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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (C) plays table tennis at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 6, 2015. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (upper R) and his friend are on their way home in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2023. A cement road was built in Nongding Village in 2016. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are on their way to school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 14, 2013 shows a view of Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuanren (1st R), Meng Xuantai (1st L) and their family members pose for a group photo at home in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2023. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai studies in a classroom at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (C) reads a book before noon break at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 2, 2014. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuanren (L) and Meng Xuantai pose for a photo at the entrance of a tunnel under the hanging ladder which they climbed up to go to school in childhood, in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2023. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last de

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai, Meng Xuanren and their schoolmates are pictured on their way home after school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (R, front) attends a singing rehearsal at a vocal music classroom of Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 26, 2016. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (2nd R) watches a rehearsal of their schoolmates outside a vocal music classroom of Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 14, 2015. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuanren, Meng Xuantai and their relatives enjoy a feast in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2023. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows a general view of Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2023. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuanren (L) sews clothes at his dormitory in Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 3, 2014. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 19, 2022. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (1st L) and Meng Xuanren (2nd L) are seen at their dormitory at Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 26, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuanren studies ahead of the college entrance exam at a high school in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 17, 2021. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (C) helps parents herd goats in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 7, 2015. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows a night view of Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2023. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (3rd from top) climbs a hanging ladder to go to school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (R, front) learns photography during the summer vacation in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 7, 2016. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuanren, Meng Xuantai and their relatives enjoy a feast in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2023. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (upper) puts up couplets at home in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2023. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows Nongyong primary school under construction in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2013. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 20, 2023 shows the home of Meng Xuanren and Meng Xuantai in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Kids' time: best wishes for Year of Rabbit

STORY: Kids' time: best wishes for Year of Rabbit DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children saying New Year wishes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Children from China's Yunnan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Child from China's Sichuan 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Child from China's Fujian 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Italian): Children from Italy 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Thai): Child from Thailand 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): Child from France 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Tagalog): Child from the Philippines 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (Spanish): Children from Spain 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (Kinyarwanda): Child from Rwanda 11. SOUNDBITE 10 (Greek): Child from Greece 12. SOUNDBITE 11 (Czech): Student form the Czech Republic 13. SOUNDBITE 12 (Amharic): Child from Ethiopia 14. SOUNDBITE 13 (Russian): Child from Russia 15. SOUNDBITE 14 (Korean): Child from South Korea 16. SOUNDBITE 15 (Danish): Brothers from Denmark 17. SOUNDBITE 16 (English): Child from UK 18. SOUNDBITE 17 (Lao): Children from Laos 19. SOUNDB

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CHINA-GREAT WALL-BRITISH BROTHERS-HIKE (CN)

(230101) -- BEIJING, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- British brothers James and Thomas Lindesay pose at the Jiayuguan Pass in northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 15, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: British brothers hike Great Wall to follow in father's footsteps" (Photo by Piao Tiejun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GREAT WALL-BRITISH BROTHERS-HIKE (CN)

(230101) -- BEIJING, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- British brothers James and Thomas Lindesay run on the Great Wall in north China's Hebei Province, on Oct. 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: British brothers hike Great Wall to follow in father's footsteps" (Photo by Piao Tiejun/Xinhua)

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Skiing event held in Gaza

STORY: Skiing event held in Gaza DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gazans wearing Santa Clause dresses performing skiing in the sea 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALDOUN ABU SALIM, Head of PSRF 3. various of Gazans wearing Santa Clause dresses performing skiing in the sea 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED ABU GHANIM, Participant STORYLINE: On the occasion of Christmas and New Year holiday, a skiing event was held in Gaza. The event was organized by the Palestinian Sailing and Rowing Federation in the Gaza Strip (PSRF), as two young men wore "Santa Claus" costumes and performed a series of spectacular movements in the sea. "We launched this initiative event to send our congratulations to our Christian brothers on their Christmas and to inform the world that Gazans deserve love, coexistence, and life," Khaldoun Abu Salim, the head of PSRF told Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALDOUN ABU SALIM, Head of PSRF "We organized this event today to celebra

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Rugby World Cup in Japan: N.Z. v Canada

OITA, Japan, Oct. 2 Kyodo - New Zealand's Barrett brothers -- (from L) Jordie, Scott and Beauden -- are pictured ahead of a Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Canada on Oct. 2, 2019, in Oita, southwestern Japan.

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Golf: Miyazato cites dip in motivation for retiring at season's end

TOKYO, Japan, May 29 Kyodo - Former women's world No. 1 golfer Ai Miyazato (2nd from R) poses with her family -- (from L) eldest brother Kiyoshi, father Masaru, second brother Yusaku, mother Toyoko -- for a photo celebrating Yusaku's victory at the Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cup Noodle Cup at Kanehide Kise Country Club in Okinawa Prefecture's Nago on May 14, 2017. Miyazato, whose two brothers are also professional golfers, formally announced on May 29 her decision to retire.

