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Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

(240618) -- NAIROBI, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Local employees display rice seedlings at the Nigerian Agricultural Technology Demonstration Center near Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 19, 2023. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Dong Jianghui)

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Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

(240618) -- NAIROBI, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Local employees display rice seedlings at the Nigerian Agricultural Technology Demonstration Center near Abuja, Nigeria, Sept. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TOURISM-OPEN-AIR PERFORMANCE (CN)

(240514) -- NANNING, May 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a scene of "Impression Liu Sanjie," an open-air themed performance staged in Yangshuo County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Across China: Open-air performance fuels cultural tourism in south China" (Xinhua)

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(SP)FRANCE-PARIS-FOOTBALL-KYLIAN MBAPPE-LEAVING PSG

(240511) -- PARIS, May 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe reacting during the UEFA Champions League 1st round Group F football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Borussia Dortmund (BVB) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France. Kylian Mbappe confirmed on May 10, 2024, that he will leave French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, without revealing his next destination. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Xinhua Headlines: China, France building up momentum for future-oriented cooperation

(240506) -- PARIS, May 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the booth of Schneider Electric at the 23rd China International Industry Fair (CIIF) in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Huang Anqi)

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Xinhua Headlines: New productive forces reshape China's economic landscape

(240206) -- BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors watch a robot welding an auto body during the 23rd China International Industry Fair (CIIF) in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

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Xinhua Headlines: China aims to clinch more free trade agreements, vowing increased openness

(240129) -- BEIJING, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People select goods during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-AERIAL PHOTO

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a test train running on the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h started operation on Sept. 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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Xinhua Headlines: 2024, a year of ongoing crises and unyielding hope for peace

(240103) -- BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 20th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: Serbia's tennis icon Novak Djokovic won the ATP Finals title for the seventh time on November 19, breaking the record of six titles he had shared with Roger Federer. The 36-year-old won three Grand Slams in 2023, improving his tally of Grand Slam singles titles to 24, and he has surpassed Serena Williams' 23 to take the lead in the Open Era. This file photo taken on Sept. 10, 2023 shows Novak Djokovic celebrating during the awarding ceremony for the men's singles event at the 2023 US Open tennis championships in New York, the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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Xinhua Headlines-Yearender: China's high-speed rail journey on faster track in 2023

(231226) -- TIANJIN, Dec. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a Fuxing bullet train running on the Anhai Bay cross-sea bridge (L) along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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Xinhua Headlines: Xi's visit to chart course for development of China-Vietnam ties, boost shared growth in Asia-Pacific

(231211) -- BEIJING, Dec. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member promotes Vietnamese coffee products via livestreaming during the 19th China-ASEAN Expo at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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Xinhua Headlines: World's deepest underground lab expanded to help China detect dark matter

(231208) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a researcher from Tsinghua University canning liquid nitrogen at the first phase of the China Jinping Underground Laboratory in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Xue Chen)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-UNDERGROUND LAB-OPERATION (CN)

(231207) -- JINPING, Dec. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a researcher from Tsinghua University canning liquid nitrogen at the first phase of China Jinping Underground Laboratory in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province. A 2,400-meter-deep physics laboratory in southwest China's Sichuan Province became operational on Thursday, making it the deepest and largest underground lab in the world. Scientists believe the laboratory provides a "clean" space for them to pursue the invisible substance known as dark matter. They said the extreme depth helps block most cosmic rays that mess with the observation. The Deep Underground and Ultra-low Radiation Background Facility for Frontier Physics Experiments (DURF) is located beneath Jinping Mountain in Sichuan's Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. The DURF, with a total room capacity of 330,000 cubic meters, is the second phase of China Jinping Underground Laboratory. It started construction in December 2020

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-WUZHOU-LIUBAO TEA (CN)

(231207) -- WUZHOU, Dec. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People taste Liubao tea during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2023. Liubao tea, a Chinese dark tea characterized by its strong and lingering fragrance and medical effects, boasts a history of more than 1,500 years. Famous for Liubao tea making, the city of Wuzhou has over 310,000 mu (about 20,667 hectares) of tea plantations, with an output value exceeding 16 billion yuan (about 2.24 billion dollars). (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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(COP28) Xinhua Headlines: China's role highlighted at COP28 in global climate action

