June 30, 2015. The Cabinet the same day adopted a plan to realize its key fiscal reform goal in fiscal 2020 with increased tax revenues from robust economic growth led by the business sector, amid swelling social security costs in fast-aging Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) talks with John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, after Coates inspected Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, a venue for the wrestling, fencing and taekwondo events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on June 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

IOC's Coordination Commission head Coates inspects Makuhari Messe

Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita (L) and John Coates, chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, shake hands after Coates inspected Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba, a venue for the wrestling, fencing and taekwondo events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on June 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan aims for 2020 fiscal reform goal through robust growth

Japan aims for 2020 fiscal reform goal through robust growth

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari attend an extraordinary Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on June 30, 2015. The government adopted a plan to realize its key fiscal reform goal in fiscal 2020 with increased tax revenues from robust economic growth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taisei president shows eagerness to construct Olympic stadium

Taisei president shows eagerness to construct Olympic stadium

Yoshiyuki Murata, president of major constructor Taisei Corp., attends a press conference in Yokohama near Tokyo on June 30, 2015. Murata, whose firm may undertake the construction of the new National Stadium, which will serve as the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics, showed his willingness to undertake the challenging project by making every effort possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

CORRECTED: Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

CORRECTED: Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Tougher penalties for road rage incidents

CORRECTED: Tougher penalties for road rage incidents

Police officers line up in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, before a shift on June 30, 2020, as a law to impose tougher penalties for road rage incidents took effect in Japan the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

CORRECTED: Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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metro, C line, Muzeum (Museum) station, passengers, commuters, face mask

metro, C line, Muzeum (Museum) station, passengers, commuters, face mask

People travel in the Pagueエs metro station Muzeum on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, before tomorrow`s end of mandatory wearing of face masks in public transport and internal spaces. Restaurants and pubs can also open between 23:00 and 06:00. This does not apply to Moravia-Silesia where the infection may be spreading. In Prague, people must wear face masks in the metro and at public events with more than 100 participants. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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metro, C line, Muzeum (Museum) station, passengers, commuters, face mask

metro, C line, Muzeum (Museum) station, passengers, commuters, face mask

People travel in the Pagueエs metro station Muzeum on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, before tomorrow`s end of mandatory wearing of face masks in public transport and internal spaces. Restaurants and pubs can also open between 23:00 and 06:00. This does not apply to Moravia-Silesia where the infection may be spreading. In Prague, people must wear face masks in the metro and at public events with more than 100 participants. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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metro, C line, Muzeum (Museum) station, passengers, commuters, face mask

metro, C line, Muzeum (Museum) station, passengers, commuters, face mask

People travel in the Pagueエs metro station Muzeum on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, before tomorrow`s end of mandatory wearing of face masks in public transport and internal spaces. Restaurants and pubs can also open between 23:00 and 06:00. This does not apply to Moravia-Silesia where the infection may be spreading. In Prague, people must wear face masks in the metro and at public events with more than 100 participants. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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