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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA (CN)

(230324) -- CHENGDU, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member packs souvenir panda plush toys for customers at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-JIUSAN SOCIETY-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society on March 23, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-CPWDP-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party (CPWDP) on March 21, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-CHINA ZHI GONG PARTY-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party on March 23, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-CDL-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the China Democratic League (CDL) on March 21, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-CAPD-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD) on March 22, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-CNDCA-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA) on March 22, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-TDSL-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (TDSL) on March 22, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-RCCK-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) on March 21, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC). (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-WANG HUNING-ACFIC-VISIT (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) on March 23, 2023. Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Wang recently made visits to the central committees of non-CPC parties and the ACFIC. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-INT'L FORUM ON DEMOCRACY (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, addresses an international forum on democracy in Beijing, capital of China, March 23, 2023. "The International Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values," held both online and offline, is the second of its kind. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-SPAIN-DELEGATION (CN)

(230323) -- BEIJING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, meets with a Spanish delegation led by Jose Luis Centella, president of the Communist Party of Spain, in Beijing, capital of China, March 23, 2023. The delegation consisted of representatives of Spain's left-wing political parties, think tanks and media. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-ATMOSPHERIC BACKGROUND STATION (CN)

(230323) -- KUNMING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff member Peng Xiaoqing works at Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on March 9, 2023. Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station, located in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province with an altitude of over 3,500 meters, is one of the seven atmospheric background stations in China. At present, a total of six staff members of the station record atmospheric monitoring data here day after day. The atmospheric background station has carried out more than 30 kinds of observation projects such as greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosols. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-ATMOSPHERIC BACKGROUND STATION (CN)

(230323) -- KUNMING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows staff member Peng Xiaoqing working at Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on March 9, 2023. Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station, located in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province with an altitude of over 3,500 meters, is one of the seven atmospheric background stations in China. At present, a total of six staff members of the station record atmospheric monitoring data here day after day. The atmospheric background station has carried out more than 30 kinds of observation projects such as greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosols. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-ATMOSPHERIC BACKGROUND STATION (CN)

(230323) -- KUNMING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff member Peng Xiaoqing works at Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on March 9, 2023. Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station, located in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province with an altitude of over 3,500 meters, is one of the seven atmospheric background stations in China. At present, a total of six staff members of the station record atmospheric monitoring data here day after day. The atmospheric background station has carried out more than 30 kinds of observation projects such as greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosols. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-ATMOSPHERIC BACKGROUND STATION (CN)

(230323) -- KUNMING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff member Peng Xiaoqing works at Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 9, 2023. Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station, located in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province with an altitude of over 3,500 meters, is one of the seven atmospheric background stations in China. At present, a total of six staff members of the station record atmospheric monitoring data here day after day. The atmospheric background station has carried out more than 30 kinds of observation projects such as greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosols. (Xinhua/Wang Changshan)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-ATMOSPHERIC BACKGROUND STATION (CN)

(230323) -- KUNMING, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows staff member Peng Xiaoqing working at Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on March 9, 2023. Shangri-La National Atmospheric Background Station, located in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province with an altitude of over 3,500 meters, is one of the seven atmospheric background stations in China. At present, a total of six staff members of the station record atmospheric monitoring data here day after day. The atmospheric background station has carried out more than 30 kinds of observation projects such as greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosols. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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Far-right censure motion against Spanish government defeated

STORY: Far-right censure motion against Spanish government defeated DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Spanish Congress 2. various of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez STORYLINE: The Spanish Congress (lower chamber of parliament) on Wednesday rejected a censure motion against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez by the extreme right-wing "Vox" party. The 52 Vox representatives in the Congress voted in favor, along with Pablo Cambronero, a former member of the center-right "Ciudadanos" party. Meanwhile, there were 201 votes against and 91 abstentions. Members of Sanchez's coalition government, which is made up of his Socialist Party (PSOE) and the left-wing Unidas Podemos, voted against the motion. Deputies from the right-wing People's Party (PP), the main opposition force in Spain, abstained from the vote. PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo did not attend the debate. This is the second censure motion presented by Vox to be defeated during Sa

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CHINA-HUNAN-LI QIANG-INSPECTION TOUR (CN)

(230322) -- CHANGSHA, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visits Lens Technology Co., Ltd. in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 22, 2023. Li made an inspection tour and chaired a symposium on the development of the advanced manufacturing industry in central China's Hunan Province from Tuesday to Wednesday. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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CHINA-HUNAN-LI QIANG-INSPECTION TOUR (CN)

(230322) -- CHANGSHA, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visits Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd. in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan Province, March 21, 2023. Li made an inspection tour and chaired a symposium on the development of the advanced manufacturing industry in central China's Hunan Province from Tuesday to Wednesday. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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CAMEROON-BAFOUSSAM-WATER TREATMENT PLANT

(230322) -- YAOUNDE, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks the water drainage pipes at the water treatment plant in Bafoussam, Cameroon, March 2, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese-financed project improves water supply in Cameroonian city" (Xinhua/Kepseu)