(231205) -- DUBAI, Dec. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows part of the Xinghuo water surface photovoltaic power station of Daqing Oilfield under PetroChina in Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A barista brews coffee at the Starbucks China Coffee Innovation Park in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 19, 2023. At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has attracted great attention through its coffee industrial chain and products. Starbucks entered the Chinese mainland in 1999 and now operates more than 6,800 stores in over 250 cities in China. In 2012, a Starbucks Farmer Support Center was set up in Pu'er of Yunnan Province, the first of its kind in Asia, to further bolster the local coffee farming community. In 2017, Starbucks opened a Roastery location in Shanghai, its second after the one in Seattle in Washington state on the U.S. west Pacific. This September, Starbucks opened a new coffee innovation park in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, the company's largest manufacturing and distribution investment outside the United States. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-STARBUCKS-COFFEE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN (CN)

(231201) -- BEIJING, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Starbucks China Coffee Innovation Park in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province. At the ongoing China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has attracted great attention through its coffee industrial chain and products. Starbucks entered the Chinese mainland in 1999 and now operates more than 6,800 stores in over 250 cities in China. In 2012, a Starbucks Farmer Support Center was set up in Pu'er of Yunnan Province, the first of its kind in Asia, to further bolster the local coffee farming community. In 2017, Starbucks opened a Roastery location in Shanghai, its second after the one in Seattle in Washington state on the U.S. west Pacific. This September, Starbucks opened a new coffee innovation park in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, the company's largest manufacturing and distribution investment outside the United States. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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INDONESIA-AICE ICE CREAM-CHINESE COMPANY

(231122) -- JAKARTA, Nov. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Jiacheng, chief executive officer of Aice Group, speaks to Xinhua during an interview in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 19, 2023. Living in the tropics, the Indonesian people swelter through the scorching weather. Aice, a famous ice cream brand in the country, cools them down and brings joy. TO GO WITH "Feature: Aice ice cream, sweet heart for Indonesians" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

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(China Economic Roundtable) Xinhua Headlines: Heavyweight policy boost for China's private economy

(231113) -- BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker is seen at a workshop of a refrigeration equipment company in Jinzhou City, north China's Hebei Province, Sept. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)

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CHINA-HUNAN-MIGRATORY BIRDS-PROTECTION(CN)

(231009) -- LANSHAN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 with a mobile phone shows Zhang Xiuqiang, a part-time guardian, watching real-time monitor of migratory birds at a station set up for bird protection in Lanshan County, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Lights out to let through migratory birds" (Xinhua/Liu Wangmin)

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CHINA-HUNAN-MIGRATORY BIRDS-PROTECTION(CN)

(231009) -- LANSHAN, Oct. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 with a mobile phone shows a station set up for bird protection in Lanshan County, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Lights out to let through migratory birds" (Xinhua/Liu Wangmin)

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Xinhua Headlines: Chinese-built railways empower locals to "fish on their own"

(231007) -- BEIJING, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A driver prepares before working on a train at the Nagad railway station along the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway in Djibouti Sept. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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CHINA-HAINAN-SANSHA-SEA TURTLE PROTECTION (CN)

(231004) -- SANSHA, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Huang Hongbo looks at a family photo at home in Qonghai City, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Huang Cheng, director of the community of Beidao Island, patrols the island daily to protect sea turtles and their eggs. Besides turtle protection, Huang also needs to collect marine pollutants and restore the environment on the island. "Sea turtles are very sensitive to environmental change, which affects their life and hatching," he said. Huang Cheng followed the footsteps of his father Huang Hongbo. Back in the 1980s, China listed sea turtles under state protection and has since enhanced measures to prohibit the capture and trade of sea turtles and their eggs. Local fishermen were educated and encouraged to take up the job of turtle protection. Huang Hongbo was a veteran fisherman who knew a lot about the habits of sea turtles. He was invited to head the turtle protection station of Beidao Island in 2015. Through joint efforts from Huang's f

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CHINA-TIANJIN-VOCATIONAL SKILLS COMPETITION

(231002) -- TIANJIN, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the closing ceremony of the second Vocational Skills Competition in north China's Tianjin Municipality. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China strives to cultivate skilled workforce by strengthening vocational training" (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(231001) -- BRUSSELS, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy a concert celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at the China Cultural Center in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 19, 2023. The Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, has been observed by people of Chinese origin for thousands of years. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

