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(231011) -- BEIJING, Oct. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A China-Europe freight train heading for Yiwu of China departs from Madrid, Spain, March 9, 2023. The train service from the Chinese small commodity hub of Yiwu to the European commodity center of Madrid was officially launched in November 2014, spanning eight countries in Eurasia with a total length of more than 13,000 kilometers. The train service from Yiwu to Madrid has become a carrier of economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges between countries along the railway and has built a new bridge for opening and cooperation between countries and peoples along the line. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at a digital control center at China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 9, 2023. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a customer shopping at a Chinese commodity supermarket in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2023. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A machinery loads cargo at China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 9, 2023. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

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Sole Japanese tour guide at Auschwitz museum at work

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Nakatani, the only Japanese tour guide at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oswiecim, Poland, points to a map at the facility in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Gateposts of ex-air base remain in southern Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - The rear gateposts of the Bansei Air Base for wartime kamikaze missions in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Kamikaze pilot's watch kept as memento

FUKUOKA, Japan - A watch given to kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki by Tachiarai Army Flight School in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, upon graduation and handed to his father before his suicide mission in May 1945 is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014. The watch is kept at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Kamikaze pilot's last diary on display

FUKUOKA, Japan - The last diary written by 17-year-old kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Araki went on a suicide mission on May 27, 1945, a week after the diary was written.

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Memories of kamikaze pilots kept alive at peace museum

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photographs and diaries of kamikaze pilots dating from the final months of World War II are shown in this photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum, built on the site of a former air base in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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High schoolers check map in outdoor disaster education

OSAKA, Japan - Students at the Kyoto branch of Tsukuba Kaisei High School check a map during an outdoor education program in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014, seeking to identify people appearing in news photos taken after the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit the western Japan prefecture in 1995.

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Nishikori advances to Paris Masters semifinal

PARIS, France - U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a shot against David Ferrer of Spain during a quarterfinal match at the Paris Masters, which began shortly before 10:00 p.m. on Oct. 31, and finished at 12:35 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2014, in Paris. Nishikori won 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinal. With the victory, Nishikori is qualified for his first ATP World Tour Finals to be held from Nov. 9 to 16 in London.

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Nishikori advances to Paris Masters semifinal

PARIS, France - U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a shot against David Ferrer of Spain during a quarterfinal match at the Paris Masters, which began shortly before 10:00 p.m. on Oct. 31, and finished at 12:35 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2014, in Paris. Nishikori won 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinal. With the victory, Nishikori is qualified for his first ATP World Tour Finals to be held from Nov. 9 to 16 in London.

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Japan Post starts selling New Year's cards

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Co. President Toru Takahashi (C), flanked by actress Haru (L) and comedian Yu Sawabe, poses for photos with Japanese New Year's cards for the year of 2015, in Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014, during a ceremony to commemorate the first day of their nationwide sale. The postcards, which Japanese traditionally send to friends and relatives on New Year's Day, will be on sale until Jan. 9, and 3.42 billion of them are expected to be issued.

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Foreign visitors to China continue to decline

BEIJING, China - Foreign tourists wearing masks walk in a heavily polluted Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2014. The number of travelers to mainland China from abroad, including Macao and Hong Kong, saw a 2.5% drop to 129.07 million in 2013, according to the China Tourism Academy, which cited fears of terrorism as a factor for the decline in foreigner visitors as well as environmental issues.

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Japan's Article 9 has another chance: peace prize watcher

OSLO, Norway - Kristian Harpviken, known as a Nobel Peace Prize watcher, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, a Norwegian independent peace studies institution, says in an interview in Oslo on Oct. 10, 2014, Japan's war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution can be a candidate for the prize again.

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Man shows off salmon caught with net

TOMIOKA, Japan - Kiyomi Igari shows off a salmon caught with a fishing net cast in a manner he learned from his father in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Seeking Nobel Peace Prize for Japan Constitution

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Naomi Takasu, an executive committee member of a civic group seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, speaks at a press conference in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2014.

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Ishikawa plays in 1st round of Frys.com Open

NAPA, United States - Ryo Ishikawa of Japan lets go of his club after teeing off on the sixth hole in the first round of the Frys.com Open at the Silverado Country Club in Napa, California, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Matsuyama in 1st round of Frys.com Open

NAPA, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits an approach shot on the 14th hole in the first round of the Frys.com Open at the Silverado Country Club in Napa, California, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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IMF chief Lagarde meets press in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, gives a press conference in Washington on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Finance Minister Aso meets with reporters in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso meets with reporters on Oct. 9, 2014, in Washington, the United States, where he is attending a finance chiefs' meeting of the Group of 20 major economies.

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BOJ chief Kuroda attends G-20 meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda meets with reporters on Oct. 9, 2014, in Washington, the United States, where he is attending a two-day meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies. Ahead of the meeting, Kuroda said facilitating investment in new infrastructure is crucial to bolster economies even for advanced nations.

