Fang Jinxing, a 22-year-old sailor on a Chinese escort ship, said his memories of the Gulf of Aden will be dominated by the experience of watching dolphins at play.
During its two-week mission in the Gulf of Aden, the Peace Ark received sailors and officers from four foreign escort fleets, including those from South Korea and the Netherlands, for the exchange of information and medical services.
Although the two men have never met, they have something in common - they live in the lands of each other's birth.
Editor's note: Kesang Tashi is a Tibetan who lives in New Hampshire, while Douglas E. Wilford is a native of Ohio, who lives in Lhasa. Tang Yue spoke to them to discover the pros and cons of their unusual lifestyles.
Like many foreigners, Douglas E. Wilford originally saw Tibet as a great tourist destination. However, unlike the average tourist, he didn't simply go home and mull over photos. He quickly returned to the "roof of the world" and has now lived in the Tibet autonomous region for the best part of nine years.
When Zhang Yusi began looking for an English-language course in preparation for study overseas, she felt overwhelmed by the huge number of advertisements for numerous service providers, who trumpeted their strengths in the media and on street billboards.
On July 18, one month after China launched its first pilot carbon-trading program in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, the city began consulting local businesses and government departments about its draft regulations for the project. The regulations emphasize that carbon credits are corporate assets.
Shenzhen is planning to allow more than 3 million tons of Chinese Certified Emission Reductions, also known as carbon offsets, a year to enter its carbon trading market in the period 2013 to 2015. The number of CCERs the city will receive from all over China will account for about 10 percent of its total carbon credits, said Ge Xing'an, vice-president of the China Emissions Exchange.
Foxconn Technology Group has nine companies in Shenzhen listed under the local government's carbon-emissions management program. This year, the group received 2.97 million metric tons of carbon credits. The figure will rise to 3.37 million tons in 2014 and 3.52 million tons in 2015, accounting for about 10 percent of the city's total carbon credits.
Thick fog enveloped the mountains and hills in Xinjie township, Yuanyang county, on a morning in early July, a noted period of heavy rains in Yunnan province. When the wind blew, the Hani rice terraces dominated the view as they climbed one above the other, providing a picture-perfect example of traditional land layering.
The villagers say Hani farmers fell in love with crayfish after a small number of the crustaceans were imported from Jiangsu province several years ago. The crayfish, which were intended as a food source, were introduced to fields with adequate water to ensure their survival, but their numbers expanded so rapidly that the rice terraces sustained enormous damage.
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