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Myanmar's Made Island celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival

STORY: Myanmar's Made Island celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: KYAUKPHYU, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in Made Island STORYLINE: With smartphones and cameras held high taking videos, people in Myanmar's Made Island were captivated by cultural performances in celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. The vibrant celebration on Friday is the first-ever traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival with cultural music and dances performed by artists on the island, participants said. Kyaw Htet Naing, a 22-year-old local resident from the Made Island, shared his joy at experiencing the festival for the first time. "I'm very happy to participate in it. I've never heard of it before," he said. While enjoying cultural performances from Chinese artists, Kyaw noticed similarities between Chinese and Myanmar cultures. He also expressed hope for more such events to strengthen bilateral friendships between the people from

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Bruneian athlete on immersive cultural trip for Mid-Autumn Festival

STORY: Bruneian athlete on immersive cultural trip for Mid-Autumn Festival DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mid-Autumn Festival activities 2. STANDUP 1 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BASMA LACHKAR, Bruneian Taiji athlete 4. STANDUP 2 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU YING, Inheritor of Xiaoshan Guojiang Cloth (Intangible Cultural Heritage) 6. STANDUP 3 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BASMA LACHKAR, Bruneian Taiji athlete STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent "Now I'm at the Qiaoxi cultural and historical block in east China's Hangzhou where the 19 Asian Games is currently being held. And today, I have invited a special guest to join me to explore the culture and history of the block." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BASMA LACHKAR, Bruneian Taiji athlete "Hi, everyone. My name is Basma Lachkar, and I am fr

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Norway's data regulator brings Meta privacy case to EU level

STORY: Norway's data regulator brings Meta privacy case to EU level DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Oslo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Datatilsynet (The Norwegian Data Protection Authority) X5 2. various of Oslo Downtown X4 TORYLINE: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has requested a binding decision from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in the Meta case. "In the request, we ask that the Norwegian temporary ban on behavioral advertising on Facebook and Instagram (owned by Meta) be made permanent and extended to the entire EU/EEA (European Union/European Economic Area)," the regulator said in a statement on Thursday. In July, Datatilsynet said it considered the U.S. technology giant's behavior-based marketing practices illegal as they excessively monitored user behavior. As a result, it argued, the company must halt such practices in Norway immediately. Datatilsynet is only authorized to make a temporary decision, which will expire on

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Japan's Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako is pictured at Tottori airport in Tottori Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2023, prior to her flight back to Tokyo. She had been recuperating at a hotel in the western Japan prefecture after testing positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 24. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako is pictured at Tottori airport in Tottori Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2023, prior to her flight back to Tokyo. She had been recuperating at a hotel in the western Japan prefecture after testing positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 24.

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Chinese museum preserves enduring legacy of Flying Tigers

STORY: Chinese museum preserves enduring legacy of Flying Tigers DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST 1. various of the Jianchuan Museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Docent at Jianchuan Museum 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FAN JIANCHUAN, Curator of Jianchuan Museum STORYLINE: Even 78 years after the end of World War II (WWII), the heroic story of the Flying Tigers lives on well in a private museum in China. The Flying Tigers was a special combat team, comprised of a group of American volunteer pilots, who came to China over 80 years ago to help the Chinese drive out invading Japanese troops. To commemorate the Flying Tigers and other American servicemen who assisted China during WWII, Fan Jianchuan, who was once an entrepreneur, set up the Hall of the Heroes of the Flying Tigers in Anren Town in China's Sichuan Province. The exhibition hall is part of the Jianchuan Museum, China's largest private museum cluster. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Docent at Jianchu

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a Fuxing bullet train running on the Anhai Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Wei

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a Fuxing bullet train running on the Anhai Bay cross-sea bridge (L) along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a test train running on the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a Fuxing bullet train running on the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/We

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a part of the Anhai Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Anhai Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Quanzhou Bay cross-sea bridge (R) along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Quanzhou Bay cross-sea bridge (R) along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Anhai Bay cross-sea bridge (L) along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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(FOCUS)CHINA-FUJIAN-CROSS-SEA RAILWAY-OPERATION (CN)