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Ebola-related economic loss could top $30 bil.: World Bank

WASHINGTON, United States - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attends a press conference in Washington, the United States, on Oct. 9, 2014. He said the bank estimated the economic loss related to the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa could top $30 billion by the end of 2015.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura stands on the center of the podium on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, after breaking his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships. To his left is Britain's silver medalist Max Whitlock and right is Japan's bronze medalist Yusuke Tanaka.

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Hong Kong gov't postpones talks with student group

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam (L) announces at a press conference in the Chinese autonomous region on Oct. 9, 2014, that the planned meeting between local government officials and a pro-democracy student group has been postponed.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, shows Japan's Kohei Uchimura, who broke his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships.

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Gamba Osaka's Patric scores in Nabisco Cup match

OSAKA, Japan - Brazilian striker Patric of Gamba Osaka scores the team's third goal in the second half of a Nabisco Cup match against Kawasaki Frontale in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. Osaka won 3-1.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura of Japan competes on the rings during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Safety briefing session held on Sendai nuke plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - A resident of Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, asks a question during a briefing session on the safety of the Sendai Nuclear Power Station operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Oct. 9, 2014, ahead of its planned restart.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura performs his floor exercise during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Hong Kong students refuse to retreat

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Alex Chow Yong-Kang, president of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, speaks to reporters in Hong Kong on Oct. 9, 2014. The student protesters said they will not retreat from their barricades and will take over new areas unless the government meets their demands.

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Pro-democracy group threatens protest expansion in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Alex Chow (extreme L), secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, seeks a sincere government response to the group's demands for democracy at a press conference in the Chinese autonomous region on Oct. 9, 2014. Chow suggested possible re-occupation of a main street near the local government office after the Hong Kong government postponed talks with the student group.

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Japan ready for int'l friendly against Jamaica

NIIGATA, Japan - Javier Aguirre (C), head coach of Japan's national soccer team, speaks to his players during a training session in Niigata on Oct. 9, 2014, a day before an international friendly against Jamaica.

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Pro-democracy group threatens protest expansion in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Leaders of a pro-democracy student group hold a slogan calling for free elections in their hands near the occupied main road in Hong Kong on Oct. 9, 2014, prior to a press conference in which they suggested a possible expansion of road occupation in reaction to the government postponing talks with them.

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People protest against plan to resume Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Protesters hold banners opposing the restart of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai Nuclear Power Station in front of a venue for a briefing session on plant safety for residents in Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Hiroshima, Kashiwa players compete in Nabisco Cup match

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Midfielders Kaoru Takayama of Kashiwa Raysol (L) and Toshihiro Aoyama of Sanfrecce Hiroshima compete for the ball in the first half of a Nabisco Cup match in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. Hiroshima won 2-0.

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Osaka, Kawasaki players compete in Nabisco Cup match

OSAKA, Japan - Striker Yoshito Okubo of Kawasaki Frontale (rear) and his counterpart Takashi Usami of Gamba Osaka compete for the ball in the first half of a Nabisco Cup match in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. Osaka won 3-1.

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Hiroshima's Sato scores in Nabisco Cup match vs. Kashiwa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Striker Hisato Sato (front) of Sanfrecce Hiroshima scores the opener in the first half of a Nabisco Cup match against Kashiwa Raysol in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. Hiroshima won 2-0.

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Foreign tourist arrivals rise 19% at central Japan airport

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan International Airport Co. President Hiroshi Kawakami announces at a press conference in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014, a 19% increase to some 590,000 in the number of foreign visitors from April to August this year over the same period a year before.

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'Dry landscape' garden in Kyoto illuminated

KYOTO, Japan - Torin-in Temple's "karesansui"-style rock garden in Kyoto, western Japan, is illuminated with candle light and traditional Japanese lanterns on Oct. 9, 2014. Karesansui, literally meaning a dry mountain and water, is a style of gardening which creates a landscape with only dry materials such as rocks and gravel stones.

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'Dry landscape' garden in Kyoto illuminated

KYOTO, Japan - Two women enjoy Torin-in Temple's "karesansui"-style rock garden illuminated with candle light and traditional Japanese lanterns in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. Karesansui, literally meaning a dry mountain and water, is a style of gardening which creates a landscape with only dry materials such as rocks and gravel stones.

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Safety briefing session held on Sendai nuke plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - More than 1,000 residents in Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, randomly selected by lottery attend a briefing session on the safety of the Sendai Nuclear Power Station operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Oct. 9, 2014, ahead of its planned restart.

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Skylark returns to Tokyo Stock Exchange

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Tani, chief executive officer of Skylark Co., Japan's largest restaurant chain operator owned by United States private equity firm Bain Capital LLC, rings a bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014, as the company returns to the TSE's First Section, eight years after the company's delisting in 2006.

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Nara Sansai-style tiles unearthed in Toshodaiji

NARA, Japan - Fragments of Nara Sansai (tricolor) -style tiles with a unique wave design unearthed at Toshodaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, are displayed in Nara on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Skylark relisted on TSE after 8-yr hiatus

TOKYO, Japan - Skylark Co. President Makoto Tani (L) holds a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 9, 2014. The restaurant chain operator was relisted in the TSE's first section for the first time in eight years after its delisting in 2006.