A rural female deputy's notebook

STORY: A rural female deputy's notebook SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:39 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ma Huijuan working 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA HUIJUAN, Deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MA HUIJUAN, Deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MA HUIJUAN, Deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) 5. various of villagers 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): MA HUIJUAN, Deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): MA HUIJUAN, Deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): SUN JUANJUAN, Resident of Yuchi Village, Hongsipu District 9. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): MA HUIJUAN, Deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) STORYLINE: Ma Huijuan, a grassroots writer and national lawmaker from Hongsipu District in China's Ningxia, always carries a notebook with her. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA HUIJUAN, Deputy to the National Pe

CHINA-CHONGQING-WIND POWER (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-WIND POWER (CN)

(240111) -- CHONGQING, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024 shows wind turbines in Yuchi Town of Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing. The installed capacity of wind power and power generation from wind in Shizhu have reached 372,000 kW and 731 million kWh respectively. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

CHINA-CHONGQING-WIND POWER (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-WIND POWER (CN)

(240111) -- CHONGQING, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial panoramic drone photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024 shows wind turbines in Yuchi Town of Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing. The installed capacity of wind power and power generation from wind in Shizhu have reached 372,000 kW and 731 million kWh respectively. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

CHINA-CHONGQING-WIND POWER (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-WIND POWER (CN)

(240111) -- CHONGQING, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024 shows wind turbines in Yuchi Town of Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing. The installed capacity of wind power and power generation from wind in Shizhu have reached 372,000 kW and 731 million kWh respectively. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

Parents sending dolls of late children's "marriage" partners to temple

Parents sending dolls of late children's "marriage" partners to temple

Yuchi Shiroto, chief priest of Koboji, a Buddhist temple known for rare "marriage" rites for people who died single, speaks in front of glass containers holding dolls in wedding attire, at his temple in Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, on April 17, 2017. The dolls were sent by parents as the "marriage partners" of their deceased children, wishing they would marry and be happy in the afterlife. (Image altered to protect privacy)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo