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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-SOUTH ASIA-EXPO-THAI DURIAN (CN)

(230823) -- KUNMING, Aug. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2023 shows Chen Jie (R) talking with express delivery staff after the seventh China-South Asia Expo closed in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The five-day China-South Asia Expo, which kicked off on Aug. 16 and ended on Aug. 20 in Kunming, attracted over 30,000 exhibitors as well as representatives and guests from 85 countries and regions and international organizations. Chen Jie, a 46-year-old merchant from Thailand, is one of them. Chen brought freeze-dried durians from Chanthaburi Province, the renowned fruit capital of Thailand, to the expo. Currently, durians from Thailand are dominating the Chinese market and freeze-dried durians brought by Chen were sold out even before the expo was closed. The manufacturer of Chen's durian products started its dried fruits export business to China from the year of 2016 and China market takes up almost 40 percent of the company's total sales volume. According to Chen, the China-Sout

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KENYA-MACHAKOS-KONZA SUBSTATION-CHINESE-EDUCATED ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

(230728) -- MACHAKOS, July 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken in 2014 shows David Maina Kamore upon his graduation at Chang'an University in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. David Maina Kamore, 32, is an electrical engineer, a profession he had been dreamed of since his childhood, at the Konza transformer substation. He went to China in 2009 and studied Chinese for a year at Huazhong University of Science and Technology before majoring in electrical engineering and automation at Chang'an University. Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering in 2014, David put what he learned to practice at his hometown, and gained much experience since then. In 2022, at the crucial stage of the construction of the Konza transformer substation, David applied to China Aerospace Construction Group Company (CACGC), contractor of the 400kV substation, for a post there. It was also the first time for him to actually work with high voltage electricity. The substation, located about 70 km sout

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CHINA-TIBET-TSONYI-SINGPORI-RELOCATION (CN)

(220719) -- NAGQU, July 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers are seen on a bus heading for Singpori of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 19, 2022. Tsonyi County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, started the relocation of its second batch of residents on Tuesday, as part of the region's plan to improve people's living conditions and protect the fragile local ecosystem. With an average altitude of over 5,000 meters, Tsonyi County covers a total area of 120,000 square km and is part of the Changtang National Nature Reserve, China's biggest and highest nature reserve. Due to the high altitude and harsh environment, the county is not suitable for human habitation. The oxygen in the air is a mere 40 percent of that on the plain. Its winter lasts 10 months each year, with the lowest temperatures reaching minus 40 degrees Celsius. At around 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, more than 300 residents left their hometown in Doima Township of Tsonyi, China's highest county, moving nearly 1,000 km sout

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Scientists discover new trilobite association over 400 mln years ago in SW China

STORY: Scientists discover new trilobite association over 400 mln years ago in SW China DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fossils of trilobites discovered by scientists STORYLINE: Chinese scientists have documented a new trilobite association during the Late Ordovician in Zhenxiong County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The discovery by researchers from Peking University, an institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xi'an Geological Survey Center was recently published in Palaeoworld. According to Wei Xin, one of the researchers, the trilobite association includes 17 species of 15 genera, among which four species are new. Scientists said that the discovery will provide a great opportunity for researchers to investigate the marine organisms in southern China during the Late Ordovician. Wei said that based on the distribution of trilobite species, it is reasonable to infer that a migration event took place in sout

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Chinese-aided landmark hospital inaugurated in eastern Cambodia

STORY: Chinese-aided landmark hospital inaugurated in eastern Cambodia DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 0:04:00 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1 various of the inauguration ceremony 2 various of the hospital 3 SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): ENG KHEANG, Director of the Cambodia-China Friendship Tboung Khmum Hospital 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): CHHEANG ROTHA, Resident in Tboung Khmum, Cambodia 5 SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): SOUT SEANGHAY, Resident in Tboung Khmum, Cambodia STORYLINE: Cambodia has inaugurated a China-funded landmark hospital on Monday, which is expected to significantly contribute to improving health care services in the country's eastern and northeastern regions. Officially named the Cambodia-China Friendship Tboung Khmum Hospital, the five-story hospital has 300 beds and is well-equipped with high-technology medical equipment for checkups, treatment and surgery. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian presided over the inauguration cerem

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