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FIJI-SUVA-PICS-JUNCAO-DEMONSTRATION CENTER-OPEN

(230322) -- SUVA, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces Juncao technology at China-Pacific island countries (PICs) Juncao technology demonstration center in Suva, Fiji, March 22, 2023. China-Pacific island countries (PICs) Juncao technology demonstration center opened on Wednesday in Fiji with the participation of officials from China and other Pacific island countries as well as representatives from Chinese enterprises and the local Chinese community. TO GO WITH "China-Pacific island countries Juncao technology demonstration center opens in Fiji" (Xinhua/Zhang Yongxing)

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CHINA-HUBEI-LI XI-INSPECTION (CN)

(230321) -- WUHAN, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, inspects Tongshan Village of Echeng District, Ezhou City, central China's Hubei Province, March 20, 2023. Li made an inspection tour of central China's Hubei Province from Sunday to Tuesday. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-HUBEI-LI XI-INSPECTION (CN)

(230321) -- WUHAN, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, presides over a seminar in central China's Hubei Province, March 21, 2023. Li made an inspection tour of central China's Hubei Province from Sunday to Tuesday. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-MODERN AGRICULTURE (CN)

(230321) -- BOHU, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member operates an integrated system for irrigation and fertilization through mobile phone at a modern agriculture demonstration zone in Bohu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 20, 2023. In recent years, Bohu County has prioritized the development of modernized agriculture. The advanced technologies have injected new momentum into rural revitalization and agricultural development. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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Thai House of Representatives dissolved ahead of general election

STORY: Thai House of Representatives dissolved ahead of general election DATELINE: March 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:50 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. photo of royal decree 2. file of Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha 3. various of Thai parliament house meeting STORYLINE: Thailand announced on Monday that the House of Representatives has been dissolved, paving the way for a general election within two months, according to a royal decree. As the prime minister informed the King that the House of Representatives has been performing its duties since 2019. It is expedient to dissolve the House of Representatives to hold a new general election of members of the House of Representatives, wrote the royal decree, which has been royally endorsed. The general election of the 500-member House of Representatives will be held earliest in 45 days or latest in 60 days from Monday, according to the announcement released on the royal Thai government gazette website. The House of Representative

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-PTEROCYMBIUM MACRANTHUM-DISCOVERY (CN)

(230319) -- KUNMING, March 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Pterocymbium macranthum is pictured in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 3, 2023. A research team in southwest China's Yunnan Province said they had found a tropical monsoon forest community of Pterocymbium macranthum, a member of the genus "Pterocymbium," marking the first time this genus has ever been found in China. TO GO WITH "Pterocymbium macranthum found for first time in China" (Photo by Yan Wendi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-CROSS-BORDER E-COMMERCE TRADE FAIR (CN)

(230319) -- FUZHOU, March 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor (R) communicates with a staff member (C) at the booth Alibaba at the 2023 China Cross-border E-commerce Trade Fair in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 18, 2023. The 2023 China Cross-border E-commerce Trade Fair kicked off here on Saturday. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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Foreign firms bullish on China's strong recovery

STORY: Foreign firms bullish on China's strong recovery DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:33 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of city scenes 2. various of Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARNO VAN DER MARWE, BBAC CEO and president 4. various of Bitzer Refrigeration Technology (China) Co., Ltd. 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KARL HEINZ MEISTER, Vice president of the Bitzer Asia-Pacific Area 6. various of Niukouyu Wetland Park 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CHRISTOPHE MAQUET, Member of Veolia Environnement Executive Committee, Senior Executive Vice President for Veolia's Asia-Pacific region 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ARNO VAN DER MARWE, BBAC CEO and president 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): KARL HEINZ MEISTER, Vice president of the Bitzer Asia-Pacific Area 10. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): CHRISTOPHE MAQUET, Member of Veolia Environnement Executive Committee, Senior Executive Vice President for Veolia's Asia-Pacific region STORYLINE: Several foreign companies based in B

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintains a farming machine in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group blends fertilizers in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintains a farming machine in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-SPRING PLOUGHING-PREPARATION (CN)

(230317) -- HEIHE, March 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group maintains a farming machine in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2023. Jianshe Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group has been busy preparing for spring ploughing recently. All the farm's farming machinery is now ready for production on more than 300,000 mu (20,000 hectares) of farm fields. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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Chinese acupuncture treatment gains popularity in Tanzania's Zanzibar

STORY: Chinese acupuncture treatment gains popularity in Tanzania's Zanzibar DATELINE: March 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Dar Es Salaam CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of patients outside the clinic 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WAHIDA, Doctor at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): HADIA, Patient 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU YAJIAN, Acupuncturist of 32nd Chinese medical team to Zanzibar 5. various of the clinic STORYLINE: In Tanzania's Zanzibar, patients queue up for treatment outside the acupuncture clinic of Mnazi Mmoja Hospital. Wahida has worked at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital for 29 years. As a member of the acupuncture department, she has witnessed the growing influence of acupuncture in the region. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WAHIDA, Doctor at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja Hospital "We've got so many patients. Before per month we got maybe 200 (patients), but now 1,000 or 800. The patients they enjoyed this treatment, and they were cured. They enjoyed it because they get relieved from

