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Xinhua Headlines: Unparalleled "pairing assistance" program changes people's life in Xinjiang

(231003) -- URUMQI, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children have fun at a reading room built with assistance from Jinhua City of east China's Zhejiang Province, in Tohula Township of Wensu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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Xinhua Headlines: Unparalleled "pairing assistance" program changes people's life in Xinjiang

(231003) -- URUMQI, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A young patient receives an examination by ophthalmologist Liu Yuanyuan (C) and Shi Wenfang (R) from Jining City of east China's Shandong Province, at a hospital in Yengisar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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Xinhua Headlines: Unparalleled "pairing assistance" program changes people's life in Xinjiang

(231003) -- URUMQI, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Agricultural officials and professionals from southeast China's Fujian Province discuss the trial planting of a new sweet potato breed in Mulei County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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Xinhua Headlines: Unparalleled "pairing assistance" program changes people's life in Xinjiang

(231003) -- URUMQI, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sun Lei (2nd R), a teacher from Beijing, tutors students at the China University of Petroleum -- Beijing at Karamay (CPUBK) in Karamay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous, Sept. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Gao Han)

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Xinhua Headlines: Unparalleled "pairing assistance" program changes people's life in Xinjiang

(231003) -- URUMQI, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers confirm the quality of automatically sorted plums at a smart supply chain hub of JD Logistics in Jiashi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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Xinhua Headlines: Unparalleled "pairing assistance" program changes people's life in Xinjiang

(231003) -- URUMQI, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shang Yujie (R), a teacher from Dongying City of east China's Shandong Province, tutors a student at a middle school in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous, Sept. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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Unparalleled pairing assistance program changes people's life in Xinjiang

STORY: Unparalleled pairing assistance program changes people's life in Xinjiang DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2. various of Hotan People's Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): AMANNISA ABDUGHNI, Alijan's sister 4. various of Hotan People's Hospital 5. various of Xinjiang 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): AYSHAGUL KADIR, Mother of a boy diagnosed with congenital heart disease 7. various of Xinjiang STORYLINE: China has been implementing pairing assistance programs in Xinjiang since 1997, channeling financial, technical and human resource support across various sectors from different regions of the country to Xinjiang. The assistance initiative has greatly improved the well-being of people of all ethnic groups. Alijan, a young boy from Keriya County, Hotan Prefecture, is one of the beneficiaries of the program. He was diagnosed with a serious eye disease this August and has successfully received an operatio

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Seven Uygur children to head to Shenzhen for heart surgery

STORY: Seven Uygur children to head to Shenzhen for heart surgery DATELINE: Sept.22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:27 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Kashgar People's Hospital 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AYSHAGUL KADIR, Mother of a boy diagnosed with congenital heart disease STORYLINE: Seven children in China's Kashgar will head to the coastal city of Shenzhen to have a heart surgery. They were diagnosed with congenital heart disease during a free screening by doctors from Shenzhen, as part of a medical pairing assistance program for Xinjiang. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AYSHAGUL KADIR, Mother of a boy diagnosed with congenital heart disease The doctors from Shenzhen gave my son a free medical examination. The doctors are right at our doorstep. We don't have to go to a hospital in a big city. It saves us money and time. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-WANG HUNING-SUPPORTING XINJIANG-WORK CONFERENCE (CN)

(230921) -- KASHGAR, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visits Liuxing Street community in Yining City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2023. Wang attended and delivered a speech at a work conference on supporting Xinjiang through "pairing assistance" programs. The conference was held from Sept. 19 to 21 in the region's Kashgar. During his visit to Xinjiang, Wang met with officials working for the program and members of the general public. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-WANG HUNING-SUPPORTING XINJIANG-WORK CONFERENCE (CN)

(230921) -- KASHGAR, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivers a speech at a work conference on supporting Xinjiang through "pairing assistance" programs in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2023. Wang attended and delivered a speech at a work conference on supporting Xinjiang through "pairing assistance" programs. The conference was held from Sept. 19 to 21 in the region's Kashgar. During his visit to Xinjiang, Wang met with officials working for the program and members of the general public. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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E China city promotes communications among cross-Strait families

