The Best Attractions In Fengning County

FEATURE Changing Face of China, AP focus on water shortages ahead of Olympics

Beijing - 3 July 3 2008
1. Various wide shots of Olympic Green, Bird's Nest Stadium with fountain in foreground
Beijing - 5 June 2008
2. Various of man watering special Olympic flowerbeds - growing flowers to be placed around the city as decorations for the Olympics
Feng Ning County, Hebei Province - April 2007
3. Close of green landscape on billboard, zoom out to wide of billboard by the side of road
4. Various of children playing in sand in Langtougou village
5. Wide pan of dry valley and completely dried out riverbed next to village
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Li Binglai, Langtougou village resident:
Twenty years ago the water in the river was deep like this - and it was wide� and deep... Now there is only ever a trickle at most.
7. Li's husband carrying two pails of water on shoulder pole from well to house
8. Li pouring water into basins for cows to drink
Beijing - June 28, 2008
9. SOUNDBITE (English): Grainne Ryder, Policy Director, Probe International:
The real problem is this diversion of surface water from neighbouring provinces, in an attempt to present Beijing as a lush, green city, when in fact Beijing, the natural condition is more like a desert.
FILE: Feng Ning County, Hebei Province - April 2007
10. Pan of children's faces
Miyun Reservoir, Beijing Municipal Region - Recent
11. Various of reservoir with low water levels
12. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Guo Lu, Local Farmer:
Well, the water here in Miyun Reservoir, well during the drought these past few years, the water was really low. Back in the beginning there was about three billion cubic litres of water. At the worst there wasn't even one billion cubic litres. These last couple years they've been bringing water in from other places to here.
13. Wide of boat in reservoir
Beijing - 4 July 2008
14. Set up of environmentalist Su Yutong walking across street
15. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Su Yutong, Director of Public Cooperation, Civil Society Watch, China:
So the water resources of these areas should really be used in a way that benefits the residents. So if you are to take away the water in the name of the Olympics - then I think it is a water rights issue. But right now, many citizens have been caught up in the Olympics because it has been made into such a big issue, so they are ignoring it. But these issues will well up after the Olympics are over. This could be a social crisis. This is an issue we should watch carefully.
FILE: Feng Ning County, Hebei Province - April 2007
16. Various of Hebei farmer tilling dusty ground with mule
Olympic Canoeing Venue, ShunYi District - about 40 kilometres (24 miles) from Hebei Province - 14 July 2008
17. Wide of sign, reading: (English/Mandarin) ShunYi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Olympic Canoeing Venue, ShunYi District - May 29, 2008
18. Various of Olympic swimmers training
19. SOUNDBITE (English): Chloe Sutton, US Marathon Swimmer:
It's a beautiful, just everything around here is so beautiful. You know the stands and all the colourful signs. I love it. It's everything I could have expected and more.
20. Rubber dinghies on water with international flags in background
Olympic Canoeing Venue, ShunYi District - July 14, 2008
21. Various of dam near Olympic venue
STORYLINE:
Beijing looks ready to welcome the Olympics this summer, with new green and lush parks created specifically for the Games in August.
However, some say the Chinese capital is taking too much water, from nearby regions, in particular Hebei province, which is already chronically starved of water.
Preparations for the 2008 Olympics are nearly complete - and the city is intent on looking lush and vibrant.
The region has had eight years of continuous drought.
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Villages are being covered in sand as deserts shift

