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Students from Zhonglianchuan Primary School, a soccer school on a mountain in Lanzhou, Gansu province, train in freezing temperatures on Jan 4, 2018. The school sits at an altitude of over 2,000 meters in an area with little rain throughout the year. Despite the harsh natural environment, children at the school dream of "representing the national team" in the future. [Photo/VCG]

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The children play soccer in the snow-covered ground, Jan 4, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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The mother of Meng Yuan repairs a soccer shoe for him at their home on Jan 4, 2018. Meng wears out several pairs of soccer shoes every year. [Photo/VCG]

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The children attend a class on soccer knowledge, Jan 4, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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The 18th Harbin International Winter Swimming Invitational Tournament is held in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, Jan 5, 2018. [Photo by Liu Yang/for chinadaily.com.cn]
The 18th Harbin International Winter Swimming Invitational Tournament was held on Friday in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province.
As an important part of the city’s International Ice and Snow Festival, winter swimming has become famous both at home and abroad.
Even when the temperature dropped to as low as -20 C, the extreme cold and strong wind on the frozen Songhua River couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the winter swimming enthusiasts.
The two-day tournament attracted nearly 600 contestants from China, Russia and the US.

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Fishermen catch fish at the Hongyan Lake in Bayan Nur, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 6, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhi Maosheng)

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A fisherman shows the fish caught at the Hongyan Lake in Bayan Nur, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 6, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhi Maosheng)

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Elder brother Wang Daihao takes care of his 5-year-old cousin amid snow in Chengkou County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Jan. 7, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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Students discuss startup projects with group members during a seminar at Tongji University in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 6, 2018. The Second Tongji-Bauhinia Valley Startup Camp kicked off at Tongji University Saturday, attracting over 70 college students from the Chinese mainland, south China's Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and southeast China's Taiwan. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

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Parents and their children enjoy ice-based recreational activities at the Bird's Nest stadium, or the National Stadium, in Beijing, on Jan 7. The ski resort attached to the National Stadium opened its doors to the public from Jan 7 until early March. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Liu Yifei promotes new film

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A keeper feeds a snack to a giant panda at Jilin Siberian Tiger Park in Changchun, Jilin province, on Jan 5, 2018.

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To help the two pandas get through their third winter at the zoo, staff buy 500 kilograms of fresh bamboo every five days, while giving them snacks four times a day, to secure their intake of nutrients. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A staff member shows the wild ginseng root. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
On Monday, the biggest wild ginseng root in the world was displayed at a news conference held by Jilin Zixin Pharmaceutical Industrial Co and one of its stockholders Dunhua Kangping Investment Co in Changchun, capital of Jilin province.
At the conference, Kangping Company said they bought the ginseng root that weighs nearly 600 grams when it was unearthed from an experienced ginseng "hunter" at the end of 2017.

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Tianji, a surgical robot, performs an orthopedic operation on a patient at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in Hefei, Anhui province, Jan 3, 2018. Tianji is China’s third-generation homegrown orthopedic surgical robot and the world’s first robot to perform an operation on all sections of a spine, pelvis and limbs. [Photo/IC]

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st R) pose for a group photo with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd L) and his wife Brigitte Macron at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 8, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, Jan. 9, 2018. China would like to make joint efforts with France to enhance cooperation under the Belt and Road framework using the principle of mutual benefit, said President Xi Jinping while meeting with his French counterpart. Macron is paying a state visit to China from Monday to Wednesday. (Photo: China News Service/Bian Zhengfeng)

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China launches SuperView-1 03/04, a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2018. The satellites blasted off Tuesday on the back of a Long March 2D rocket. The mission aims to promote the country's commercial use of high-resolution remote sensing satellites. The satellites, which are able to provide commercial images at 0.5-meter resolution, are expected to offer remote sensing data to customers worldwide and provide services to land and resource surveys, mapping, environmental monitoring, finance and insurance as well as the Internet industry. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

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A third-grade boy at Zhuanshanbao Elementary School in Xinjie Town, Zhaotong City of Yunnan Province arrives at a classroom with his hair and eyebrows fully covered with frost. The boy's home is 4.5 kilometers from the school so he usually needs to walk over an hour to attend classes. His picture went viral on the Chinese Internet, inspiring people with his hardships. (Photo provided to China News Service)

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A 25.06-meter-high statue of the Evangelion Unit 01, a character from Japanese anime TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion, is seen in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 6, 2018. (Xinhua/Hai Xin)

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A policeman brings instant noodles to a man who sleeps on the street in Shanghai, Jan. 8, 2018. A cold snap hit the city on Monday, bringing temperatures down to minus three degrees centigrade. In response, Shanghai authorities have increased efforts to help the homeless, beggars and others sleeping on the street. (Photo: China News Service/Yin Liqin)

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Herdsmen ride camels to take part in a camel beauty contest in Sunite Right Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2018. A camel fair, a local traditional festival including camel race and camel beauty contest, was held in the Banner on Tuesday. More than 200 camels took part in the fair. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)

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A girl of Mongolian ethnic group poses for photo with a camel in Sunite Right Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2018.

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HONG KONG, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, the largest of its kind in Asia and second largest in the world, opened Monday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, with over 2,000 global exhibitors showcasing a broad selection of the latest innovative products.

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