STORY: E China city promotes communications among cross-Strait families DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cross-Strait families pairing activity 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YE GUANPING, Resident in Guixi Community, Fuzhou 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KOU SHIH HSIEN, Resident in Guixi Community from Taiwan, Fuzhou 4. various of the Guixi Community 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN WENJING, Official of Guixi Community, Fuzhou STORYLINE: Seven pairs of families from both sides of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday participated in a cross-Strait family pairing event in east China's Fuzhou City. Seven pairs of families put their handprints on a drawing board together, left their names and words of blessings, and had face-to-face exchanges on hobbies and other activities, to further boost communications between families from both sides of the Strait. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YE GUANPING, Resident in Guixi Community, Fuzhou "I would like to invite th

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Sugiyama, Hantuchova dumped in Toray 1st round women's doubles

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ai Sugiyama (R), pairing with Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, returns a ball in the women's doubles of Toray Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 30. The pair were dumped in the first round.

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Takeda back from World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Toyoki Takeda, who set the world's fastest time of the season in winning the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating race in Calgary on Dec. 9, arrives at Narita airport Dec. 11. Takeda clocked a time of 34.62 seconds in the final's first pairing at the Olympic Oval and stayed on top to win his first-ever World Cup title.

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Xinhua Headlines: Pairing assistance brings sea change to landlocked region

(220829) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on July 15, 2021 shows the panoramic view of the Minning Town in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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Xinhua Headlines: Pairing assistance brings sea change to landlocked region

(220829) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers package cereal products at an ecological agriculture company funded by Fujian Province, in Haiyuan County of Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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Xinhua Headlines: Pairing assistance brings sea change to landlocked region

(220829) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers are on duty at a wine storing workshop in Minning Town, Yongning County of Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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Xinhua Headlines: Pairing assistance brings sea change to landlocked region

(220829) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A teacher guides students from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region at SCUD Senior Technical School in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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Pairing assistance brings sea change to NW China mountains

STORY: Pairing assistance brings sea change to NW China mountains DATELINE: Aug. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Minning Town 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIE XINGCHANG, Former Party chief at Funing Village, Minning Town 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIN CHUANXUAN, Deputy head of Xiji County, Ningxia (official from Fujian) 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YU ZHENGBANG, Deputy director of Rural revitalization bureau, Haiyuan County STORYLINE: Thanks to the assistance from east China's coastal province, a once poverty-stricken town deep in the country's northwestern barren mountains has seen a sea change in people's livelihood over the past decades. Affluent Fujian Province was paired with landlocked Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in 1996 under a pairing-up scheme between developed and underdeveloped areas. In 1997, Fujian and Ningxia agreed to build a new village near Ningxia's capital Yinchuan to relocate villagers in arid mountains to habitable are

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YANG-PAIRING-UP SUPPORT FOR TIBET (CN)

(220818) -- BEIJING, Aug. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of a central coordinating group for Tibet work, attends a conference on pairing-up support for the Tibet Autonomous Region, the third of its kind, in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 18, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

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Intangible cultural heritage exhibition held in Xinjiang, China

STORY: Intangible cultural heritage exhibition held in Xinjiang, China DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the intangible cultural heritage exhibition STORYLINE: An intangible cultural heritage exhibition is being held in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The exhibition, which runs from Sunday to Thursday, showcases 193 intangible cultural heritage projects from 19 provincial-level regions that offer pairing assistance to Xinjiang and 146 such projects from Xinjiang. Held in Xinjiang Art Museum, the exhibition covers an area of around 5,000 square meters. Sideline activities like a cultural salon and performances also took place to celebrate the unique charm of intangible cultural heritage. The exhibition is jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is expected to boost the cultural exchanges between Xinjiang and the provincial-level r

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China's rural vitalization offers hope to my country: Zimbabwean student

STORY: China's rural vitalization offers hope to my country: Zimbabwean student DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Minning town 2. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIES MUNASHE, Zimbabwean student STORYLINE: Davies Munashe, a Zimbabwean student at Ningxia Medical University, visited Minning town, a model town for pairing-up assistance between China's Fujian and Ningxia, with his teachers and friends during the summer vacation. He shares his feelings on China's development. 　　 SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIES MUNASHE, Zimbabwean student "Today, we've been going around the town of Minning, and we've been looking at the developments that have been done in the previous years, looking at the Chinese government and what they are trying to do in Ningxia, and especially for the rural areas here. In the museum, I think one of the major take-aways from there was how I could relate to the poor people that were there, looking back at my home country, and lo

