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SHEFFIELD Edwin Cardona Colombia Jersey , April 22 (Xinhua) -- World number four Ding Junhui overcame fellow Chinese Liang Wenbo 13-12 in a thrilling second round match at the World Snooker Championship here on Saturday.


Ding, competing in his 11th world championship, will fight for a semifinal place against five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, who ousted the 2005 winner Shaun Murphy 13-7 in the morning session.


Last year's runner-up Ding surrendered a 9-7 lead at the start of the third session, witnessing Liang compile runs of 58, 98 and 61 to win three frames in a row and take the lead for the first time at 10-9.


Ding managed to level at 10-10 but Liang Dayro Moreno Colombia Jersey , the English Open champion, edged back ahead with a run of 85, before an immediate response from Ding as he made 80 to level at 11-11.


Liang moved 12-11 before Ding regained form to make breaks of 132 and 70 and clinch victory 13-12.


"Liang played very well in the last two sessions. He made a lot of breaks and put me under pressure," Ding said. "I played well in the last few frames and found some form and concentration. I'm happy that I managed to play my best even at 12-11 down.


"I got the century first and that gave me confidence for the final frame. I have a good record in deciders and have more experience.


"I have faced Ronnie in a few tournaments, but this time I want to show my best snooker. The reason I practise is because I want to play my best snooker against my heroes. I want to see how I can do, test myself and find out how good I am."


Liang Davinson Sanchez Colombia Jersey , ranked 13th in the world, was proud of his performance, adding that he backed his friend Ding to go one step further than he did in 2016.


"We played very well this match but I left a lot to do going 6-2 down (in the first session). The second session I played better. Today I feel I tried too hard, I started very very good but he played well and is very clever. I enjoyed the match.


"I got a chance, but the last frame I got a double and the position was very difficult and I couldn't play safety but I missed and Ding was calm.


"He has a chance to win the World Championship. Last year he made it to the final he still has chance. This year he has more experience and is more confident. There are lots of good players here."


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SANSHA, Hainan, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Ganquan Island used to be a heaven for seafarers sailing along the ancient maritime silk route as it is one of two islands in the South China Sea that has underground fresh water.


The island has been inhabited by Chinese fishermen for hundreds of years, and a dozen are still living there, but they are outnumbered by other residents: green sea turtles.


Located in the west of China's Xisha archipelago, the island of Ganquan Daniel Torres Colombia Jersey , which literally means sweet spring, is an ideal place for sea turtles due to its fine sandy beach and large mass of coral reef surrounding the island.


In a pool not far from the beach, hundreds of green sea turtles are vying for small fish thrown to them by Li Yanfen, 33, a worker with the local sea turtle preservation station, run by the island's community.


"We have 800 little turtles to take care of Cristian Zapata Colombia Jersey ," Li said.


Li was a fisherman in the port town of Tanmen in China's southernmost island province of Hainan, more than 300 kilometers from Xisha. He came to Ganquan as a turtle breeder when the preservation station was established in 2013.


"April to October is the breeding season for sea turtles. We patrol the beach daily looking for turtle nests that are too close to the sea, and if we find any, we dig out the eggs and take them to the station," Li said. "If not, high tides will submerge the nests and ruin the eggs."


At the station Cristian Bonilla Colombia Jersey , the eggs are placed in buckets full of sand, and hatch after 45 to 60 days.


"In the natural environment, the hatching rate of the turtle eggs is about 10 percent, but the rate can be as high as 80 percent at the station," Li said.


Living on fish, the captive turtles can grow to 0.5 to 0.8 kilograms in six months.


"Their shells will be hard enough by that time to guard themselves against their predators such as birds Carlos Valderrama Colombia Jersey , crabs and fish. When we release them into the sea, their survival rates are much higher," Li said.


In the past four years, Li and his colleagues have bred about 2,000 sea turtles and released more than 1,000 into the sea.


The green sea turtles used to be abundant in Xisha Carlos Sanchez Moreno Colombia Jersey , but due to years of excessive hunting, their numbers dropped drastically.


In 1989, China listed the species under state protection and have since enhanced measures to crack down on the capture and trade of sea turtles and their eggs.


After Sansha city was established in 2012, the city government issued a strict ban on turtle poaching in all areas under its jurisdiction, including Xisha, while educating local fishermen to protect the rare species.


Since then Carlos Bacca Colombia Jersey , poaching has plummeted, and local fishermen voluntarily take up the job of turtle protection.


In 2015, the community of Beidao Island of Xisha also set up a turtle preservation station.


Huang Hongbo and his two sons are among the 15 fishermen who have patrolled the island over the past two years to protect the sea turtles.


"If we find turtle nests on the beach, we will set up a wooden sign to alert local fishermen to be careful and "



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