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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-DRAGON BOAT PRODUCTION (CN)

(230615) -- FUZHOU, June 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 12, 2023 shows a dragon boat being loaded onto a truck in Minhou County, Fuzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province. With the approaching of Dragon Boat Festival, craftsmen in Fangzhuang Village of Minhou County, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, have become increasingly busy. The village's four large dragon boat factories are working tirelessly to fulfill their orders for the upcoming festival. Each year, over 200 dragon boats are sold from here to various parts of China and countries like Japan, Singapore and the United States. Fangzhuang has a rich history of shipbuilding dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Later generations saw the business opportunities presented by dragon boats and began designing and manufacturing traditional Fuzhou-style dragon boats themselves. During its heyday in the 1970s, there were twelve shipyards in the village with hundreds of employees. Making a dragon boat requ

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-DRAGON BOAT PRODUCTION (CN)

(230615) -- FUZHOU, June 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A craftsman carries a newly-carved dragon boat head in Fangzhuang Village, Minhou County, Fuzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 12, 2023. With the approaching of Dragon Boat Festival, craftsmen in Fangzhuang Village of Minhou County, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, have become increasingly busy. The village's four large dragon boat factories are working tirelessly to fulfill their orders for the upcoming festival. Each year, over 200 dragon boats are sold from here to various parts of China and countries like Japan, Singapore and the United States. Fangzhuang has a rich history of shipbuilding dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Later generations saw the business opportunities presented by dragon boats and began designing and manufacturing traditional Fuzhou-style dragon boats themselves. During its heyday in the 1970s, there were twelve shipyards in the village with hundreds of employees. Making a dragon boat requ

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Chinese embassy in Tanzania donates necessities to school children with disabilities

STORY: Chinese embassy in Tanzania donates necessities to school children with disabilities DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: EDUCATION/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and teachers welcoming the Chinese ambassador 2. various of the donation ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI): Teacher from Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School 4. various of donations STORYLINE: The Chinese embassy in Tanzania has donated daily necessities to 136 students with disabilities at a primary school in Tanzanian's port city of Dar es Salaam. The donation to Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School on Friday included food, medicines, clothes, cooking wares and bedding stuff. SOUNDBITE (SWAHILI): Teacher from Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School "We received food, school uniforms, medicine, and pillows for our students and so many other stuff." Chen Mingjian, Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, said at the event that to love and care for people with disabilities is a long-term task that requ

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CHINA-SICHUAN-ABA-RUOERGAI WETLAND (CN)

(221103) -- ABA, Nov. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2022 shows a view of the Requ River in Ruoergai County of Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Ruoergai Wetland National Nature Reserve is established to protect local peat swamp ecosystem and rare species such as the black-necked crane. Noted for vast grassland dotted with winding rivers, lakes and swamps, this nature reserve became one at the national level in 1998, and was designated as a wetland of international importance in 2008. The ecological environment of protected areas witnessed an continuous improvement in recent years as the local government implemented substantial measures in ecological protection while improving local people's livelihood. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)