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China has directed 1.78 billion cubic meters of water from the Tarim River to irrigate vegetation on its middle and lower reaches last year, an effort to restore the "green barrier" in southern Xinjiang.

Having spent the last 30 years researching on her family history, 64-year-old farmwife Li Hongxiu is almost like an anthropologist.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday stressed the importance of maintaining a sound China-France relationship to both countries' long-term development and its potential impact on the world.