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AQUACULTURAL INDUSTRY (CN)

(230316) -- TIANJIN, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member tests water quality at a laboratory of Tianjin Leadar Marine Resources Development Co., Ltd in the Binhai New Area modern agriculture industrial park in north China's Tianjin, on March 16, 2023. The industrial park has more than 90 industrial aquacultural enterprises, with an annual breeding of about 18.6 billion fish fry. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AQUACULTURAL INDUSTRY (CN)

(230316) -- TIANJIN, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member dissects a grouper fry at a laboratory of Tianjin Leadar Marine Resources Development Co., Ltd in the Binhai New Area modern agriculture industrial park in north China's Tianjin, on March 16, 2023. The industrial park has more than 90 industrial aquacultural enterprises, with an annual breeding of about 18.6 billion fish fry. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AQUACULTURAL INDUSTRY (CN)

(230316) -- TIANJIN, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks water quality of the hatchery at Tianjin Leadar Marine Resources Development Co., Ltd in the Binhai New Area modern agriculture industrial park in north China's Tianjin, on March 16, 2023. The industrial park has more than 90 industrial aquacultural enterprises, with an annual breeding of about 18.6 billion fish fry. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AQUACULTURAL INDUSTRY (CN)

(230316) -- TIANJIN, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks grouper fry at Tianjin Leadar Marine Resources Development Co., Ltd in the Binhai New Area modern agriculture industrial park in north China's Tianjin, on March 16, 2023. The industrial park has more than 90 industrial aquacultural enterprises, with an annual breeding of about 18.6 billion fish fry. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AQUACULTURAL INDUSTRY (CN)

(230316) -- TIANJIN, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member monitors hatcheries at an aquacultural company in the Binhai New Area modern agriculture industrial park in north China's Tianjin, on March 16, 2023. The industrial park has more than 90 industrial aquacultural enterprises, with an annual breeding of about 18.6 billion fish fry. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-BEIJING-MOSCOW-FREIGHT TRAIN-DEPARTURE (CN)

(230316) -- BEIJING, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks the carriages of a China-Europe freight train heading for Moscow at Mafang railway station in Pinggu District of Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2023. A cargo train loaded with 55 containers left Beijing Thursday morning for the Russian capital Moscow, marking the launch of the first direct China-Europe freight train service from the Chinese capital. The freight train carrying goods such as construction materials, household electrical appliances and clothing departed from the logistic hub of Pinggu District in the northeast of the city and will exit the country via Manzhouli Port in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The train is expected to reach Moscow in 18 days, covering a distance of approximately 9,000 km. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade

STORY: Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): People attending the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network Against Japan Arms Trade 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): KIMIE NAKAMURA, Member of the Chiba City Assembly STORYLINE: Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protestors "No war! No war preparation!" The crowd lay on the ground after the speech, in an attempt to oppose the trade of weapons in a country that boasts of "exclusive defense" using the "body language of death." SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network A

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Anti-terror drill in Tokyo

A member of an anti-terrorist unit looks for a suspicious object during a drill on a train in Tokyo on March 14, 2023, held ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima in May.

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Anti-terror drill in Tokyo

A member of an anti-terrorist unit looks for a suspicious object during a drill on a train in Tokyo on March 14, 2023, held ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima in May.

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Photos of members of Japanese boy band Arashi during their concert tour in 2018 and 2019 are on display at a Shanghai store on March 15, 2023, marking their first overseas exhibition. The five-member band went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Stage outfits worn by members of Japanese boy band Arashi during their concert tour in 2018 and 2019 are on display at a Shanghai store on March 15, 2023, marking their first overseas exhibition. The five-member group went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Stage outfits worn by members of Japanese boy band Arashi during their concert tour in 2018 and 2019 are on display at a Shanghai store on March 15, 2023, marking their first overseas exhibition. The five-member group went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Photos taken March 15, 2023, shows a pop-up store in Shanghai that sells goods related to Japanese boy band Arashi's documentary film on their concert tour in 2018 and 2019. The five-member band went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ZHAO LEJI-JOURNALISTS (CN)

(230314) -- BEIJING, March 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and newly elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), visits staff with Chinese media organizations and thanks all journalists engaging in the coverage of the NPC session, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

Hidehisa Otsuji, president of Japan's House of Councillors, announces the expulsion of Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, from the upper house, in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, after it voted to remove the YouTuber for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022. He is the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951 and the first to be reprimanded for being absent.

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YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

Japan's House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, vote to expel Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, from the upper house for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022. He was the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951 and the first to be reprimanded for being absent.