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Fashion Designer Giorgio Armani Dead at 91

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui works in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Zhang Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows trees planted by Hou Gui in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (2nd R) sets out to plant saplings in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Zhang Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui prepares for watering saplings in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Zhang Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (L) prepares to plant saplings in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Zhang Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (R) takes a walk with his wife in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (2nd R) works in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (1st R) waters saplings in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Zhang Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui patrols the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 25, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui plays with his dog after a day's work in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui works in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (front) prepares for watering saplings in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui plants saplings in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (front) and his wife Li Shuyuan prepare for dinner in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui waters saplings in the woods in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-BEIJING-SHOUGANG-GERMANY-RUHR-TRANSFORMATION

(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 14, 2023 shows people visiting a digital museum at the Shougang Park in Shijingshan District of Beijing, capital of China. From the Ruhr area in Germany to the Shougang industrial park in Beijing, one after another steel "giants" stand as witnesses to the development process of human civilization. The Ruhr area in Germany is a significant industrial zone in Europe, once a coal and steel production hub for Germany. The Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen was one of the world's largest coal mines from the late 19th to the early 20th century. With Germany's transition in energy industry, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex ceased operation completely in 1993. This exemplary modern industrial structure subsequently transformed into an arts and cultural center. In 2001, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1919, Shougang, meaning "capital steel" in the Chi

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(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 29, 2023 shows the opening ceremony of the China Science Fiction Convention 2023 held at the Shougang Park in Shijingshan District of Beijing, capital of China. From the Ruhr area in Germany to the Shougang industrial park in Beijing, one after another steel "giants" stand as witnesses to the development process of human civilization. The Ruhr area in Germany is a significant industrial zone in Europe, once a coal and steel production hub for Germany. The Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen was one of the world's largest coal mines from the late 19th to the early 20th century. With Germany's transition in energy industry, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex ceased operation completely in 1993. This exemplary modern industrial structure subsequently transformed into an arts and cultural center. In 2001, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1919, Shouga

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Bsous Silk Museum keeps Lebanon's history of sericulture

STORY: Bsous Silk Museum keeps Lebanon's history of sericulture DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bsous Silk Museum and visitors STORYLINE: Located in the village of Bsous of Aley County in Mount Lebanon Governorate, Bsous Silk Museum is the only one of its kind in Lebanon. Its structure was originally built by the Fayad family and operated as a silk factory between 1901 and 1954. It was restored by its owners, George and Alexandra Asseily who bought the property in 1973, and has been serving as a museum since 2001. Part of the silk museum's permanent collection includes live silkworms. The museum also regularly puts on annual exhibitions under different themes, showcasing silk culture from around the world. Past exhibitions have spotlighted the silk industry in China, India, Vietnam, Italy and France. The museum is open from May to October. Silk production was for one period the pillar of the Lebanese economy, accounting for 62 percen

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (R) and Shi Jinfang rehearse puppet play of Kunqu Opera at a park in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 18, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 pup

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (L) and Shi Jinfang prepare to rehearse puppet play of Kunqu Opera at a park in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 18, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed o

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children interact with puppets at a kindergarten in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 20, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet plays of Kunqu Opera f

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (R) and Shi Jinfang perform puppet play of Kunqu Opera for children at a kindergarten in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 20, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have pe

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (R) and Shi Jinfang perform puppet play of Kunqu Opera in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 17, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet plays of

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (C), Shi Xiaoming (R) and Shi Jinfang pose for a group photo after rehearsal in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 19, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed o

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (1st R) and Shi Jinfang (1st L) teach children to control puppets at a kindergarten in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 20, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have perf

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing and Shi Jinfang perform puppet play of Kunqu Opera in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 17, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet plays of Kunq

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (L, front) and Shi Jinfang perform puppet play of Kunqu Opera in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 17, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet pl

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (L) and Shi Jinfang perform puppet play of Kunqu Opera in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 17, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet plays of

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(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (L) and Shi Jinfang perform puppet play of Kunqu Opera in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 17, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet plays of

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CHINA-JIANGSU-KUNQU OPERA-PUPPET-INHERITORS (CN)

(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shi Xiaoming (L) and Shi Jinfang arrange puppets in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 19, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet plays of Kunqu Opera f

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CHINA-JIANGSU-KUNQU OPERA-PUPPET-INHERITORS (CN)

(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (L) and Shi Jinfang teach children to control puppets at a kindergarten in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 20, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 2

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CHINA-JIANGSU-KUNQU OPERA-PUPPET-INHERITORS (CN)

(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (R) and Shi Jinfang rehearse puppet play of Kunqu Opera at a park in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 18, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 pup

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CHINA-JIANGSU-KUNQU OPERA-PUPPET-INHERITORS (CN)

(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing and Shi Jinfang rehearse puppet play of Kunqu Opera at a park in Qidu Town, Wujiang District of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 18, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet

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CHINA-JIANGSU-KUNQU OPERA-PUPPET-INHERITORS (CN)

(230519) -- NANJING, May 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Jing (R) and Shi Jinfang rehearse at a dance room in Qidu Town, Wujiang district of Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 19, 2023. Kunqu, with a history of hundreds of years, is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage in 2001. In Qidu Town of Suzhou, there is a unique form of Kunqu Opera called "Kunqu Puppet" which features actors presenting performance with puppets on the stage. In order to inherit the traditional "Kunqu Puppet", Sun Jing, Shi Jinfang and Shi Xiaoming were selected by local authority to study Kunqu Opera performance in an opera school while they were still middle school students in 2004. At the opera school, they first learned the art of Kunqu Opera performance before moving on to puppet handling. After graduating in 2009, they began to perform "Kunqu Puppet" at the cultural station in Qidu Town and have performed over 280 puppet plays of Kunqu Op

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SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-APARTHEID MUSEUM

(230518) -- JOHANNESBURG, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 17, 2023. The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)

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SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-APARTHEID MUSEUM

(230518) -- JOHANNESBURG, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 17, 2023. The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)

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SOUTH AFRICA-JOHANNESBURG-APARTHEID MUSEUM

(230518) -- JOHANNESBURG, May 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 17, 2023. The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)

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USJ may see largest monthly visitor turnout in August

OSAKA, Japan - The number of visitors to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan, in August may surpass the monthly record of some 1.31 million, registered in August 2001, due to the popularity of a new attraction based on the Harry Potter film franchise that opened on July 15. The photo was taken on Aug. 7, 2014.

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9/11 museum in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the 9/11 Memorial Museum, dedicated to memorializing the 2001 attacks on the United States, at Ground Zero in New York on May 14, 2014.

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9/11 museum in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows inside of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, dedicated to memorializing the 2001 attacks on the United States, at Ground Zero in New York on May 14, 2014.

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9/11 museum in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows displays on the 2001 attacks on the United States in the 9/11 Memorial Museum at Ground Zero in New York on May 14, 2014.

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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - People raise their fists during a May Day gathering hosted by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the gathering, the first prime from the Liberal Democratic Party to do so since 2001.

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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Nobuaki Koga, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo, at a May Day gathering at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014, after ending his speech. Abe is the first prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2001 to attend the May Day event hosted by Rengo.

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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) delivers a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014, with Nobuaki Koga (2nd from L), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo, listening to him. Abe is the first prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2001 to attend the May Day event hosted by Rengo.

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Japan PM Abe pledges to spread benefit of economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 26, 2014. Abe is the first prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2001 to attend the May Day event hosted by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation also known as Rengo.

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Japan doctor offers medical relief abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Kurosaki, president of the Japanese arm of Doctors without Borders, speaks on May 21, 2013 at the entity's office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Kurosaki, who assumed her current position in March 2010, has offered humanitarian medical aid as a volunteer surgeon on a total of 11 missions to such countries as Sri Lanka, Somalia and Jordan since 2001. Most recently she was in Syria for about a month from mid-April.

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Minamata disease authority Harada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2001 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Masazumi Harada, a physician involved for many years in the study of the mercury poisoning-caused Minamata disease, giving a medical checkup to a man suspected of being a congenital sufferer of the disease. Harada died on June 11, 2012, of leukemia at his home in Kumamoto City. He was 77.

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Ex-upper house lawmaker Tomobe dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 1995 shows Tatsuo Tomobe, a former House of Councillors member who was convicted of fraud and expelled from parliament in 2001. Tomobe died on Jan. 28, 2012, in Tokyo, police said Feb. 3, 2012. He was 83.