Through the sprawling alpine grassland in Aqik, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, flows a river fed by snow melting from the northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains. For generations, people in the town have been grazing cattle, sheep, camels, horses and other animals to make a living. However, the backward animal husbandry techniques they used and their disorganized way of herding livestock made it hard for them to earn enough to support their families, let alone expand production. It was an impoverished town with a per capita income of less than 3,000 yuan ($464) in 2014. Things started to get better after the launch of the fanghuiju campaign in February 2018, which dispatched civil servants to grassroots communities to help people from various ethnic groups. Tong Xinhui, a member from the fanghuiju team and a resident cadre in Aqik's Belik village, said that farming and ranching experts were invited to teach villagers how to scientifically practice animal husbandry. "And ... » Learn More about Hard work, new skills improve villagers’ lives
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Rockets hit military base housing U.S. forces in western Iraq
Video Player Close BAGHDAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Katyusha rockets were fired on Wednesday on a military airbase housing U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq's western province of Anbar, security sources said. A brief statement by the Joint Operations Command said that 10 rockets were fired in the morning on Ayn al-Asad airbase without causing casualties, while the Iraqi forces seized the rocket launcher later. Wayne Maratto, spokesperson of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, said in a brief tweet that initial reports stated that 10 rockets targeted the airbase at about 7:20 a.m. local time (0420 GMT). Meanwhile, a provincial security source anonymously told Xinhua that around 12 Katyusha rockets were fired on Ayn al-Asad airbase from al-Biyader village east of the town of al-Baghdadi, which is some 190 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, stressing that the security forces found a rocket launcher on a truck left in the village. No group has so far ... » Learn More about Rockets hit military base housing U.S. forces in western Iraq
New illegal stalls encroach on only reservoir supplying water to the city
‘INTERNAL THREAT’ AT KHADAKWASLA DAM Taking advantage of lockdown, the chowpatty on Sinhagad Road has further expanded into the catchment area, creating hygiene issues as well as being in constant danger of collapse; authorities promise to look into complaints Despite specific leads from security agencies and intelligence bureaus over the years that the major drinking water resource of Pune city — Khadakwasla dam — is on the radar of terrorists, the water resources department and civic authorities have been largely casual towards the safety of this utility. And now, it has emerged that this lax attitude also seems to extend to a threat that has turned out to be internal in nature. Over the past year, a major portion of the reservoir has been encroached upon by rapidly multiplying food stalls, in the name of creating a chowpatty. stall owners have taken advantage of Unlock weeks and allegedly occupied the bank of the reservoir right beside the busy Sinhagad ... » Learn More about New illegal stalls encroach on only reservoir supplying water to the city
Construction of SKA super telescope expected to start in July
Video Player Close BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The construction of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), the world's largest radio telescope, is scheduled to begin in July, according to a senior Chinese astronomer. With the SKA project progressing from conceptual design to the implementation stage, it is estimated that 10 percent of the SKA will be completed and put into use for observation by 2028, said Wu Xiangping, chief scientist of China's SKA team. SKA, an international project, will be jointly funded, built and run by more than 10 countries, with China being one of the seven founding members and a signatory to the SKA Observatory Convention signed in 2019. China's SKA team will carry out research in 10 areas, including cosmic reionization detection, pulsar search, time measurement and gravitational theory test, in the next 10 years, said Wu, who is also a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top ... » Learn More about Construction of SKA super telescope expected to start in July