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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kashmiri Farmers Dry Almonds in Harvest Season - India

A Kashmiri farmer dries almonds during the harvesting season at a village in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, on August 3, 2025. Almond cultivation is a key agricultural activity in the Kashmir Valley, contributing to the livelihoods of thousands of families. After harvesting, almonds are spread out under the sun to dry, a traditional method used to preserve and prepare the nuts for local markets and export. The season is labor-intensive, requiring manual effort for collection, sorting, and sun-drying. Despite challenges from erratic weather and limited infrastructure, farmers in the region continue to rely on almond production as a vital source of income. The annual harvest is also a symbol of rural resilience and cultural heritage in this conflict-affected region of northern India. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dragon scale bookbinding: Ancient Chinese art and wisdom

STORY: Dragon scale bookbinding: Ancient Chinese art and wisdom SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of dragon scale bookbinding creation STORYLINE: Dragon scale bookbinding is a traditional Chinese method of bookbinding with a history of over 1,000 years. The pages look like swaying leaves, and the book becomes a scroll when you roll it up. Dragon scale bookbinding marks a key transition from scrolls to modern books. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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ChineseToday | Tea mixologist brings Huangshan tea culture in vogue

(240602) -- HUANGSHAN, June 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Customers drink tea beverages at a shop in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. Wang Sun is the founder of Demingshe, a tea art vocational training school in Huangshan City. Huangshan City is the place of origin of several famous teas including Huangshan Maofeng, Taiping Houkui and Keemun black tea, and boasts a long history of drinking tea. As a pioneer in developing innovative tea-making skills and alternative ways of drinking tea, Wang started the research and promotion of the new-style tea beverages in 2021. Inspired by bartenders, she uses traditional Huangshan teas as base, employing bar tools to blend the tea with fresh fruits, herbal medicines, fermented rice wine, or ice cubes, creating beverages with diverse flavours, mouthfeels, and appearances. The tea beverages hit the market and were well received by consumers, meeting their preferences of tea drinking that were dissimilar from traditional brewing method

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ChineseToday | Tea mixologist brings Huangshan tea culture in vogue

(240602) -- HUANGSHAN, June 2, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Customers drink tea beverages at a shop in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. Wang Sun is the founder of Demingshe, a tea art vocational training school in Huangshan City. Huangshan City is the place of origin of several famous teas including Huangshan Maofeng, Taiping Houkui and Keemun black tea, and boasts a long history of drinking tea. As a pioneer in developing innovative tea-making skills and alternative ways of drinking tea, Wang started the research and promotion of the new-style tea beverages in 2021. Inspired by bartenders, she uses traditional Huangshan teas as base, employing bar tools to blend the tea with fresh fruits, herbal medicines, fermented rice wine, or ice cubes, creating beverages with diverse flavours, mouthfeels, and appearances. The tea beverages hit the market and were well received by consumers, meeting their preferences of tea drinking that were dissimilar from traditional brewing method

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Festive mood fills Hong Kong's Lunar New Year fairs

STORY: Festive mood fills Hong Kong's Lunar New Year fairs SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 5, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:49 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fair STORYLINE: Visiting Lunar New Year fairs is a traditional activity in Hong Kong to welcome the new year. This year, there are a total of 15 fairs across the territory which kicked off on Sunday to sell flowers and festive goods. The fair in Victoria Park in Hong Kong is the largest one, with flower stalls crowded with people choosing flowers and plants for home decorations to celebrate the Chinese festival. Some of them asked stall owners about the price, some discussed the planting method, and some stopped to take pictures, creating a festive atmosphere. Besides flowers, there are also Chinese New Year couplets and various decorations with the theme of the Year of the Dragon on sale at the fairs. After five years, the fair at Victoria Park has resumed stalls selling dry, wet goods and fast food, crea

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Chinese major pickle production base sees export to RCEP partners increasing

STORY: Chinese major pickle production base sees export to RCEP partners increasing SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 31, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fuling District 2. various of the company 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHOU LINXIANG, General manager of a local pickled mustard tubers producing company STORYLINE: The history of pickle-making in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. As a popular snack on many Chinese people's dinner tables, the pickled mustard tubers have been accepted by more foreigners in recent years. And thanks to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the world's biggest free trade pact that took effect in 2022, the pickle's export volume to Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asian countries has increased

