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China: Black Swan Seen Scooping Leaves in Reverse at Zhaotong University

On November 15, 2025, in Zhaotong, Yunnan, a video captured the unusual sight of a black swan at Zhaotong University moving backward across a pond while repeatedly scooping leaves toward the shore.

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2025AWE Held in Shanghai

A robot demonstrates cleaning a rice bowl at 2025AWE in Shanghai, China on March 20, 2025.

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American football: Rice Bowl championship in Japan

Panasonic Impulse players celebrate after winning Japan's Rice Bowl American football championship with a 34-27 victory over the Fujitsu Frontiers in the final at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on Jan. 3, 2025.

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American football: Rice Bowl championship in Japan

Panasonic Impulse players celebrate after defeating the Fujitsu Frontiers 34-27 in the final of Japan's Rice Bowl American football championship at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on Jan. 3, 2025.

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French chef's foodie tour in east China

STORY: French chef's foodie tour in east China SHOOTING TIME: April 10-12, 2024 DATELINE: May 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef in China 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHEN JIANGRONG, Party Secretary of Xiantan Village 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef in China 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef in China STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CORENTIN DELCROIX, French chef in China "Hello, I'm Corentin Delcroix. Guess where I am? Xiantan Village in Mogan Mountain, Deqing County. In the morning, let's try the special breakfast in Xiantan Village. This is the sticky rice tea cake. Another must-try breakfast here is duck feet noodles. A bowl of duck feet soup with a bowl of mixed noodles. The duck feet are incredibly tender and juicy. It feels like they've been stewed for a long time. Spring is the season for harvesting fresh tea in Xiantan Village. I'm not good at it. The

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One Dead And 21 Injured Near Super Bowl Parade - Kansas City

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Kansas City police are seen at Union Station, where a shooting broke out during the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. One person has died and 21 people were wounded in a shooting in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade. Officials said they treated eight victims who were in immediately life-threatening condition and seven others who had suffered injuries that could prove life-threatening. Nine children were among the wounded - all are expected to recover. Police said they have arrested three suspects in connection to the shooting. Photo by Glenn E. Rice/The Kansas City Star/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)U.S.-LAS VEGAS-SUPER BOWL-KANSAS CITY CHIEFS VS SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

(240212) -- LAS VEGAS, Feb. 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rashee Rice (L) of Kansas City Chiefs makes a catch during the NFL Super Bowl LVIII football game between San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas, the United States, Feb.11, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

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Japan public safety chief under fire on gaffe

Japanese National Public Safety Commission chief Koichi Tani meets the press in Tokyo on April 26, 2023, following a gaffe he made at a party the previous day held by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He came under fire after saying he kept eating a "delicious" bowl of grilled eel rice even after being notified of the explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan public safety chief under fire on gaffe

Japanese National Public Safety Commission chief Koichi Tani meets the press in Tokyo on April 26, 2023, following a gaffe he made at a party the previous day held by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He came under fire after saying he kept eating a "delicious" bowl of grilled eel rice even after being notified of the explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QUANZHOU-RICE NOODLES (CN)

(240126) -- QUANZHOU, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yong pours chili oil to a bowl of rice noodle in Quanzhou County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2024. Liu Yong, 50, is an inheritor of Quanzhou chili oil rice noodle making technique, boasting nearly three decades of professional experience. This noodle, a signature street food of Quanzhou, has been inscribed on the regional intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QUANZHOU-RICE NOODLES (CN)

(240126) -- QUANZHOU, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yong adds flavoring to a bowl of rice noodle in Quanzhou County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2024. Liu Yong, 50, is an inheritor of Quanzhou chili oil rice noodle making technique, boasting nearly three decades of professional experience. This noodle, a signature street food of Quanzhou, has been inscribed on the regional intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QUANZHOU-RICE NOODLES (CN)

(240126) -- QUANZHOU, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 25, 2024 shows a bowl of Quanzhou chili oil rice noodle in Quanzhou County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Liu Yong, 50, is an inheritor of Quanzhou chili oil rice noodle making technique, boasting nearly three decades of professional experience. This noodle, a signature street food of Quanzhou, has been inscribed on the regional intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QUANZHOU-RICE NOODLES (CN)

(240126) -- QUANZHOU, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yong adds minced meat to a bowl of rice noodle in Quanzhou County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2024. Liu Yong, 50, is an inheritor of Quanzhou chili oil rice noodle making technique, boasting nearly three decades of professional experience. This noodle, a signature street food of Quanzhou, has been inscribed on the regional intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QUANZHOU-RICE NOODLES (CN)

(240126) -- QUANZHOU, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yong pours broth into a bowl of rice noodle in Quanzhou County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2024. Liu Yong, 50, is an inheritor of Quanzhou chili oil rice noodle making technique, boasting nearly three decades of professional experience. This noodle, a signature street food of Quanzhou, has been inscribed on the regional intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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Chinese hybrid rice helps farmers in Madagascar increase yield

STORY: Chinese hybrid rice helps farmers in Madagascar increase yield DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tomb of Yuan Longping 2. various of Rakotoson Philibert presenting a bowl of hybrid rice to the tomb of Yuan Longping 3. various of hybrid rice planting in Madagascar 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HU YUEFANG, Chinese hybrid rice expert 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG LIJUN, Executive director of Africa sub-center in Mahitsy, China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center 6. various of hybrid rice planting in Madagascar STORYLINE: In June, a bowl of hybrid rice from Africa was presented as a special offering at the tomb of Yuan Longping, China's "father of hybrid rice." The gift was brought in person by Rakotoson Philibert, former secretary general of the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar. Following a series of procedures such as variety selection, and risk analysis for potential foreign species invasion, Chinese

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Traditional food of Spring Festival: Vegetable rice

STORY: Traditional food of Spring Festival: Vegetable rice DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:25 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of making vegetable rice (courtesy of Songjiang Convergence Media Center) STORYLINE: Cai Fan, or vegetable rice, is a local delicacy in east China's Shanghai. For many Shanghainese, a bowl of vegetable rice is dearer than any luxury foodstuff during the Spring Festival. Some people choose vegetables with meat as ingredients and cook them with rice. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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American football: Rice Bowl Japan championship

Tsubasa Takagi (18) of the Fujitsu Frontiers passes the ball during the first quarter of Japan's American football championship game, the Rice Bowl, against the Panasonic Impulse at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2023.

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American football: Rice Bowl Japan championship

Fujitsu Frontiers players celebrate after beating the Panasonic Impulse 29-21 to win their second consecutive and seventh overall Rice Bowl American football championship in Japan on Jan. 23, 2023, at Tokyo Dome.

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American football: Rice Bowl Japan championship

The Fujitsu Frontiers pose for photos at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2023, after beating the Panasonic Impulse 29-21 to win their second consecutive and seventh overall Rice Bowl American football championship in Japan.

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American football: Rice Bowl Japan championship

Fujitsu Frontiers players celebrate just before the end of Japan's American football championship game, the Rice Bowl, at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2023. The Fujitsu Frontiers beat the Panasonic Impulse 29-21 to win their second consecutive and seventh overall title.

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American football: Rice Bowl Japan championship

Jaylon Henderson (C) of the Panasonic Impulse passes the ball during the second quarter of Japan's American football championship game, the Rice Bowl, against the Fujitsu Frontiers at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2023.

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Obic wins Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Defensive back Masashi Fujimoto (L) of the Obic Seagulls competes for the ball with wide receiver Shunsuke Wada (16) of Kwansei Gakuin University during the first quarter of the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Obic of the corporate league won the game 38-28 for their second straight victory in the Rice Bowl, the Japanese championship of American football.

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Obic wins Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Wide receiver Ken Shimizu (C) of the Obic Seagulls is tackled by defensive backs Nobuhiro Shigeta (12) and Takehiro Ko (R) of Kwansei Gakuin University during the third quarter of the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Obic of the corporate league won the game 38-28 for their second straight victory in the Rice Bowl, the Japanese championship of American football.

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Fujitsu wins first national title

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu running back Gino Gordon scores a touchdown in the second quarter of the Rice Bowl against collegiate champion Kwansei Gakuin University on Jan. 3, 2015, in Tokyo. The corporate champion won its first national championship in American football, and Gordon was named the game's MVP.

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Fujitsu wins first national title

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu running back Gino Gordon scores a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Rice Bowl against collegiate champion Kwansei Gakuin University on Jan. 3, 2015, in Tokyo. The corporate champion won its first national championship in American football, and Gordon was named the game's MVP.

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Yoshinoya raises prices of 'gyudon' beef and rice

TOKYO, Japan - A worker at a restaurant of the Yoshinoya "gyudon" beef rice bowl chain in the Yurakucho shopping district in Tokyo replaces price lists on Dec. 17, 2014, to reflect price increases.

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Fukui promotes 'don' rice bowl dishes to attract tourists

FUKUI, Japan - Masayuki Nosaka, a restaurant owner and chairman of the "Fuku don project" committee, poses with rice bowl dishes in Fukui, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The project aims to promote the prefecture's rice bowl dishes and attract tourists.

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Fukui promotes 'don' rice bowl dishes to attract tourists

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa (front R) holds a "don" bowl to promote the prefecture's rice bowl dishes and attract tourists at an inauguration ceremony of a "Fuku don project" in front of the Fukui municipal government building in Fukui, western Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014.

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Rice bowl topped with sea urchin popular in Ishinomaki

TOKYO, Japan - Cook Yohei Abe in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, holds a bowl of rice topped with sea urchin at his seafood restaurant on July 19, 2014.

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'Heshiko ramen' gaining popularity in Mihama Town

TSURUGA, Japan - Hiroko Masaoka serves a bowl of "heshiko ramen" at her cafe "Aurora" in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture, on June 2, 2014. "Heshiko," fish soaked in fermented rice bran, is a known local product in the area.

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Sashimi bowl to support disaster-hit fishermen

SENDAI, Japan - A chef at sushi restaurant Fukizushi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, shows in this undated photo a bowl of "Sendai Zukedon" with locally grown rice topped with marinated sashimi slices from fish caught in the region. Sushi shops in Miyagi Prefecture are stepping up efforts to promote the dish in support of local fishermen affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Japanese keep flocking to fresh tuna eatery

TOKYO, Japan - Long lines of people regularly form in front of a "stand and eat"-style eatery serving "maguro-don," or a bowl of rice topped with sliced raw tuna, outside the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo.

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Yoshinoya to cut "gyudon" prices

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Shuji Abe (L), chairman of Yoshinoya Holdings Co., and actress Saki Aibu in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. The company said the same day it will cut "gyudon" beef and rice bowl prices on April 18 in response to the relaxation in February of restrictions on beef imports from the United States.

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Yoshinoya to cut "gyudon" prices

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yoshinoya's regular "gyudon" beef and rice bowl in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. Yoshinoya Holdings Co. said the same day it will cut gyudon prices on April 18 in response to the relaxation in February of restrictions on beef imports from the United States. The regular gyudon bowl price will be lowered by 100 yen to 280 yen.

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Obic captures 3rd straight Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Takuya Furutani (C) of Obic Seagulls scores a touchdown against Kwansei Gakuin University toward the end of the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2013. The Japan X-League's Obic defeated Kwansei 21-15, triumphing for the third straight year in the annual American Football national championship game between Japan's corporate and university champions.

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Tokyo Skytree opens

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Morimoto smiles in front of a dish resembling Tokyo Skytree that he ordered at Soba Dokoro Kamimura, a Japanese restaurant near the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on May 22, 2012, its opening day. The 1,800-yen dish is a bowl of rice topped with deep-fried prawns and vegetables. The prawns are leaned against the bowl's lid to create a tower-like figure.

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Gyudon in flight

TOKYO, Japan - Flight attendants hold trays of ''gyudon,'' Japanese-style beef and rice in a bowl, at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 1, 2012. Japan Airlines said it will serve the dish from Yoshinoya Holdings Co. on some international flights.

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Obic blanks Ritsumeikan to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Obic Seagulls celebrate victory in the Rice Bowl match, the major American football title in Japan, at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2011, after beating Ritsumeikan University 24-0.

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Annual 'natto' bean speed eating contest held with 8 foreigners

MITO, Japan - Participants of the annual ''natto'' fermented soybean speed eating contest eat sticky natto beans mixed with a bowl of rice in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 6, 2010. The contest drew 72 people including regulars in competitive eating from various parts of Japan and eight people from Austria and other foreign countries.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers linebacker Takashi Makiuchi (42) and his teammates celebrate after beating the Kansai University Kaisers to win the national title Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. Makiuchi was named the game's MVP.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers linebacker Takashi Makiuchi is tossed in the air by his teammates after his team beat the Kansai University Kaisers to win the national title Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. Makiuchi was named the game's MVP.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers wide receiver Yujiro Kojima (25) is tackled by Kansai University Kaisers linebacker Kenjiro Odate in the third quarter of the national Rice Bowl match at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. The Deers won the national crown beating the Kaisers 19-16.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers players celebrate after beating the Kansai University Kaisers 19-16 to win the Rice Bowl, their first national crown in 12 years, at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010.

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Ritsumeikan downs Panasonic to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Ritsumeikan University's American football team celebrates it 17-13 victory over defending champion Panasonic Electric Works in winning its first Rice Bowl title in five years at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3.

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Yoshinoya resumes 'gyudon' beef bowl sales after 3-year hiatus

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe, president of fast-food restaurant chain Yoshinoya D&C Co., speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 18 as the company resumed sales of ''gyudon'' beef-on-rice dishes the same day, about two years and seven months after removing the mainstay dish from its menu due to Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports over fear of mad cow disease.

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Yoshinoya to resume gyudon beef bowl sales Sept. 18

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe, president of fast-food restaurant chain Yoshinoya D&C Co., poses during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 6. Abe announced that his company will resume sales of ''gyudon'' bowls of rice topped with seasoned beef using U.S. beef on Sept. 18 for the first time in 19 months.

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Single-serving 'rice cooker' popular among elderly, businessmen

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows a ceramic rice bowl that can cook a single serving of rice in a microwave. The new product, ''Takitate Ichizen'' (a freshly cooked cup of rice), developed by a ceramic ware wholesaler named Yamashita Toki in the town of Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture, has been popular among the elderly and businessmen living away from their families, who have often ended up with too much cooked rice whenever they used rice cookers.

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Yoshinoya cuts price of beef-and-rice bowl

TOKYO, Japan - One of outlets in Tokyo of Yoshinoya D&C Co., Japan's largest operator of restaurants serving ''gyudon'' -- rice topped with seasoned beef -- puts up a banner August 1 showing it has cut the price of its regular-size gyudon to 280 yen from 400 yen. The company said it introduced the price cut at 424 outlets in eastern Japan after a similar cut at 365 outlets in western Japan on July 26.

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-RICE-PLANTING-PROCESSING (CN)

(221014) -- NANCHANG, Oct. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 13, 2022 shows a bowl of steamed rice at the home of a local resident in Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province. World Food Day is an international day celebrated worldwide every year on Oct. 16. Each grain of rice served on human's dining-table has gone through a series of operations from the paddy fields to processing plants. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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Protecting black soil for Chinese people's "rice bowl" | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: Protecting black soil for Chinese people's "rice bowl" | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:29 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO QIANG, Dean of the School of Resources and Environment, Jilin Agricultural University 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO PENGFEI, Agricultural technology promotion center, Lishu County 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YANG QINGKUI, Local villager 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LI GANG, Researcher, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WANG GUIMAN, Head of agricultural technology promotion center, Lishu County 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): ZHANG XUDONG, Researcher, Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President STORYLINE: Northeast China is one of the world's three major chernozem or black soil regions. A major area for maize and soybean farming, the region is regarded as a major granary for the nation. Dur