CHINA DESERTIFICATION
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LangtouGou Village, Hebei Province
1. Pan of LangTouGou village with valley and mountains
2. Goats walking past large mound of sand
3. Mid of goats walking
4. Wide of local resident Mrs Li walking up mound of sand carrying a shovel
5. Various of Mrs Li walking over wall, shovelling sand
6. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Mrs Li Binglai, Local resident:
I shovel every three or four days usually. This time it has been five or six because we had some snow recently. Held it down.
7. Mountains, pan to Mrs Li shovelling sand
8. Close-up sand
9. Mrs Li shovelling sand.
10. Neighbour wearing dust mask with switch looking for goats
11. Neighbours both wearing masks in front of house with goats
12. Various of Mrs Li walking from back of house past mound of sand
13. Mrs Li with slogans painted on wall in background reading : Protect water and land resources, Improve the Ecological Environment
14. Mrs Li shovelling
15. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Mrs. Li Binglai, local resident :
20 years ago the water in the river was this deep - and it was wide and deep. Now there is only ever a trickle at most.
16. Various of sand and rocks on the riverbed
17. Mrs Li's husband carrying two pails of water on a shoulder pole
18. Mr Li pouring water into basins for the cows to drink
19. Various of Mr Li tending cows
20. Close-up of child's shoes on the sand as she plays Chinese game
21. Wide shot of girl jumping rope
22. Various of three village children
23. Mrs Li and local resident Mrs Zhang talking over the fence
24. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Mrs Zhang Guizhi, local resident :
So now, because of the blowing sands, because they are covering more and more of the arable land with sand, there is more loss of water and soil. It's buried. The grass is buried by sand. That's all that's left. As for raising cattle, it won't work. No grass, no cattle. It just doesn't work.
Feng Ning County, Hebei Province
25. Various of farmer preparing field for planting corn with a donkey
26. Various of sheep grazing on hillside
27. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Mr. Yu Jinlong, Shepherd in Chao Jiagou Village:
Grazing is banned - I can't take them out on the grasslands until summer comes. We peasants have nothing to feed our herds with, so they don't have enough to eat and starve to death.
28. Mr Yu throwing a rock with a sling-stick to herd the sheep
29. Dusty field where people are planting saplings
30. Man carrying bundle of saplings in field
31. Farmers shovelling dirt to plant trees
32. Woman carrying bundle of saplings
33. Peasants walking from field carrying shovels
34. Dust blowing across field.
LEAD IN
Mainland China is over a quarter desert, and the sands from these deserts are shifting.
Some villages are now being consumed by sand which is threatening the lives of villagers and their livestock.
The process is known as desertification.
STORYLINE :
In the hills of Hebei Province, a few hours drive north of Beijing, the residents are experiencing changes in their landscape.
This area used to be green grasslands with flowing rivers.
Now, the sands from the deserts in Inner Mongolia to the north of the region are spreading downwind.
The sand is flowing down this valley as it heads towards Beijing and local resident Mrs Li's house is in the way.
Mrs Li lives in LangtouGou, a village of 230 people near the border of Inner Mongolia.
A few times a week Mrs Li climbs up to the level of her roof-top and shovels the sand away from her home.
Her house is the northern most in the village and takes the brunt of the sand deposits.
Every day more sand gathers around her house.
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Young Man Catches Woman Falling from 11th floor with Bare Hands

A young man caught a woman falling from a building's 11th floor with bare hands on Wednesday in Enshi City in central China's Hubei Province.

The surveillance video footage showed Feng Ning running in front of the building at around 21:45. He kept changing his position while looking up to the building; seconds later, the woman fell right into his arms. Due to the huge impact, Feng was immediately knocked down on the ground and was carried to one side of the street by the locals.

Feng said he was walking out of a restaurant when he heard someone crying for help from the nearby residential building. He then saw a woman hanging from the 11th floor window.

I ran to the building, but she had already fallen before I could reach the entrance. So I got ready to catch her instead. I don't know what happened next, said Feng.

There was a loud noise, as if it was an earthquake. Then I heard the young man screaming in pain, said a local witness.

The young man cried and cried while sweating badly. He looked as if he was in a great pain, said another witness.

Feng was sent to the hospital, but the woman did not survive unfortunately.

Feng suffered injuries on his knee joints, and had a tibial plateau fracture. His anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and the medial ligament have been dislocated, said Li Yanbing, doctor of spinal surgery department, Enshi Central Hospital.

Feng joined the army as a college student in 2013. He retired in September after full service. He said his first reaction was saving the woman's life without considering whether he would be injured.

I don't regret. It's a shame that I couldn't save her, said Feng.
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Youtel - Chengde - China

Youtel hotel city: Chengde - Country: China
Address: Datan， Fengning County.; zip code: 068350

Located in Fengning County, Youtel is a cosy setting offering simply furnished guestrooms with free WiFi. Also, free parking is provided by the hotel. The vast Jingbei No. 1 Grassland can be reached in just 5 minutes' stroll.
-- Youtel is gevestigd in Fengning County. Het is een gezellige omgeving en biedt eenvoudig ingerichte kamers met gratis WiFi. Ook is er gratis parkeergelegenheid bij het hotel.
-- 优淘假日民宿位于丰宁县，民宿客房设有免费WiFi，为旅客提供舒适简单的住宿体验。民宿地理位置方便，距离广袤的京北草原仅需步行五分钟，民宿也为驾车的客人提供免费停车位。 民宿所有客房均设有暖气和衣橱，部分客房配有平板有线电视。为了客人的方便，民宿浴室内提供了拖鞋和免费的洗浴用品。 客人可以在民宿附近体验骑马，或者去卡拉OK放松娱乐。旅游服务台的员工可以协助有需要的客人安排观光日程。 民宿内餐厅供应点菜，客人也可以使用民宿提供的烧烤设施。 优淘假日民宿距离大汗宫仅10分钟车程。
-- Уютный отель Youtel с проживанием в семье расположен в уезде Фэннин. Прогулка до огромного пастбища Jingbei No. 1 займет 5 минут. Гостям предлагается размещение в просто меблированных номерах с бесплатным Wi-Fi.
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