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Tea industry drives rural revitalization in Metok in China's Xizang

STORY: Tea industry drives rural revitalization in Metok in China's Xizang SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024 DATELINE: May 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tea plantations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN CHUNHUA, Owner of a local store 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YU JIACHUN, Local official STORYLINE: Tea cultivation has helped boost rural revitalization in Geling Village in China's Xizang in recent years. Since the beginning of spring, villagers have been busy picking tea leaves in the plantations. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN CHUNHUA, Owner of a local store "Tea is hailed as the 'golden leaf' of Metok. Today it's raining. Actually, it rains regularly here. They all go to pick tea leaves and they're not afraid of hard work. They go early in the morning, and some even wear headlamps to go tea picking." Geling was once inaccessible due to its rugged terrain and dense forests. However, the opening of the Metok Highway in 2013 significantly improved con

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CHINA-HAINAN-SCENIC HIGHWAY LOOP-TOURIST SERVICE CENTER-OPENING (CN)

(231219) -- DANZHOU, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 15, 2023 shows a convenience store at a tourist service center along a new scenic highway loop in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province. A tourist service center, equipped with RV campground, motorcycle service center, restaurant and guest rooms, was recently opened to the public by Hainan scenic highway loop in Danzhou City. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-LOGISTICS (CN)

(220413) -- HANGZHOU, April 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member disinfects the warehouse which is used to store imported goods at the Hangzhou Transfar highway port in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 13, 2022. Located in Qiantang District of Hangzhou, the Hangzhou Transfar highway port serves a total of over 280 logistics companies, with more than 7,000 vehicles entering and leaving the port every day. The port is one of the important logistics hubs in the city. The staff of the highway port, the workers of the logistics companies and the truck drivers have been working hard to facilitate supplies for households and industries amid COVID-19 flare-ups in certain parts of the country. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

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A post town in Kanagawa

This may be Dai-machi in the old post town of Kanagawa, facing west. The photograph evokes the atmosphere of the post town's heyday. Under the cliff behind the houses on the left is Sodegaura, well-known for its beautiful coast during the Edo Period. The hill on the right is Takashima-dai. There was a checkpoint on the slope until 1871.==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐21‐0]

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Teahouse at Nakasendo Sakurasawa

It is probably what the tea house looked like in a shuku (location unknown) on the Nakasendo. Many shops line along the road. To the right is a traveler resting.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐30‐0]