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BANGLADESH-NARAYANGANJ-CLOTH-COLORING

(231018) -- NARAYANGANJ, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers color cloth in traditional method at a factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Oct. 17, 2023. (Xinhua)

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BANGLADESH-NARAYANGANJ-CLOTH-COLORING

(231018) -- NARAYANGANJ, Oct. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers color cloth in traditional method at a factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Oct. 17, 2023. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-CHINESE PICKLE-PRODUCTION(CN)

(231017) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An employee carries Zhacai (pickled mustard tubers) products at a company in Fuling, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 16, 2023. The history of pickle-making in Chongqing's Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. During these years, the region's unique pickled mustard tubers, which used to be a luxurious snack at the beginning of the 20th century, have been served on many Chinese people's dinner tables and even shipped to overseas markets. In 2022, the total output value of the pickle industry in the Fuling District exceeded 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-CHINESE PICKLE-PRODUCTION(CN)

(231017) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An employee processes Zhacai (pickled mustard tubers) products at a company in Fuling, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 16, 2023. The history of pickle-making in Chongqing's Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. During these years, the region's unique pickled mustard tubers, which used to be a luxurious snack at the beginning of the 20th century, have been served on many Chinese people's dinner tables and even shipped to overseas markets. In 2022, the total output value of the pickle industry in the Fuling District exceeded 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-CHINESE PICKLE-PRODUCTION(CN)

(231017) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Employees work in an intelligent production workshop of Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co., Ltd. in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 16, 2023. The history of pickle-making in Chongqing's Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. During these years, the region's unique pickled mustard tubers, which used to be a luxurious snack at the beginning of the 20th century, have been served on many Chinese people's dinner tables and even shipped to overseas markets. In 2022, the total output value of the pickle industry in the Fuling District exceeded 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-CHINESE PICKLE-PRODUCTION(CN)

(231017) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An employee works at an intelligent production workshop of Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co., Ltd. in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 16, 2023. The history of pickle-making in Chongqing's Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. During these years, the region's unique pickled mustard tubers, which used to be a luxurious snack at the beginning of the 20th century, have been served on many Chinese people's dinner tables and even shipped to overseas markets. In 2022, the total output value of the pickle industry in the Fuling District exceeded 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-CHINESE PICKLE-PRODUCTION(CN)

(231017) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2023 shows a robotic arm processing Zhacai (pickled mustard tubers) products at an intelligent production workshop of Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co., Ltd. in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The history of pickle-making in Chongqing's Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. During these years, the region's unique pickled mustard tubers, which used to be a luxurious snack at the beginning of the 20th century, have been served on many Chinese people's dinner tables and even shipped to overseas markets. In 2022, the total output value of the pickle industry in the Fuling District exceeded 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-CHINESE PICKLE-PRODUCTION(CN)

(231017) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An employee drives a forklift to carry Zhacai (pickled mustard tubers) products at Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co., Ltd. in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 16, 2023. The history of pickle-making in Chongqing's Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. During these years, the region's unique pickled mustard tubers, which used to be a luxurious snack at the beginning of the 20th century, have been served on many Chinese people's dinner tables and even shipped to overseas markets. In 2022, the total output value of the pickle industry in the Fuling District exceeded 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-CHINESE PICKLE-PRODUCTION(CN)

(231017) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2023 shows a production line at an intelligent production workshop of Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co., Ltd. in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The history of pickle-making in Chongqing's Fuling, a major pickle production base, dates back more than 150 years. The district's traditional method of producing preserved mustard tubers was listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. During these years, the region's unique pickled mustard tubers, which used to be a luxurious snack at the beginning of the 20th century, have been served on many Chinese people's dinner tables and even shipped to overseas markets. In 2022, the total output value of the pickle industry in the Fuling District exceeded 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant

STORY: Barcelona hospital performs world's first fully robotic lung transplant DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona 2. various of pictures of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ALBERT JAUREGUI, Head of the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants Department at Vall d'Hebron 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): XAVIER, Lung transplant patient STORYLINE: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona has carried out the world's first fully robotic lung transplant using a minimally invasive technique that does not require cutting through bone. Surgeons announced on Monday that they utilized a four-armed "Da Vinci" medical robot to make an eight-centimeter incision above the diaphragm to remove the damaged lung and insert a new one. This groundbreaking procedure avoids the traditional method of separating the ribs to open up the thorax, which was the only available option until now. The doctors also noted that i

