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(VistaNingxia)CHINA-NINGXIA-ZHONGWEI-ENVIRONMENT-SAND CONTROL (CN)

(240616) -- ZHONGWEI, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers produce straw checkerboard materials in Zhongwei of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, May 29, 2024. In the 1950s, to protect China's first railway that runs through a desert, the city of Zhongwei embarked on a journey of desert mitigation. Scientists at the Shapotou Desert Research and Experiment Station, part of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with local residents, developed straw checkerboards to stabilize the sand and prevent dunes from shifting. Tang Ximing, a senior engineer at a state-owned forestry farm in Zhongwei, crafted a steel tool that differs from regular shovels by featuring two horizontal bars at the front tip. This innovative tool enables the planting of seedling roots 50 centimeters deep into the moist sand layer. This simple tool increases the survival rate of afforestation by 25 percent to over 85 percent. It has been widely promot

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(VistaNingxia)CHINA-NINGXIA-ZHONGWEI-ENVIRONMENT-SAND CONTROL (CN)

(240616) -- ZHONGWEI, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows straw checkerboards in the Tengger Desert, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In the 1950s, to protect China's first railway that runs through a desert, the city of Zhongwei embarked on a journey of desert mitigation. Scientists at the Shapotou Desert Research and Experiment Station, part of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with local residents, developed straw checkerboards to stabilize the sand and prevent dunes from shifting. Tang Ximing, a senior engineer at a state-owned forestry farm in Zhongwei, crafted a steel tool that differs from regular shovels by featuring two horizontal bars at the front tip. This innovative tool enables the planting of seedling roots 50 centimeters deep into the moist sand layer. This simple tool increases the survival rate of afforestation by 25 percent to over 85 percent. It has been widely promot

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Chinese foundation donates sports equipment to Myanmar schools

STORY: Chinese foundation donates sports equipment to Myanmar schools SHOOTING TIME: April 10, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Nay Pyi Taw CATEGORY: SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation event in Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday STORYLINE: The China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD) donated sports equipment to five basic education schools in Nay Pyi Taw, capital of Myanmar, on Wednesday. In cooperation with Myanmar Chinese Cooperation and Communication Center, the CFPD made the donation as part of the "Silk Road People-to-People Connectivity Care for the Future" program. During the donation event, the sports equipment was handed over to the schools' representatives by CFPD Myanmar office's in-charge Wang Lei and Senior President of Myanmar Chinese Cooperation and Communication Center Li Bo Bo. Wang said that the CFPD has implemented various projects in Myanmar, including the donation of healthcare facilities and school materials, and these projects help promot

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Ghana aims to reduce carbon emissions by 64 mln tonnes by 2030: president

STORY: Ghana aims to reduce carbon emissions by 64 mln tonnes by 2030: president DATELINE: June 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tree-planting event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, Ghanaian President 3. various of the tree-planting event 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, Ghanaian President STORYLINE: Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday said that the country aimed to reduce carbon emissions by about 64 million tonnes by 2030. Giving a speech at this year's national tree planting day commemoration, the president emphasized the need to address the causes of deforestation and forest degradation, such as agriculture, illegal mining, illegal logging, and wildfires, to achieve the country's emission reduction targets. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, Ghanaian President "And enhance our resilience and adaptation to climate change by improving early warning systems, promot

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-COMMON PROSPERITY (CN)

(220609) -- HANGZHOU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers participate in a dragon boat race in Mindang Village of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 1, 2022. In June 2021, China's central authorities issued a guideline on building Zhejiang into demonstration zone for achieving common prosperity. Under the guideline, the province will strive to achieve common prosperity by 2035, with its per capita gross domestic product and the income of urban and rural residents reaching the standard for developed countries. As an economic powerhouse in east China, Zhejiang Province has drawn up detailed plans to achieve common prosperity. As per estimates, labor remuneration will account for more than 50 percent of its GDP by 2025, and the ratio of residents' per capita disposable income to per capita GDP will continue to increase during the period. The province will explore breakthroughs to build a high-quality employment and entrepreneurship system, improve the quality of social security mechanism, promot

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-COMMON PROSPERITY (CN)

(220609) -- HANGZHOU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sheep are seen at a morden industrial park in Changxing County of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 6, 2022. In June 2021, China's central authorities issued a guideline on building Zhejiang into demonstration zone for achieving common prosperity. Under the guideline, the province will strive to achieve common prosperity by 2035, with its per capita gross domestic product and the income of urban and rural residents reaching the standard for developed countries. As an economic powerhouse in east China, Zhejiang Province has drawn up detailed plans to achieve common prosperity. As per estimates, labor remuneration will account for more than 50 percent of its GDP by 2025, and the ratio of residents' per capita disposable income to per capita GDP will continue to increase during the period. The province will explore breakthroughs to build a high-quality employment and entrepreneurship system, improve the quality of social security mechanism, promot

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang makes an engraved printing block at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 15, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near future to promot

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang makes an engraved printing block at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 19, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near future to promot

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang makes an engraved printing block at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 15, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near future to promot

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang makes an engraved printing block at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 15, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near future to promot

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang makes an engraved printing block at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 15, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near future to promot

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang makes an engraved printing block at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 15, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near future to promot

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SYRIANA

SYRIANA GEORGE CLOONEY, Director STEPHEN GAGHAN, Producer JENNIFER FOX and Dirtector of Photography ROBERT ELSWITT (L-r) GEORGE CLOONEY, Director STEPHEN GAGHAN, Producer JENNIFER FOX and Dirtector of Photography ROBERT ELSWITT on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ political thriller “Syriana,” also starring Matt Damon and Jeffrey Wright. PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOT