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East Asia
Herdsmen contribute to eco-protection in China’s major-river headwaters
An innovative eco-monitoring system is contributing to the ecological protection of China’s Sanjiangyuan area, the home to the headstreams of Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang (Mekong) Rivers in Qinghai Province. Local herdsmen are recruited in the region to help protect and improve the environment by serving as eco-monitors, capturing substantial valuable…
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Ecological construction prioritized during China’s Two Sessions
With the goal to increase domestic forest coverage to 23.04 percent by 2020, Chinese political delegates gathered in Beijing for China’s Two Sessions, the nation’s top political meetings, and pooled their wisdom to achieve the target of “Beautiful China”. China has made significant progress in ecological construction and civilization…
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East Asia
China to reinforce ecological and environmental protection: minister
China will be very persistent, never let loose of any links, and maintain a very strong strategic focus on ecological and environmental protection, said the country’s Ecology and Environment Minister Li Ganjie. Li made the remarks while taking questions from domestic and foreign journalists at a press conference for the…
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China sees enhanced efforts in protection of national parks
China has drafted standards on national reserve protection and preliminarily established relevant organizations since it piloted the national park system three years ago, said Zhang Jianlong, head of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration on the sidelines of two sessions on March 12. The country has witnessed enhanced efforts in…
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East Asia
A Female Village cadre in SE China leads people to wealth by forestation
A Chinese village cadre has led her fellow villagers to a healthier life thanks to her efforts in promoting forestation campaigns over the past years. The village cadre Shen Tengxiang is the Party chief of Nankeng village, Changting county in southeast China’s Fujian province. When she married into her…
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East Asia
Panda “father” for 30 years
4 pm is dinner time in the panda enclosure. Ma Tao puts the dinner he has prepared at the door of the panda house – eggs, porridge, steamed corn bread, and bamboo shoots. The 20-year-old giant panda, Gugu, will eat them with a good appetite. Ma Tao’s daily tasks…
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Koreas to showcase joint taekwondo performance in Switzerland in April
Taekwondo practitioners from South and North Korea will stage a joint performance next month in Switzerland to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Korean traditional martial art becoming an Olympic sport, officials here said Wednesday. World Taekwondo (WT) said that, with support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), there will…
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East Asia
U.S. vows to keep sanctions on N. Korea until denuclearization
The United States vowed Tuesday to keep sanctions on North Korea short of the complete dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program. The State Department made the affirmation amid questions about President Donald Trump’s commitment to sanctions after his withdrawal of additional punitive measures against North Korea last week. “The…
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S. Korean childbirths down 6.2 pct in January
The number of newborns in South Korea fell 6.2 percent in January from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday, a continuing sign of the low birthrate that has plagued Asia’s fourth-largest economy for more than a decade. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that 30,300 babies were born…
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China to build 5G demonstration hospital in Guangdong
A 5G hospital will soon be built in south China’s Guangdong Province, according to a cooperation document signed by Chinese tech firm Huawei, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Mobile on Mar. 9. The three will establish a smart medical service system under the Internet Plus framework compatible with the…
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