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Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Weibin (L), the founder of the Xiantao ratoon rice sci-tech station, and Du Chanchan, a PhD candidate at Huazhong Agricultural University, check the growth of ratoon rice in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Yue Wenwan)

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Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 18, 2023 shows ducks raised at the experimental field of a ratoon rice sci-tech station in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Zhang Yu/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 18, 2023 shows a ratoon rice sci-tech station in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Zhang Yu/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken in 2023 shows harvesters working in the fields in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Zhao Qian/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: How China's grassroots tech centers nurture agricultural innovation

(230924) -- WUHAN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Du Chanchan (L), a PhD candidate at Huazhong Agricultural University, and her classmate collect gas for testing in an experimental field at a ratoon rice sci-tech station in Xiantao City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Zhiwei)

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Sci-tech stations in China channel college talents to countryside

STORY: Sci-tech stations in China channel college talents to countryside DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of paddy fields 2. various of Du Chanchan working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG WEIBIN, Director of Hubei Xiantao Ratoon Rice Sci-tech Station 4. various of the Sci-tech station 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG JIANLIANG, Professor at Huazhong Agricultural University STORYLINE: Du Chanchan, who had never seen paddy fields or live ducks before she came to pursue her postgraduate study at Huazhong Agricultural University in central China's Hubei Province, is now an expert of rice. In the past five years, the 28-year-old spent over 300 days a year at Hubei Xiantao Ratoon Rice Sci-tech Station, exploring the co-culture system of ratoon rice and ducks, an agricultural technique that can boost crop yield with minimal environmental impact. Her research has been promoted to many places in Xiantao City, helping farmers increase more than 4

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Mine museum showcases peril of war in Afghanistan

STORY: Mine museum showcases peril of war in Afghanistan DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of OMAR Mine Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan 2. STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMADDIN TARAKHIL, Director, Omer mine Museum 4. various of OMAR Mine Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: The OMAR Mine Museum in the Afghan capital Kabul displays a variety of landmines and explosive remnants of war, highlighting the danger of the "hidden enemies." STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent "This is OMAR Mine Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan. It acts as a training and education center for mine clearance. Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mine-affected countries of the world. According to the United Nations, since 1988, more than 41,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured by landmines; more than two-thirds of the victims were children." "If you ask about the outcome of the war and conflicts in A

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China, UNHCR provide humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan

STORY: China, UNHCR provide humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan DATELINE: March 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of a handover ceremony 3. various of a handover ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE (English): YUMIKO TAKASHIMA, UNHCR's acting representative in Afghanistan 5. various of a handover ceremony STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent "The UN Refugee Agency Representation Office to Afghanistan has received a fresh batch of assistance donated by the Chinese government as Afghanistan is suffering from an economic crisis. A handover ceremony was held in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan." A batch of humanitarian supplies, provided by China's South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund, in cooperation with the United Nations Refugee Agency or UNHCR, was handed over to Afghanistan on Sunday. Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu said the Chinese government has been highly concerned about t

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Underground and undernourished: Cave dwellers in Afghanistan's Bamiyan risk starvation

STORY: Underground and undernourished: Cave dwellers in Afghanistan's Bamiyan risk starvation DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:13 LOCATION: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of caves in which poor people live 2. STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ZARIFA GULL AHMAD, Cave dweller 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): NORIA, Cave dweller 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): HASSAN, Cave dweller STORYLINE: For the whole of history, people have lived in caves in Afghanistan. Many people had no choice but to take up residence in one, and in central Bamiyan province, many families find themselves forgotten and starving. STANDUP (English): SHI XIANTAO, Xinhua correspondent "Following the pullout of its troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, the United States has frozen nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars worth of assets of Afghanistan's central bank, which is widely seen as the primary factor leading to the current economic crisis and humanitarian disaster in the wa