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Nov 28, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Alexis Hooi |Zhang Li
It was approaching the height of summer and work at Huang Shuofu’s factory was also heating up, with more than 20 employees rushing to fill orders for his local specialty product — Chinese tuanshan fans. The task at hand was particularly pressing this time because they were making tuanshan exports for an international luxury fashion brand, which specifically requested about 7,000 custom-made versions of the traditional handicraft.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Alexis Hooi |Zhang Li
Ask Ji Zhenyong to pick his favourite spot in town and he will point immediately to the weathered stone walkways next to the water’s edge. “The canal is linked deeply to our history and heritage here, you can say it runs in our blood,” he said. Ji, 54, is a resident of Xing’an county in Guilin, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
chinadailyhk.com | Alexis Hooi |Zhang Li
Famous waterway reaps major green rewards with improved environment, biodiversity offering global sustainable development modelEditor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world.
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May 31, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Alexis Hooi |Zhang Yu
Farmer Liu Jingyi would play at the family chestnut tree just outside their yard when he was a child, climbing up its branches and into the hollow of its trunk. "It was a big tree, the trunk about 3.3 feet wide, probably more than 600 years old and very much a part of our lives," said Liu, now 79. Liu is a fifth-generation cultivator of chestnut trees in Aiyukou village of the Kuancheng Manchu autonomous county in Chengde, North China's Hebei province.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
chinadailyhk.com | Alexis Hooi
Singaporean composer straddling home and Beijing hits the right notes with Chinese listeners, Alexis Hooi reports. Singaporean composer Benjamin Lim Yi in his studio in Beijing in November 2022. (SHEN SHI / FOR CHINA DAILY)Three years ago, composer Benjamin Lim Yi was asked to help with an epic drama series marking the centennial of the Communist Party of China. Lim scored the soundtrack for two episodes of 40-part series Faith Makes Great, winning accolades among audiences with his soundtrack.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
s.chinadailyhk.com | Alexis Hooi
Nicaraguan businessman in China taps improving international relationship to promote the Central American country's agricultural bounty, Alexis Hooi reports. Sugarcane farmed on soil enriched by volcanic ash from the San Cristobal volcano helps produce quality rum in Nicaragua. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)Two of the first few things about Nicaraguan Claudio Frixione that amaze his Chinese contacts are his birthplace and school.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
newsrnd.com | Alexis Hooi
By ALEXIS HOOIThey strut down the runway, their slim figures flaunting the latest fashion creations with a calmness and confidence that can be read on their faces. The quartet of models attracts over 100 million views and over 3 million subscribers through their online fashion videos. Which proves that at an average age of 71, when it comes to style, substance and punch, silver hair is increasingly adept at leading the way among the youth-dominated digital trends in China and abroad.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Alexis Hooi
By Alexis Hooi | China Daily | Updated: 2023-09-02 09:54 They strut down the catwalk, svelte figures displaying the latest designs with cool, confident looks on their faces to match. The model quartet attracts more than 100 million views and over 3 million fans with their online fashion videos alone, proving that, at an average age of 71 years, when it comes to style, substance and zing, turning silver can increasingly show the way amid youth-dominated digital trends at home and abroad.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Alexis Hooi
Arab cross-talk apprentice finds the right words to get a laugh, Alexis Hooi reports. On a street in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, many pedestrians turned to the foreigner in surprise as he started speaking fluently and rapidly — he was practicing local Chinese tongue twisters, with each repetition getting louder and louder.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
independent.co.uk | Alexis Hooi
As a child, Guan Haoyun enjoyed riding horses with her grandfather on the vast plains of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. So when she returned from her studies overseas in 2020, Guan, now 22, searched for opportunities to get back in the saddle. “I went online and discovered you could play polo here,” she says.