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Palestinian man stands by photos of kin killed in war

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Area - A young Palestinian man stands by the photos of his two brothers, killed during a 50-day battle between Israel and Hamas militants, in Shejaiyah in the Gaza Strip of the Palestine autonomous region on Nov. 23, 2014.

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Palestinian man feels sense of loss despite ceasefire

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Area - A young Palestinian father holds his baby in Gaza in the Palestine autonomous region on Nov. 23, 2014, three months after Israel and Hamas militants reached a ceasefire deal. He lost two brothers during the 50-day conflict.

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Specter wristwatch-type toy gains enormous popularity

TOKYO, Japan - Brothers show off their wristwatch-type toys, DX specter watch type zero, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2014. The toy has been gaining enormous popularity in Japan.

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Meeting on alleged abduction of Japanese by N. Korea

OMU, Japan - Yuko Kitakoshi (R), whose father and three brothers may have been abducted by North Korean agents in the 1960s, and Teruaki Masumoto (2nd from L), secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, are among participants in a meeting held in the town of Omu, Hokkaido, on June 4, 2014, by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to N. Korea.

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Poor Indian state struggles amid economic growth elsewhere

SIWAN, India - A boy (L) says he is unwilling to attend school as his younger brothers look on in a village in India's eastern state of Bihar on May 3, 2014. Bihar is ranked bottom economically in India.

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Japan's Watabe brothers chat after Nordic combined normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Akito Watabe (R) of Japan and his younger brother, Yoshito Watabe, chat after finishing the Nordic combined normal hill event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 12, 2014. Akito won the silver medal and Yoshito came in 15th place.

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Japan's Watabe brothers chat after Nordic combined event

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Akito Watabe (R) chats with his younger brother Yoshito (L) after winning the silver medal in the Nordic combined individual normal hill event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 12, 2014. In the center is compatriot Hideaki Nagai.

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Japan's Watabe brothers chat after Nordic combined normal hill

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Akito Watabe (R) is congratulated by his younger brother Yoshito (10) and another compatriot after winning the silver medal in the Winter Olympics Nordic combined normal hill event in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 12, 2014. Yoshito finished in 15th place.

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Kameda boxing brothers

TAKAMATSU, Japan - (From L) Koki Kameda, Daiki Kameda and Tomoki Kameda -- better known in Japan as the Kameda boxing brothers -- pose for photos after Daiki defeated Mexican Rodrigo Guerrero by unanimous decision to take the vacant IBF super flyweight title in Takamatsu, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2013. His victory means all three of the brothers currently hold world titles. Koki, the eldest brother, is the WBA bantamweight champion and Tomoki, the youngest, holds the WBO bantamweight title.

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Kameda brothers

NARITA, Japan - The three Kameda brothers, (from L) second-oldest Daiki, the former WBA flyweight champion, the oldest Koki, the WBA bantamweight champion, and the youngest Tomoki, newly crowned WBO bantamweight champion, pose with their father Shiro at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2013. Tomoki won the crown in the Philippines on Aug. 1.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

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Wimbledon tennis final

LONDON, United Kingdom - Bob Bryan (L) and his twin brother Mike Bryan of the United States celebrate after winning the men's doubles final match against Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo of Brazil at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 6, 2013. The Bryan brothers won the title 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

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Peace march for Hiroshima

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Shiose, who was orphaned at age 7 when he lost his parents and two older brothers in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, speaks at a gathering in Tokyo's Yumenoshima district on May 6, 2013, before the start of a three-month peace march to Hiroshima in western Japan, which calls for the abolishment of nuclear weapons and nuclear power generation.

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Suu Kyi's family in her childhood

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1947 shows family of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she was two years old -- herself (front C), her father Gen. Aung San (far R), her mother Daw Khin Kyi (far L) and her elder brothers.

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Nikkei surges to pre-Lehman collapse level

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at an electronic signboard showing the Nikkei Stock Average's performance on March 8, 2013, in the Yaesu district in central Tokyo. The Nikkei gained 2.64 percent to 12,283.62 the same day, surging to the level it held before the failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2008.

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Nikkei jumps to highest level since Sept. 2008

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's Nikkei stock index ending at 11,463.75 on Feb. 6, 2013, up 416.83 points from the previous day and its highest close since Sept. 29, 2008, following the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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Thanking Britons for help to quake-hit Japan

LONDON, Britain - Marine adventurer Chikara Nakamura (L), 60, and his brother Hidetaka, 63, who is a seaman, hold letters of thanks written by local government chiefs in northeastern Japan hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami inside the London city office on July 11, 2012. The brothers met with Deputy Mayor of London Victoria Borwick after crossing the Straits of Dover by sea kayak in a gesture of gratitude for the help offered by British citizens to the victims of the disaster.

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Bryans win Wimbledon men's doubles title

LONDON, England - The pair of Mike Bryan (R) and Bob Bryan from the United States display their trophies at the awards ceremony after winning the Wimbledon Championships men's doubles final match at the All England Club in southwest London on July 3, 2011. The brothers defeated the pair Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6.