(230928) -- FUZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China's Fujian Province. China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with trains running at a maximum speed of 350 km/h along the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. A Fuxing bullet train G9801 departed from Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, at 9:15 a.m., marking the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway. This is China's first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator. It has stops in the cities of Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. The new rail slashes travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and tourist hotspot in the province, to just under an hour. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHINA JINPING UNDERGROUND LABORATORY-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230927) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers are seen at the construction site of the second phase of the China Jinping Underground Laboratory in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Nestled beneath the Jinping Mountain near the Yalong River in southwest China's Sichuan Province, an advanced physics laboratory designed to unveil the mysteries of the universe is currently under construction deep underground. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Building 'shield' for physics lab 2,400 meters underground" (Xinhua/Xue Chen)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHINA JINPING UNDERGROUND LABORATORY-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230927) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A researcher works at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Nestled beneath the Jinping Mountain near the Yalong River in southwest China's Sichuan Province, an advanced physics laboratory designed to unveil the mysteries of the universe is currently under construction deep underground. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Building 'shield' for physics lab 2,400 meters underground" (Xinhua/Xue Chen)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHINA JINPING UNDERGROUND LABORATORY-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230927) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A researcher conducts experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Nestled beneath the Jinping Mountain near the Yalong River in southwest China's Sichuan Province, an advanced physics laboratory designed to unveil the mysteries of the universe is currently under construction deep underground. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Building 'shield' for physics lab 2,400 meters underground" (Xinhua/Xue Chen)

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Hangzhou Asian Games impresses athletes, reporters

STORY: Hangzhou Asian Games impresses athletes, reporters DATELINE: Sept.27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 19th Asian Games 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARNAB SHARAR, Bangladeshi athlete 3. various of the 19th Asian Games 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TATARINOVA SVETLANA, Kuwaiti athlete 5. various of the 19th Asian Games 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SOAAD ALFAQAAN, Kuwaiti athlete 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Russian): KIRILL STANIK, Kazakh athlete 8. various of the 19th Asian Games 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MOOSA ALHARRASI, Qatari athlete 10. SOUNDBITE 6 (Arabic): BASEM BADRAN, Syrian sports journalist 11. various of the athlete village STORYLINE: The 19th Asian Games is underway in east China's Zhejiang Province. Innovations in making the sporting gathering a sustainable reality have impressed athletes competing in the Games. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARNAB SHARAR, Bangladeshi athlete "None of the games was like the Hangzhou Asian Games. It's the best, best of all.

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-BEIJING-CARVED LACQUER-INHERITOR (CN)

(230927) -- BEIJING, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hai Yan consults on the carving of a large piece of carved lacquer artwork at her studio in the Cheng'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2023. "Finely detailed by exquisite engraving, the figure of the beauty is captured vividly. Thousand layers of lacquer, glistening bright, even make Chang'e envy of its radiance." This poem describes the exquisiteness of carved lacquer. The craft is to apply colorful lacquers onto a ware, ranging from twenty or thirty to over a hundred layers, and then engrave patterns on the lacquers. It is known for its intensive labor, high cost, complex procedures, and excellent skill and is also called the "art of time". There are various lacquer carving techniques nowadays, including flat carving, relief carving, hollow carving, and three-dimensional carving. A large or medium-sized artwork costs at least a year or more to complete. Hai Yan, an artisan of lacquer carving born in the 1980s, graduated from the College of Art

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-BEIJING-CARVED LACQUER-INHERITOR (CN)

(230927) -- BEIJING, Sept. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hai Yan and her husband Liu Nan, who is also a carved lacquer artist, discuss the carving of a large piece of carved lacquer artwork at her studio in the Cheng'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2023. "Finely detailed by exquisite engraving, the figure of the beauty is captured vividly. Thousand layers of lacquer, glistening bright, even make Chang'e envy of its radiance." This poem describes the exquisiteness of carved lacquer. The craft is to apply colorful lacquers onto a ware, ranging from twenty or thirty to over a hundred layers, and then engrave patterns on the lacquers. It is known for its intensive labor, high cost, complex procedures, and excellent skill and is also called the "art of time". There are various lacquer carving techniques nowadays, including flat carving, relief carving, hollow carving, and three-dimensional carving. A large or medium-sized artwork costs at least a year or more to complete. Hai Yan, an artisan of lacquer ca