CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

(230430) -- YECHENG, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Eniwar Emer (R) carries tree seedlings to the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in Yecheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 16, 2023. Every April, flowers bloom in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where 233 martyrs were buried. "I will take good care of the cemetery," said 53-year-old Eniwar Emer in front of his father's tombstone. Eniwar is a second-generation keeper for the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, following the footsteps of his father Emer Yit, who had maintained the graves there from 1970 until he died in August 2017. Yit retired from the army in 1968, when he landed a brief stint as village Party secretary in his hometown before later becoming headmaster of a local middle school. But he never felt quite fit for those jobs. It was in 1970 that he learned of a job opening for a guard at the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, where his fellow soldiers had been buried. He applied for the posi

CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

(230430) -- YECHENG, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Eniwar Emer (R) carries tree seedlings to the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in Yecheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 16, 2023. Every April, flowers bloom in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where 233 martyrs were buried. "I will take good care of the cemetery," said 53-year-old Eniwar Emer in front of his father's tombstone. Eniwar is a second-generation keeper for the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, following the footsteps of his father Emer Yit, who had maintained the graves there from 1970 until he died in August 2017. Yit retired from the army in 1968, when he landed a brief stint as village Party secretary in his hometown before later becoming headmaster of a local middle school. But he never felt quite fit for those jobs. It was in 1970 that he learned of a job opening for a guard at the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, where his fellow soldiers had been buried. He applied for the posi

Trading in own currencies facilitates transaction, lowers cost: Brazilian diplomat

STORY: Trading in own currencies facilitates transaction, lowers cost: Brazilian diplomat DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes in Brazil 2. various of scenes in China 3. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai STORYLINE: The Brazilian government recently said that Brazil and China could trade in their own currencies in the future, and not use the U.S. dollar as an intermediary. A Brazilian diplomat in Shanghai told Xinhua that such an arrangement will facilitate bilateral trade and lower the cost of transaction. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai "China is the biggest trade partner of Brazil. It has been so for 14 consecutive years and we have all the elements to believe that this will keep being the situation for many years to come. So it's natural that we can facilitate and lower the cost of transaction. That's posi

Nicaragua's National Zoo raises visitors' awareness of Bengal tiger conservation

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