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On a cold, dark evening recently, inspector Li Tao, 47, made his rounds of the Kelameili gas field in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. It was a frigid -20 C and his breath froze instantly. But more curious was Li's furry companion－an unusual animal with yellow hair. It was no dog but a corsac fox. "I remember the first time I saw a fox－around 2015, on another cold winter night," Li said. "It was making a weird sound, and I didn't know what it was. When I turned on the flashlight, it ran off quickly. I could sense its fear." Located in the center of the Gurbantunggut Desert, the gas field, which is affiliated with China National Petroleum Corp, is about 230 kilometers from downtown Karamay. It mainly produces natural gas, liquefied gas and ethane, according to Xie Hu, its general manager. In 2017, it produced 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas, helping to ensure the supply for northern Xinjiang. Li, who was on patrol that cold night, was born in Sichuan province. He has been ... » Learn More about In cold Xinjiang gas field, foxes are family

Video Player Close SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- In militancy-plagued Afghanistan, it is not easy for women to run their own businesses, but Malalai Mobariz is among a handful of women who confronted the challenges and opened a coffee shop in the country's northern Shiberghan city. "My prime objective of running the coffee shop is to display the ability of women from one hand, and from the other hand to provide job opportunities for women," Mobariz, 25, told Xinhua recently. Living in Shiberghan city, capital of the relatively peaceful Jawzjan province, 390 km north of Kabul, the female entrepreneur hoped to build her career as businessperson from running the coffee shop. Named as "Orange Cafe" and opened four months ago by Mobariz with a fund of 5,000 U.S. dollars, the coffee shop is gaining popularity. Expressing satisfaction over the income of her coffee shop, Mobariz said up to 80 customers including boys and girls, men and women visit Orange Cafe ... » Learn More about Feature: Afghan women runs coffee shop with “resilience, hard work and courage”

Individuals may be permitted to invest in foreign shares, insurance products China is likely to achieve a breakthrough this year that would permit personal investment in securities and insurance products overseas, an indication that policymakers are willing to see more active two-way capital flows, experts said on Monday. The experts also hinted at the possibility of further removing limits on personal cross-border investment, with a senior official from the foreign exchange regulator suggesting the revision of some relevant rules in an article published in China Forex, a magazine, on Friday. Ye Haisheng, director of the Capital Account Management Department at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said regulators are considering allowing individuals to invest in overseas securities and insurance products within the annual quota of $50,000. The SAFE will also study to ease restrictions in an orderly way on outboard personal investment, amend the management regulations ... » Learn More about Two-way fund flows set to be encouraged

Xiong Yulan, 34, still harbors childhood memories of the thundering explosions that once served as signal pistols to summon villagers for rallies. Firing gunpowder was the most efficient way to send messages in Xiong's hometown, Dulongjiang (Derung River) township in Gongshan, in the early 1990s as no phones were available in the area near the Derung River in Yunnan province. But in 2019, local residents like Xiong started discovering how 5G can change their lives, with China Mobile, the nation's largest mobile telecom operator, setting up a 5G station in the distant township. Wearing virtual reality glasses with the support of the 5G network, Xiong was immersed in real-time sceneries of Kunming, Yunnan's provincial capital, about 900 kilometers away. "It's wonderful. I feel like I'm there," she said. "I want to reach out and touch the buildings and moving cars next to me." Xiong's township and adjacent areas are a major habitat for people of the ethnic Derung group. The ... » Learn More about Remote Derung embraces 5G for inclusive benefits