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Trade and curiosity have often formed the foundation for mankind's greatest endeavour. To people of early civilisations, the world map was a great puzzle. Marco Polo's stories inspired Christopher Columbus and other European explorers to search for s

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Traditional fisheries may no longer be the world's most important provider of fish. A new United Nations report shows that fish farming or aquacultur

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By Marianne Kearney Kandari, Sulawesi, Indonesia 27 December 2007 The Orang Bajau or sea gypsies of Sulawesi in Indonesia have roamed the seas for generations, using their renowned sea-faring skills and simple implements to make a living. But their t

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FUZHOU, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Gales and rainstorms lashed coastal regions in east China when two typhoons made landfall in less than 10 hours from Thursday to Friday morning, forcing over 300,000 people to evacuate. Strong tropical storm Saola, weakenin

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HANGZHOU, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's east coast remains on alert Friday as a pair of typhoons threaten to wreak havoc. Typhoon Bolaven, the 15th typhoon of the year, was gaining force Friday and was forecast to reach the East China Sea on Sunday, th

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The Marine and Coastal Area Bill passed its third reading in Parliament today. Next the Governor-General has to sign it. Then it becomes the Marine and Coastal Act and is the law. The voting in Parliament was 63 to 56. The Maori Party joined the Nati

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The Maori Party believes that the beach and sea were not mentioned in the Treaty of Waitangi so they belong to Maori just as they did before Europeans came to this country. In 2004, the Foreshore and Seabed Act said that all beaches up to the high ti

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BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fog enveloped a large swathe of east and central China Saturday, causing highway closures and flight delays in several provinces. Beijing was shrouded in dense smog for a second straight day Saturday. The smoggy wea

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BEIJING, July?30 (Xinhuanet) -- At 6:00 a.m. today, typhoon Saola was centered about 410 km southeast of Hualian, Taiwan province with maximum wind force up to scale 12 near its center. Saola is forecasted to move north by west at speed of 5-10 km pe

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In the 1990s, China became the world's factory after its opening up and economic reform. Many coastal provinces in the east have accumulated a wealth of capital since then. In recent years, however, the country has been witnessing a wave of industria

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46-year-old Chen Yihu and his son Chen Siyu go out to sea almost every day, despite the toil and hardship that fishing for a living often entails. They have to travel quite a distance from their home port in order to find a place where the tide is no

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The China Earthquake Networks Center has reported a magnitude-6.2 earthquake in Taiwan. It hit the waters just east of the coastal city of Yilan at 11:17 a.m. Beijing Time. The tremor struck at a depth of 15 kilometres, and was felt as far as 60 kilo

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The China Earthquake Networks Center is reporting that a magnitude-6.0 earthquake hit waters off Taiwan the morning. The quake struck at a depth of 15 kilometers, just east of the coastal city of Yilan. It was felt as far as 60 kilometers away, in th

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