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Livestream e-commerce injects new impetus for old revolutionary base in NW China

STORY: Livestream e-commerce injects new impetus for old revolutionary base in NW China DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of Yanchivarious of the e-commerce baseSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI ZHIXIONG, Manager of the e-commerce baseSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MA JING, Livestreamer STORYLINE: Yanchi County, once a revolutionary base in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, has embraced high-quality development, thanks to the local e-commerce industry. An e-commerce base has been co-built by Shishi City of Fujian Province and Yanchi through a "pairing-up" program, providing one-stop services including livestreaming, marketing, training, and supply chain for local enterprises and entrepreneurs. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI ZHIXIONG, Manager of the e-commerce base "The e-commerce base mainly aims at selling products from both Ningxia and Fujian, as well as providing e-commerce training and incubation. It also serves as a warehouse and a logi

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Villager Liang Anhe and his wife Liang Yingmi view the snow scenery at Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 26, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Oct. 28, 2021 shows villagers mending a road in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Ethnic Miao women of Wuying Village visit a production line of Luosifen rice noodles in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 14, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and southwest China's Guizhou Province. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A child does homework in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Aug. 30, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Local staff member Qin Tianyang (1st L) and villagers prepare for the "Liang Bu" (a kind of traditional hand-made cloth of Miao ethnic group) fair, in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Oct. 18, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethni.....

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A teacher cuts hair for a student at a teaching point in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 8, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Liang Yuanhua (R) helps her mother Liang Yingmi wash hair in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 11, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Student Wu Liangyou holds a Lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, before having a class at the teaching point of Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Nov. 25, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Villagers make a bamboo fence in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 10, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Villagers are on the way to a banquet with gifts on their shoulders in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Dec. 14, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Villager Dai Shiying herds sheep while cleaning the sheep manure in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Oct. 21, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Zheng Changhao, who once worked as a local poverty alleviation official, operates a drone with children in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Oct. 2, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Villagers Liang Zuying (L) and Wu Meifu of Wuying Village view scenery on a boat in the sea near Lianjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 4, 2021. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Photo by Qin Tianyang/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-WUYING VILLAGE-RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(211230) -- RONGSHUI, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 28, 2021 shows Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Locals have suffered from the area's barren lands, harsh natural environment and inconvenient transportation for years. The people of Wuying shook off poverty in 2020. In 2021, with the "pairing assistance" for rural vitalization from Lianjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have sped up efforts in promoting its all-round development in economy, education, culture and ethnic unity. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Takeda back from World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Toyoki Takeda, who set the world's fastest time of the season in winning the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating race in Calgary on Dec. 9, arrives at Narita airport Dec. 11. Takeda clocked a time of 34.62 seconds in the final's first pairing at the Olympic Oval and stayed on top to win his first-ever World Cup title.

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Sugiyama, Hantuchova dumped in Toray 1st round women's doubles

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ai Sugiyama (R), pairing with Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, returns a ball in the women's doubles of Toray Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 30. The pair were dumped in the first round. (Kyodo)

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Reception marking 1st anniversary of Japan-EU FTA

The Mission of Japan to the European Union in Brussels holds a reception on Jan. 23, 2020, marking the 1st anniversary of the entry into force of the Japan-EU free trade agreement. Senior EU officials and diplomats are among participants, trying out pairing of Japanese sake and European cheeses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ordinance to regulate dating services comes into force

A girl in a dating service is warned by a police officer for standing on a street to solicit customers in Tokyo's Akihabara district on June 30, 2017. A new ordinance to regulate services pairing up men with teenage schoolgirls, known as the "JK business," came into force in the Japanese capital the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ordinance to regulate dating services comes into force

Police officers verify the age of girls working at a dating service pairing up men with teenage schoolgirls in Tokyo's Akihabara district on April 8, 2017. A new ordinance to regulate such services known as the "JK business" came into force on July 1 in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ordinance to regulate dating services comes into force

The mascot of the Metropolitan Police Department hands out fliers in Tokyo's Harajuku area on July 1, 2017, to raise awareness of the danger of "JK business" pairing up men with teenage schoolgirls. A new ordinance to regulate such dating services came into force in the Japanese capital the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo