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Magufuli Bridge, a new lifeline for Tanzanian communities and economy

STORY: Magufuli Bridge, a new lifeline for Tanzanian communities and economy SHOOTING TIME: May 2 & June 15, 2024 DATELINE: June 16, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:26 LOCATION: MWANZA, Tanzania CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction sites 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): QIN RONG, Vice project manager of the Magufuli Bridge construction 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SAMIR RAMADHANI, Surveyor of the Magufuli Bridge project 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): KENNETH KAYOMBO, Resident in Kigongo, Tanzania STORYLINE: Residents in Kigongo, Tanzania's northwestern Mwanza region, have yearned to see the completion of the Magufuli Bridge across Lake Victoria, the largest freshwater lake in Africa. Named after former Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli, who initiated its construction, the bridge connects the Misungwi and Sengerema districts in the Mwanza region and also provides a crucial link between the region and neighboring countries Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. The 3.2-km-long, 28-meter-wide bridge, a project

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-YANGTZE ALLIGATORS-SURVEY (CN)

(240522) -- NANLING, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A surveyor keeps a record during a survey at Changle area in Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve, Nanling county of Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, May 21, 2024. The Yangtze alligator, a species that has existed on Earth for over 200 million years, now a first-class protected animal endemic to China, also known as Chinese alligator, lives along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the longest waterway in the country. A wild population resources survey of Yangtze alligators was officially launched on Monday, which will be jointly carried out by Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve and the College of Life Sciences of Anhui Normal University. Since its establishment in 1979, Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve has been undertaking the work of artificial breeding, habitat protection, wild release and science popularization education of Yangtze alligators. There are nearly 1,400 Yangtze alligators in th

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-YANGTZE ALLIGATORS-SURVEY (CN)

(240522) -- NANLING, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A surveyor raises a loudspeaker that repeats the voices of Yangtze alligators as a way to attract the reptile during a survey at Changle area in Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve, Nanling county of Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, May 21, 2024. The Yangtze alligator, a species that has existed on Earth for over 200 million years, now a first-class protected animal endemic to China, also known as Chinese alligator, lives along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the longest waterway in the country. A wild population resources survey of Yangtze alligators was officially launched on Monday, which will be jointly carried out by Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve and the College of Life Sciences of Anhui Normal University. Since its establishment in 1979, Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve has been undertaking the work of artificial breeding, habitat protection, wild release and science popularization

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Chinese companies lauded for helping develop Tanzanian capital

STORY: Chinese companies lauded for helping develop Tanzanian capital DATELINE: July 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Dodoma CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the buildings and workers 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): DANIEL WAMBURA, Health and safety office at CRJE 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIE XIANG, CRJE project manager for the construction of the Judiciary Square 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN KYARA, Site quantity surveyor at CRJE 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LU CHUNBAO, CRJE project manager for the construction of the Dodoma Science and Technology College STORYLINE: It's a busy scene at the construction site of the Judiciary Square project in Dodoma, capital of Tanzania. The project is being built by China Railway Jianchang Engineering Company (CRJE) (East Africa) Limited, a member of China Railway Group Limited. It's one of landmark structures undertaken by Chinese companies that many Tanzanians say are changing the landscape of the capital, creating job opportunities and transferring technology to

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Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in the first map of the Japanese archipelago completed by surveyor Ino Tadataka in the early 19th century is seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2014. Researchers say the Hokkaido portion of the map was based on data collected by Ino's student and explorer Mamiya Rinzo rather than by Ino alone as previously thought.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - A surveyor (C front) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - Curious neighborhood children gather as a surveyor (C bottom) interviews a local resident (top R) at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - A surveyor (R) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - Curious neighborhood children gather as a surveyor (bottom) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying holds a press conference in Hong Kong on March 25, 2012, after winning Hong Kong's leadership election the same day. Leung, a surveyor by profession, will replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30.

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken March 25, 2012, shows Leung Chun-ying (L) and his wife Regina Tong Ching-yi, after Leung won Hong Kong's leadership election the same day. Leung, a surveyor by profession, will replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30.

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying (R) and Henry Tang, candidates in Hong Kong's leadership election, shake hands in Hong Kong on March 25, 2012, after Leung won the election. Leung, a surveyor by profession, will replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30.

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying arrives at the venue of a Hong Kong leadership election on March 25, 2012. Leung, a surveyor by profession, won the election to replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30.

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying (R) and Henry Tang, candidates in Hong Kong's leadership election, shake hands in Hong Kong on March 25, 2012, election day. Leung, a surveyor by profession, won the election to replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30.

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Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor looks at a copy of Japan's first maps based on an actual coastal survey by Ino Tadataka, a geographical surveyor in the Edo period, on display at an exhibition that began July 3. The event at the Tokyo Big Sight showcases copies discovered in 2001 in the United States of 207 of Ino's maps, which were drawn some 200 years ago.

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Xinhua Headlines: China -- Ten perspectives on a remarkable decade

(221013) -- BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese surveyor conducts surveying atop Mount Qomolangma on May 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Tashi Tsering)

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Road built by Chinese firm boosts development in southern Rwanda

STORY: Road built by Chinese firm boosts development in southern Rwanda DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): JI LI, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SPERATA NYIRAHABINSHUTI, Huye resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BENJAMIN NIYIBIZI, Huye resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FRANCOIS USABYIMANA, Surveyor of the project 5. various of the project STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): JI LI, Xinhua correspondent "This is Rwanda's Huye 66km road project site. The project, constructed by Sinohydro, is located in the Southern Province of Rwanda. It is an important intercity road in the southern region. Now it's put into use and in the future, it will make important contributions to the connectivity of the southern region." The road upgrading project in Rwanda started in 2019 and will become fully operational next October. The road, now mostly completed, has brought hope to residents. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SPERATA NYIRAHABINSHUTI, Huye

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Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor looks at a copy of Japan's first maps based on an actual coastal survey by Ino Tadataka, a geographical surveyor in the Edo period, on display at an exhibition that began July 3. The event at the Tokyo Big Sight showcases copies discovered in 2001 in the United States of 207 of Ino's maps, which were drawn some 200 years ago.

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4 pro-democracy H.K. lawmakers fight disqualification trial

Four pro-democracy lawmakers -- (from L) surveyor Edward Yiu, veteran radical Leung Kwok-hung, student group leader Nathan Law and lecturer Lau Siu-lai -- being sued for staging pro-independence demonstrations during the inauguration of Hong Kong's chief executive in October appear outside Hong Kong's High Court on March 1, 2017, to fight what they say is a coup aimed at dismembering the pro-democracy camp in the legislature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying holds a press conference in Hong Kong on March 25, 2012, after winning Hong Kong's leadership election the same day. Leung, a surveyor by profession, will replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30. (Kyodo)

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken March 25, 2012, shows Leung Chun-ying (L) and his wife Regina Tong Ching-yi, after Leung won Hong Kong's leadership election the same day. Leung, a surveyor by profession, will replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30. (Kyodo)

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying (R) and Henry Tang, candidates in Hong Kong's leadership election, shake hands in Hong Kong on March 25, 2012, after Leung won the election. Leung, a surveyor by profession, will replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30. (Kyodo)

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying (R) and Henry Tang, candidates in Hong Kong's leadership election, shake hands in Hong Kong on March 25, 2012, election day. Leung, a surveyor by profession, won the election to replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30. (Kyodo)

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H.K. leadership race

HONG KONG, China - Leung Chun-ying arrives at the venue of a Hong Kong leadership election on March 25, 2012. Leung, a surveyor by profession, won the election to replace current Chief Executive Donald Tsang, whose term ends June 30. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in the first map of the Japanese archipelago completed by surveyor Ino Tadataka in the early 19th century is seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2014. Researchers say the Hokkaido portion of the map was based on data collected by Ino's student and explorer Mamiya Rinzo rather than by Ino alone as previously thought. (Kyodo)

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Early Mars may have been land of lakes

WASHINGTON, United States - An image of Mars captured by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its Mars Orbiter Camera shows layers of Earth-like sedimentary rock. NASA scientists said Mars may have been a land of lakes in its earliest period. The photo provided by NASA covers an area 2.9 kilometers by 1.5 kilometers.