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Images of Love

Primary school students in Lianyungang, a city in Jiangsu Province in east China, show on May 9 the paintings they did of their mothers to celebrate Mother’s Day, May 10.

Swine Fever

China is making headway in containing African swine fever, with cases of the disease dwindling since late 2018.

No major regional outbreak of the animal disease has occurred since August 2018, when the first case was confirmed in the northeastern province of Liaoning, Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said at a video conference on May 12.

Han added that the number of reported cases also showed a

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