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HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Silk Road

HAMI, CHINA - AUGUST 30, 2025 - The East Tianshan Camel Team travels along the Silk Road in the Gobi Desert from Xingfu Village in Yizhou District to S245 (Hami - Dunhuang) Xiaobaidi Service Area in Hami, Xinjiang, China on August 30, 2025.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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Xinjiang Cotton Harvest

XINJIANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 17, 2024 - A cotton picking machine picks cotton in Xingfu village, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Oct 17, 2024.

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China 2024 H1GDP Growth

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - A worker produces a refrigerator in a workshop of a kitchenware manufacturer in Xingfu town, Boxing County, Binzhou city, East China's Shandong province, June 20, 2024. On July 15, 2024, the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that after preliminary calculation, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of the year was 61,683.6 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0% at constant prices.

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China 2024 H1GDP Growth

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - A worker produces a refrigerator in a workshop of a kitchenware manufacturer in Xingfu town, Boxing County, Binzhou city, East China's Shandong province, June 20, 2024. On July 15, 2024, the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that after preliminary calculation, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of the year was 61,683.6 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0% at constant prices.

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China 2024 H1GDP Growth

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 20, 2024 - A worker produces a refrigerator in a workshop of a kitchenware manufacturer in Xingfu town, Boxing County, Binzhou city, East China's Shandong province, June 20, 2024. On July 15, 2024, the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that after preliminary calculation, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of the year was 61,683.6 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0% at constant prices.

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu walks on a beach with his daughter at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu surfs in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing t

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Dec. 25, 2020 shows tourists learning surfing moves on a beach in Houhai Village of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certif

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu waxes his surfboard before surfing on a beach at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xi

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on May 20, 2023 shows tourists dining at a night market by the seaside at Houhai Village of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching c

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A tourist carrying her surfboard walks through an alley at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xing

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu helps a villager dock a fishingboat at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu (R) talks with a surfer on a beach at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu walks through an alley at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching sur

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu prepares before surfing at a surfing club at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Surfboards are seen outside a surfing club at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teac

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows a view of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to s

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu teaching surfing techniques to a student on a beach at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Associ

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists surf in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to st

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Dec. 25, 2020 shows tourists learning surfing moves on a beach in Houhai Village of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Xingfu walks on a beach while his daughter plays by his side at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate,

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Xingfu walks on a beach with his daughter at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists dine at a restaurant at Houhai Village of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Xingfu (R) talks with a surfer on a beach at Houhai Village in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on May 21, 2024. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu surfing in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 27, 2021 shows Yang Xingfu surfing in the waters of Queen's Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang