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Changtang Uninhabited Area in Ngari

NGARI, CHINA - AUGUST 11, 2024 - Herders toil in the Changtang depopulated area of Ngari, Tibet, China, August 11, 2024.

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80-year-old former serf experiences great changes in life in Xizang

STORY: 80-year-old former serf experiences great changes in life in Xizang SHOOTING TIME: Recent DATELINE: March 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:08 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): DRAKPA WANGDEN, Resident in Yamda Village in Lhasa, China's Xizang 2. various of Drakpa Wangden 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): DRAKPA WANGDEN, Resident in Yamda Village in Lhasa, China's Xizang STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): DRAKPA WANGDEN, Resident in Yamda Village in Lhasa, China's Xizang "The hardships of old Xizang, if spoken of, were truly endless. I'm Drakpa Wangden. I'm now 80 years old. In old Xizang, I was a serf under the dominion of serf owners. I never knew where my next meal would come from. I was just like livestock that can talk. I worked as a serf until 1959. Despite having 5 mu of land allocated to me, it wasn't truly mine. The toil on those 5 mu of land was endless, from sowing the first seed to harvesting the wheat. Hard labor was a given, but where did the harvest go? It went

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CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-LIFE CHANGE (CN)

(240320) -- LHASA, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Drakpa Wangden walks into his home in Yamda Village of Tohlung Dechen District, Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 11, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: From a life of toil to a taste of happiness" (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-LIFE CHANGE (CN)

(240320) -- LHASA, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Drakpa Wangden is pictured at his home in Yamda Village of Tohlung Dechen District, Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 11, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: From a life of toil to a taste of happiness" (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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CHINA-XIZANG-FORMER SERF-LIFE CHANGE (CN)

(240320) -- LHASA, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Drakpa Wangden is pictured at his home in Yamda Village of Tohlung Dechen District, Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 11, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: From a life of toil to a taste of happiness" (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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Sci-tech development empowers China's rural transformation

STORY: Sci-tech development empowers China's rural transformation SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 10/ March 17/18, 2024 DATELINE: March 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of agriculture in China 2. various of Du Xiaoyi working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU XIAOYI, Hebei Kelier Seed Industry Co., Ltd 4. various of a smart farm in Jinzhong of north China's Shanxi Province 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU ZHUOHANG, Project leader of Jinzhong National Agricultural High-tech Zone Smart Farm (JD Farm) 6. various of China's Guizhou Province 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): TAN LI, Vlogger 8. various of agriculture in China STORYLINE: The Chinese idiom "face to the soil and back to the sky" has been used to describe the agricultural toil of farmers for thousands of years. Today, thanks to the development of science and technology, farmers' work is easier with harvest bumper and earnings higher. Du Xiaoyi is the founder of a seed company in north China's Hebei Province. As a computer

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Intelligent greenhouses in NW China help farmers realize smart agriculture

STORY: Intelligent greenhouses in NW China help farmers realize smart agriculture DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: YANGLING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of greenhouses in Yangling, Shaanxi 2. various of a greenhouse where dragon fruits are grown 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO JUANRU, Dragon fruit farmer 4. various of smart greenhouse control system 5. various of a production line 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHU XIAOLEI, Head of a local agro-tech company 7. shot of fruits STORYLINE: Before, in simple and primitive greenhouses, farmers in northwest China used to toil to grow their crops. However, nowadays, with the help of intelligent greenhouses, they just need to monitor agricultural production in a hands-off way. In a dragon fruit greenhouse in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a controller connects equipment in and around the greenhouse including lights, sensors, irrigation facilities, ventilators and blankets. Farmers can adjust the environment

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Iraqi artist creates glass painting artworks themed on Iraqi cultural heritages

STORY: Iraqi artist creates glass painting artworks themed on Iraqi cultural heritages DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:50 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Aws al-Bandar painting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AWS AL-BANDAR, Artist 3. various of his workshop 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AWS AL-BANDAR, Artist STORYLINE: Aws al-Bandar is an Iraqi artist specializing in glass painting. His paintings reflect ideas inspired by Iraqi cultural heritages. In his workshop in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Adhamiyah, al-Bandar was busy working on one of the paintings that reflected blue domes, ancient houses, women and men who toil to earn their livelihood. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AWS AL-BANDAR, Artist "I've been specializing in painting on glass since the 1990s when the art flourished during the period of the (international) embargo on Iraq, as it was hard to obtain paints. And we began to manufacture the pigments, which is a local industry, by exploiting the available materials." A

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Double, Double, Toil & Trouble (1993)

Cloris Leachman, Mary-Kate Olsen & Ashley Olsen Characters: Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia,Kelly Farmer / Young Aunt Sofia & Lynn Farmer Film: Double, Double, Toil & Trouble (1995) Director: Stuart Margolin 30 October 1993 Date: 30 October 1993

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 27

27 Kakegawa - Travellers crossing a high trestle-bridge over the Kake River, two of them peering into the water below, and behind a small boy watching a kite up in the air, while beyond another, with broken string, flutters to earth. Peasants transplanting rice in the flooded fields, and in the distance Mount Akiba rising above the mists. A shrine standing on the top of a mountain near this station attracted worshippers from all over Japan who came to pray for protection against the calamity of fire. An old couple of travellers are struggling against a strong wind as they toil to cross the arched bridge. A naughty boy is following them with a mocking gesture. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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FEATURE: Spring is time for needlework for many Japanese mothers

Nami Uchiyama, a 39-year-old graphic designer in Tokyo, uses a sewing machine to make a fabric bag for her son at her home on March 14, 2016, before he enters elementary school in April. Every year as cherry blossoms bloom, mothers of young children across Japan toil until late at night to sew fabric bags as many Japanese nursery and elementary schools require parents to prepare a number of items, often difficult to purchase, for use by their children at the schools. There remains social pressure for mothers to make them by hand, while fathers are generally not expected to do the needlework. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo