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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUILIN-GIRL-UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT (CN)

(240405) -- GUILIN, April 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Dong Qian (front) moved out of the classroom by his father Dong Huiling with a trolley bed at Sanchawei Primary School in Lingchuan Township, Lingchuan County of Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sept. 13, 2012 (L) and Dong Qian (C) walking with her classmates at Guilin Normal College in Guilin City on March 13, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Defying limits: Unbreakable spirit of a girl battling brittle bones" (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUILIN-GIRL-UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT (CN)

(240405) -- GUILIN, April 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Dong Qian (C) taking classes at Sanchawei Primary School in Lingchuan Township, Lingchuan County of Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sept. 13, 2012 (above) and Dong Qian (front) taking classes at Guilin Normal College in Guilin City on March 13, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Defying limits: Unbreakable spirit of a girl battling brittle bones" (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei (R) checks a draft with her daughter Zhang Ailing at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei displays her books at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's arti

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Ailing, Jiang Shumei's daughter, massages her mother's hand at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei (R) checks a draft with her daughter Zhang Ailing at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book.

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Zhou Yongkang

BEIJING, China - File photo taken March 5, 2012 shows Zhou Yongkang, then a Politburo standing committee member of the Chinese Communist Party, at the opening ceremony of the annual session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Cat given as gift by Russian leader Putin

AKITA, Japan - Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake strokes a Siberian cat given as a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the prefectural office building in Akita on Feb. 5, 2013. The cat was sent in return for an Akita dog given by the prefecture in the summer of 2012 to express appreciation for Russia's support in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Cat given as gift by Russian leader Putin

AKITA, Japan - Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake holds a Siberian cat given as a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the prefectural office building in Akita on Feb. 5, 2013. The cat was sent in return for an Akita dog given by the prefecture in the summer of 2012 to express appreciation for Russia's support in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Firefighters call for evacuation from coastal areas in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:47 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2012, following a tsunami warning after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan at 5:18 p.m. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Officials gather information in the city hall of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:38 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2012, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan at 5:18 p.m. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Japan's greenhouse gas emissions

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese Environment Minister Hiroyuki Nagahama answers reporters' questions on Dec. 5, 2012, in Doha, Qatar, where the 18th United Nations Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held. Greenhouse gases equivalent to 1,307 million tons of carbon dioxide were emitted in Japan in fiscal 2011 through March 2012, up 3.9 percent from the previous year, the Environment Ministry said the same day in a preliminary report.

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Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

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Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

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Toyota ups profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2012. The automaker raised its group operating profit projection for the current business year through March to 1.05 trillion yen, from an earlier projected 1 trillion yen, on brisk sales in Southeast Asia and North America, despite declining sales in China.

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Trip to burial sites for Japanese in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sadao Masaki, the head of Seishinkai, a group of Japanese former residents of what is now North Korea, puts his hands together in prayer on Sept. 5, 2012, at a field believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II, in a suburb of Pyongyang. The group concluded the same day a trip to North Korea during which they studied such sites and offered prayers. In the front are the remains which were said to have been found there in March 2011.

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U.S. Japan NGOs' meeting over tsunami debris

PORTLAND, United States - A meeting over the landfall in North America of debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan is held by U.S. and Japanese nongovernmental organizations in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 5, 2012.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs in Japan, overseas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 26, 2012, shows the headquarters of Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The company will slash some 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its consolidated workforce, in and outside Japan by the end of March 2013 through early retirements and other means to turn its business around after being hit by a slump in its television business, sources close to the matter said Aug. 2, 2012.

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Mazda to boost production capacity for CX-5 SUV

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken July 3, 2012, shows Mazda Motor Corp.'s auto assembly plant in the city of Hiroshima. Mazda said the same day it will boost production capacity for its smash hit CX-5 sport utility vehicle to 240,000 vehicles a year the following March, from 160,000 units, due to robust sales at home and abroad.

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Operators at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012, look at displays in the central control room for the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, after Japan's last operating commercial reactor went offline for mandatory routine maintenance. The nation was left without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken at 11:08 p.m. on May 5, 2012, shows Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor can be seen to the right. The photo was taken shortly after the reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates the output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, has fallen to zero at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari in the prefecture falling at 5:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - An operator at 5:04 p.m. on May 5, 2012, looks at a display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, that shows output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village in the prefecture. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Carp streamers fly in Iwate

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Carp streamers fly in the air at the venue of a children's festival in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on May 5, 2012. About 200 carp streamers, which were among some 300 donated from around the country, were displayed at the festival held on the Children's Day national holiday to encourage children affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Hydroelectric power station in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam (far L), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, gives a speech at a ceremony for the completion of the Huichon power station in Jagang Province, northern North Korea, on April 5, 2012. Construction of the hydroelectric power station began in March 2009.

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Hydroelectric power station in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A ceremony is held for the completion of the Huichon power station in Jagang Province, northern North Korea, on April 5, 2012. Construction of the hydroelectric power station began in March 2009.

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Comedian Neko to represent Cambodia at Olympic marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2012, in Oita, southwestern Japan, shows comedian Hiroshi Neko. Neko, who was born in Japan's Chiba Prefecture and obtained Cambodian citizenship in October 2011 so he could have a shot at running in this summer's London Olympics, will represent Cambodia in the men's marathon in the event, the secretary general of Cambodia's Olympic committee said March 25, 2012.

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Mariners lose to Hanshin in exhibition play

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Iwata of the Hanshin Tigers starts an exhibition game against the Seattle Mariners at Tokyo Dome on March 25, 2012. He allowed six hits over five scoreless innings, contributing to the Tigers' 5-1 victory.

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Mariners lose to Hanshin in exhibition play

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners rips a single down the left-field line in the first inning of an exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome on March 25, 2012. The Tigers won 5-1.

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Kuroda solid as Yankees split squad beats Phillies

CLEARWATER, United States - Hiroki Kuroda of the New York Yankees pitches in a game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Florida, on March 23, 2012. The right-hander held the Phillies to six hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings in a 5-3 victory.

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Container-like vegetable plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Nara, western Japan, shows the exterior of the agri-cube, a container-like facility for growing lettuce and other plants, to be sold beginning April 5 by Daiwa House Industry Co.

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Container-like vegetable plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Nara, western Japan, shows the inside of the agri-cube, a container-like facility for growing lettuce and other plants, to be sold beginning April 5 by Daiwa House Industry Co.

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Bo Xilai replaced as Chongqing party chief

BEIJING, China - Photo taken March 5, 2012, shows Bo Xilai (L), head of southwest China's Chongqing municipality, and Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang (R), during the opening ceremony for the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China's official Xinhua News Agency reported March 15 that Bo has been replaced by Zhang.

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'Pop daruma' dolls

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 5, 2012, shows ''pop daruma,'' new products of local specialty crafts created with traditional carving techniques. The new line is popular with its combination of a stern facial expression and brightly colored design.

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Holding hands in prayer

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People line up and hold hands to mourn for the victims of the massive tsunami on the coast of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:59 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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Holding hands in prayer

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People line up and hold hands to mourn for the victims of the massive tsunami on the coast of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:58 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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Holding hands in prayer

KESENNUMA, Japan - People line up and hold hands at the riverside to mourn for the victims of the massive tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:51 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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Holding hands in prayer

IWAKI, Japan - People line up and hold hands facing the sea to mourn for the victims of the massive tsunami on the coast of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, at 5:56 a.m. on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a street in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 5, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012.

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Yamamoto soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 5, 2012 (bottom). The bath tub of a house, the rest of which was destroyed by the tsunami, remained.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show school bags at Yuriage Elementary School on June 4, 2011 (L), which were retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same spot on March 5, 2012 (R). Many bags are still left without being picked up.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011 (top), with items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same gymnasium on March 5, 2012 (bottom), in which items are still left without being picked up.

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UNICEF photo exhibition

NEW YORK, United States - A photo exhibition on the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit northeastern Japan opens in New York on March 5, 2012, featuring works depicting damage and affected children by news photographers and freelancers based in Japan. The exhibition, called Children and the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami -- UNICEF at Work, at the U.N. headquarters, was organized by the Japan Committee for the U.N. Children's Fund.