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CHINA-SHANXI-QIKOU ANCIENT TOWN-TOURISM INDUSTRY (CN)

(231002) -- TAIYUAN, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Zhang Baosheng (front) rides a speedboat on the Yellow River in the Qikou ancient town of Linxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 26, 2023. Zhang once worked on ferries. In 2000 he got a driving license of speedboats and started to drive tourists on the Yellow River for sightseeing amid slack season of agricultural production. Qikou, an ancient riverine town along the Yellow River, was an important trade ferry in history. However, with the development of land transportation, the Qikou ancient town declined in terms of trade volume, leaving many of its historical buildings in disrepair. In recent years, local authorities have carried out protection and restoration of historical buildings and ancient dwellings in the Qikou ancient town. At the same time, the integrated development of culture and tourism is also promoted. Today the ancient town has become a popular tourist attraction. More than 5,000 people out of a population of about 30

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CHINA-SHANXI-QIKOU ANCIENT TOWN-TOURISM INDUSTRY (CN)

(231002) -- TAIYUAN, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Li Yonglin brushes his donkey in the Qikou ancient town of Linxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 2, 2023. Li would decorate his donkey and provide it to tourists for riding amid slack season of agricultural production. Qikou, an ancient riverine town along the Yellow River, was an important trade ferry in history. However, with the development of land transportation, the Qikou ancient town declined in terms of trade volume, leaving many of its historical buildings in disrepair. In recent years, local authorities have carried out protection and restoration of historical buildings and ancient dwellings in the Qikou ancient town. At the same time, the integrated development of culture and tourism is also promoted. Today the ancient town has become a popular tourist attraction. More than 5,000 people out of a population of about 30,000 in the town are engaged in the tourism industry. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

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CHINA-SHANXI-QIKOU ANCIENT TOWN-TOURISM INDUSTRY (CN)

(231002) -- TAIYUAN, Oct. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Li Yonglin leads his donkey in the Qikou ancient town of Linxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 2, 2023. Li would decorate his donkey and provide it to tourists for riding amid slack season of agricultural production. Qikou, an ancient riverine town along the Yellow River, was an important trade ferry in history. However, with the development of land transportation, the Qikou ancient town declined in terms of trade volume, leaving many of its historical buildings in disrepair. In recent years, local authorities have carried out protection and restoration of historical buildings and ancient dwellings in the Qikou ancient town. At the same time, the integrated development of culture and tourism is also promoted. Today the ancient town has become a popular tourist attraction. More than 5,000 people out of a population of about 30,000 in the town are engaged in the tourism industry. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

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Slack real estate business takes toll on China's economy

BEIJING, China - A worker takes a break at a condominium complex construction site in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2014. Sluggish real estate business is viewed as a major culprit behind China's economic slowdown to a relatively low year-on-year growth rate of 7.3% in the July-September quarter.

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Travel agency in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - Business is slack at a travel agency in Tehran on Oct. 22, 2012, as the number of Iranians traveling abroad has sharply decreased due to the drop in the value of the rial.

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Citibank told to suspend retail sales

TOKYO, Japan - Citibank Japan Ltd. president Darren Buckley speaks at a press conference at the Bank of Japan on June 26. The Financial Services Agency of Japan ordered Citibank Japan the same day to suspend sales activities at its retail banking division for one month from July 15 because of its slack money laundering controls.

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Nissan sees 1st operating profit fall in 8 yrs on slack sales

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn answers a media question at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26. The company said its group operating profit in the first half of fiscal 2006 fell 15.3 percent from a year before to 348.65 billion yen on sluggish sales, marking the first such profit fall since 1998, before Ghosn took the automaker's helm.

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Gov't maintains gloomy assessment of Japan economy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers called July 11 to work on a monthly economic report for July. The report left unchanged its gloomy assessment of the nation's economy, citing weak personal spending and slack corporate investment.

