Lotus roots harvest begins in E. China

15:17, November 22, 2018

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  Thousands evacuated in Yunnan amid Jinsha flooding

  Flooding from the Jinsha landslide reached peak levels in Shangri-La, Yunnan Province. Armed security troops from Diqing Prefecture were deployed to the areas hardest hit by the flooding to assist in evacuation efforts of 3,300 nearby residents displaced from their homes on November 14. (Photo: VCG)

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  Workers busy harvesting and packaging citrus for overseas orders in China's Yichang

  Workers package citrus in Guanzhuang Village of Yiling District of Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province, Nov. 23, 2018. Yiling District is the main citrus planting area in Yichang City. Workers of citrus garden and planting base are busy harvesting and packaging the fruits as importers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Italy, etc. have signed about 98 million U.S. dollars deals

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  APEC 2018 Int'l Media Centre open to journalists till Nov. 18

  Photo taken on Nov. 13, 2018 shows the APEC 2018 International Media Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG, comprising about 600 small islands, is the host of the APEC meetings this year. The media centre opened to journalists on Monday and will be in use until Nov. 18. (Xinhua/Bai

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  Robots sort parcels at delivery company's sorting center in east China's Anhui

  A worker distributes parcels to sorting robots at the sorting center of an express delivery company in Yingdong Economic Development Zone of Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 9, 2018. The company has deployed over 200 sorting robots to boost efficiency in the run-up to China's Nov. 11 online shopping spree. Altogether, the robots sort over ten thousand parcels per