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正SPLASHING GOOD LUCK People celebrate the Water-Splashing Festival at a square in Jinghong in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna,southwest China's Yunnan Province,on April 15.People splash each other with water to pray for good fortune during the event,which is also the New Year Festival of the Dai ethnic group.     

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<正>READY FOR TAKEOFF The C919,China's first homemade large passenger jet,rolls off the assembly line in Shanghai on November 2.The plane,developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corp.of China,will make its maiden flight next year.It will then undergo about three years of test flights before being put into commercial use.The single-aisle jet,with 158 seats and a standard range of 4,075 km,is expected to compete with the Airbus320 and the Boeing 737.     

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HIGHLAND PLANTATIONVillagers sow highland barley seeds with agricultural machinery in Chabalang Village in Lhasa,Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China,on April 22.Tibet is the only region in the world that cultivates highland barley on a large scale.     

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正A HEAD FOR HEIGHTS A team of surveyors returns to the advanced base camp of Mount Qomolangma, the highest peak in the world, in Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, on May 12, to dodge bad weather and the risk of snowslides.Chinese surveyors started remeasuring the height of the mountain on April 30 for an update as the mountain grows when snow accumulates on the summit and shrinks when it melts.     

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A medical worker administers a novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)vaccine to a delivery man at a temporary vaccination site in Haidian District,Beijing,on January 6.Beijing started distributing COVID-19 vaccines among specific groups of people with high infection risks after January 1.