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2022 shows a view of a demonstration area for ecological agriculture in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 27, 2022 shows a view of Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member puts apples into a sorting facility at an apple sorting and packaging workshop in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 27, 2022. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members package apples at an apple sorting and packaging workshop in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 27, 2022. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A fruit farmer picks apples in an orchard in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 27, 2022. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A fruit farmer picks apples in an orchard in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 27, 2022. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fruit farmers carry apples in an orchard in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 27, 2022. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2022 shows a view of Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2022 shows a view of an orchard in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member transfers packed apples in a cold storage facility in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 27, 2022. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-NANGOU VILLAGE (CN)

(221029) -- XI'AN, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members package apples at an apple sorting and packaging workshop in Nangou Village of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 27, 2022. Covering an area of 24 square kilometers, the Nangou Village is home to more than 1,000 villagers. Led by the village's Party branch, Nangou has worked out ways to inject vitality into the countryside. It has witnessed the boom of planting and breeding industries and rural tourism. Villagers have constantly increased their income by earning dividends and taking odd jobs during the slack farming season. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)

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Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy

STORY: Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:11 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of street view in GazaSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED DAHALAN, Gaza-based clothing retailerSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMOUD SAADALLAH, Customer in GazaSOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): REEM HASAN, Customer in GazaSOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): MOHAMMED BOWAITEL, Vendor in Ramallah STORYLINE: In the run-up to Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Monday, only a few clients were seen in the shops on Gaza's Omar al-Mukhtar Street, showing a sharp contrast with previous years, when shoppers would rush to the markets for food after 30 days of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Mohammed Dahalan, a Gaza-based clothing retailer, said he has sold barely half of the merchandise he imported from China and Turkey for the festival that marks the end of the Ramadan. "Customers come into the store to look at the clothes but do not buy anything. They

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MIDEAST-GAZA-EID AL-FITR-PREPARATION

(220501) -- GAZA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian vendor sells glasses at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in northern Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-EID AL-FITR-PREPARATION

(220501) -- GAZA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in northern Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-EID AL-FITR-PREPARATION

(220501) -- GAZA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in northern Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-EID AL-FITR-PREPARATION

(220501) -- GAZA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in northern Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-EID AL-FITR-PREPARATION

(220501) -- GAZA, May 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival in northern Gaza Strip, on April 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Slack Eid business disheartens Palestinian retailers amid tough economy" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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Nissan sees 1st operating profit fall in 8 yrs on slack sales

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn answers a media question at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26. The company said its group operating profit in the first half of fiscal 2006 fell 15.3 percent from a year before to 348.65 billion yen on sluggish sales, marking the first such profit fall since 1998, before Ghosn took the automaker's helm. (Kyodo)

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Sharp cuts profit estimate on slack cellphone handset sales

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. Vice President Toshishige Hamano speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Osaka on Oct. 6. He said the company has revised downward its group net profit forecast for the current 2008 business year to 60 billion yen from an initial estimate of 105 billion yen due to sluggish sales of cellphone handsets. (Kyodo)

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento & Simon Baker Characters: Slack & Riley Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

George A. Romero & Asia Argento Characters: Puppeteer (voice) (uncredited) & Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento & Simon Baker Characters: Slack & Riley Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento, Robert Joy & Simon Baker Characters: Slack,Charlie & Riley Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Robert Joy, Asia Argento & Simon Baker Characters: Charlie,Slack & Riley Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Asia Argento Characters: Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Land Of The Dead (2005)

Simon Baker, John Leguizamo & Asia Argento Characters: Riley,Cholo & Slack Film: Land Of The Dead (USA/CAN/FR 2005) Director: George A. Romero 18 June 2005 Date: 18 June 2005

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Another Thin Man film (1939)

Nat Pendleton, William Powell & Otto Kruger Characters: Lieutenant Guild, Nick Charles, Assistant District Attorney Van Slack Film: Another Thin Man (USA 1939) Director: W.S. Van Dyke 17 November 1939 AQUARIUS Date: 17 November 1939

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Strong yen may delay BOJ achievement of inflation target: policymaker

Yutaka Harada, a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board, attends a press conference in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on April 13, 2016. Harada suggested achieving the central bank's 2 percent inflation target may be delayed by the impact on prices of the stronger yen and slack consumption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese premier Li punishes lazy officials in 7 provinces

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is seen in this photo taken on Aug. 21, 2015. His government has fired or taken other punitive actions against 59 senior local officials in seven provinces for being slack, according to local media reports on Aug. 27. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Slack real estate business takes toll on China's economy

BEIJING, China - A worker takes a break at a condominium complex construction site in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2014. Sluggish real estate business is viewed as a major culprit behind China's economic slowdown to a relatively low year-on-year growth rate of 7.3% in the July-September quarter. (Kyodo)