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INDIA-PUNJAB-AMRITSAR-WHEAT HARVEST

(230417) -- AMRITSAR, April 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer harvests wheat crops with traditional method in a wheat farm in Amritsar district of India's northern Punjab state, April 16, 2023. (Str/Xinhua)

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INDIA-PUNJAB-AMRITSAR-WHEAT HARVEST

(230417) -- AMRITSAR, April 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer harvests wheat crops with traditional method in a wheat farm in Amritsar district of India's northern Punjab state, April 16, 2023. (Str/Xinhua)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-RICE WINE-BREWING (CN)

(230207) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Winemaker Song Xinglei checks the feed pipe pressure at an extraction workshop of a rice wine brewery in Yuecheng District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 7, 2023. Shaoxing is one of the largest production and sales bases of yellow rice wine in China. Shaoxing wine is still produced by locals nowadays with traditional method of brewing. The techniques of brewing Shaoxing rice wine was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. At present, there are more than 50 yellow rice wine production and operation enterprises in Shaoxing, with an industrial output value of about 5 billion yuan (about 737 million U.S. dollars) in 2022. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-RICE WINE-BREWING (CN)

(230207) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023 shows workers transporting crocks of wine at a rice wine brewery in Shangyu District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province. Shaoxing is one of the largest production and sales bases of yellow rice wine in China. Shaoxing wine is still produced by locals nowadays with traditional method of brewing. The techniques of brewing Shaoxing rice wine was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. At present, there are more than 50 yellow rice wine production and operation enterprises in Shaoxing, with an industrial output value of about 5 billion yuan (about 737 million U.S. dollars) in 2022. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-RICE WINE-BREWING (CN)

(230207) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker seals wine crocks with mud at a rice wine brewery in Yuecheng District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 7, 2023. Shaoxing is one of the largest production and sales bases of yellow rice wine in China. Shaoxing wine is still produced by locals nowadays with traditional method of brewing. The techniques of brewing Shaoxing rice wine was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. At present, there are more than 50 yellow rice wine production and operation enterprises in Shaoxing, with an industrial output value of about 5 billion yuan (about 737 million U.S. dollars) in 2022. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-RICE WINE-BREWING (CN)

(230207) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker transports crocks of wine at a rice wine brewery in Yuecheng District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 7, 2023. Shaoxing is one of the largest production and sales bases of yellow rice wine in China. Shaoxing wine is still produced by locals nowadays with traditional method of brewing. The techniques of brewing Shaoxing rice wine was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. At present, there are more than 50 yellow rice wine production and operation enterprises in Shaoxing, with an industrial output value of about 5 billion yuan (about 737 million U.S. dollars) in 2022. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-RICE WINE-BREWING (CN)

(230207) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers seal wine crocks with lotus leaves and bamboo shells at a rice wine brewery in Yuecheng District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 7, 2023. Shaoxing is one of the largest production and sales bases of yellow rice wine in China. Shaoxing wine is still produced by locals nowadays with traditional method of brewing. The techniques of brewing Shaoxing rice wine was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. At present, there are more than 50 yellow rice wine production and operation enterprises in Shaoxing, with an industrial output value of about 5 billion yuan (about 737 million U.S. dollars) in 2022. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-RICE WINE-BREWING (CN)

(230207) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Winemaker Wang Linxiang tastes wine at a rice wine brewery in Shangyu District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 7, 2023. Shaoxing is one of the largest production and sales bases of yellow rice wine in China. Shaoxing wine is still produced by locals nowadays with traditional method of brewing. The techniques of brewing Shaoxing rice wine was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. At present, there are more than 50 yellow rice wine production and operation enterprises in Shaoxing, with an industrial output value of about 5 billion yuan (about 737 million U.S. dollars) in 2022. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-SHAOXING-RICE WINE-BREWING (CN)

(230207) -- SHAOXING, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers seal wine crocks with lotus leaves and bamboo shells at a rice wine brewery in Yuecheng District of Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 7, 2023. Shaoxing is one of the largest production and sales bases of yellow rice wine in China. Shaoxing wine is still produced by locals nowadays with traditional method of brewing. The techniques of brewing Shaoxing rice wine was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. At present, there are more than 50 yellow rice wine production and operation enterprises in Shaoxing, with an industrial output value of about 5 billion yuan (about 737 million U.S. dollars) in 2022. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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Boys catch carp by traditional Japanese fishing method

TOTTORI, Japan - Boys hold a carp caught by a traditional Japanese fishing method using bamboo bags in Ketaka, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014.

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Indian farming shifting from pesticides to organic herb

PATNA, India - An Indian farmer explains about neem, a traditional organic herb with a bug-repelling effect, near Patna, the capital of Bihar state, on May 4, 2014. Farmers in India are shifting back to the traditional method of agriculture due to rising prices of chemical pesticides and fertilizers.

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Indian farming shifting from pesticides to organic herb

PATNA, India - Leaves of neem, a traditional organic herb with a bug-repelling effect, are seen in this file photo taken on May 4, 2014, near Patna, the capital of Bihar state. Farmers in India are shifting back to the traditional method of agriculture due to rising prices of chemical pesticides and fertilizers.

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Cormorant fishing on Nagara River

GIFU, Japan - A handler controls cormorants on a string as they hunt fish on the Nagara River in the city of Gifu, central Japan, on May 11, 2011. The season for the traditional night fishing method, called ''ukai,'' opened the same day and will run through October 15.

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Cormorant fishing on Nagara River

GIFU, Japan - A handler controls cormorants on a string as they hunt fish on the Nagara River in the city of Gifu, central Japan, on May 11, 2011. The season for the traditional night fishing method, called ''ukai,'' opened the same day and will run through October 15.

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Oita fishermen resume traditional method of catching clams by hand

OITA, Japan - People catch clams in the tideland in the Buzen Sea in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture.

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Oita fishermen resume traditional method of catching clams by hand

OITA, Japan - A fisherman shows clams caught by hands in the tideland in the Buzen Sea in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture.

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Japan should cut consumption tax to boost economy: Blinder

DAVOS, Switzerland - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Alan Blinder (photo) said Jan. 26 in Davos, Switzerland that Japan should boost its troubled economy by cutting its consumption tax instead of following the traditional method of spending on public works. Blinder was Fed vice chair from 1994 to 1996 and is currently an economics professor at Princeton University.

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New millennium's 1st globefish auction held in Shimonoseki

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Fish brokers stick their hands in a cloth bag, a traditional method of bidding on torafugu globefish, at the year's first auction of the fish at the Haedomari fish market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Jan. 4. Market officials said the globefish, a kind of puffer fish often served as sashimi, in hot pots and fried, is selling for 23,000 yen per kilogram, down 5,000 yen from a year ago.

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Season for cormorant fishing begins

The season for ukai, Japan's traditional method of catching small river fish by manipulating trained cormorants, gets under way on River Nagaragawa in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on May 11. Ukai, now a tourist attraction, has a long history dating back to 7th century.

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Traditional Chinese medicine catches attention of university students in Cambodia

STORY: Traditional Chinese medicine catches attention of university students in Cambodia DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: EDUCATION/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of experts give a lecture 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): BOU SOKCHEAT, AEU student 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): CHHANG MENG CHHAY, AEU student 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): FAN MAORONG, Chinese TCM expert STORYLINE: A team of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) experts gave a lecture on the advantages and efficacy of TCM to nearly 200 students at the Asia Euro University (AEU) in Cambodia on Tuesday. Some students say this rare lecture offers a good opportunity for them to learn about the importance of TCM in curing a number of diseases. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): BOU SOKCHEAT, AEU student "I got the knowledge from the presentation delivered by the Chinese doctors on how to treat illness by ourselves at home. I think TCM is a good method because we can reduce the use of modern Western medicine." SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): CHHANG MENG

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CHINA-BEIJING-CIFTIS-CULTURE-TOURISM-EXHIBITION (CN)

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Craftworkers begin assembling giant floats in Kyoto on July 10, 2022, for a procession at the Gion Festival. The decorated floats, put together in traditional construction method, will parade at the Yamahoko procession on July 17.

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Craftworkers begin assembling giant floats in Kyoto on July 10, 2022, for a procession at the Gion Festival. The decorated floats, put together in traditional construction method, will parade at the Yamahoko procession on July 17.

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