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By Xinhua Writer Li Kun

TIANJIN Cheap Air Max TN , Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- This Monday marked the 203rd birthday Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. The Belgian could never have imagined that over a hundred years after his death his invention would become the lifeblood of a small Chinese village.

For more than a decade, Sidangkouzhong Village, in north China's Tianjin Municipality, has been thriving thanks to the instrument-making industry. It has earned the nickname "Saxophone Village" as it produces more than 10,000 saxophones per month.

"Almost every family in my village has someone who knows how to make saxophones," said Zhang Guomin Cheap Air Max 95 , Party chief of Sidangkouzhong.

Invented in 1840, saxophones have a complicated structure which cannot be produced solely by machinery, much of the process must be completed by hand.

According to Zhang, the village now has about 70 instrument factories with a total output value of about 45 million U.S. dollars in 2016.

The boom of the saxophone industry in Sidangkouzhong actually happened slowly over a long time frame, he said.

In 1970s, in order to increase villagers' incomes, a small factory was established to produce instrument components for a larger factory in Tianjin.

After China's reform and opening up drive started in 1978 Cheap Air Max 90 , more factories were set in the village. By the 1990s, almost every family had an instrument workshop, according to Zhang.

In the 2000s the village began to focus specifically on saxophones, due to an increase in worldwide demand. Many small factories were transformed into modern companies and some even attracted foreign investors.

Zhang is involved in a joint venture with an output value of more than 10 million U.S. dollars per year. He said, like many other villagers, over 95 percent of his products are exported.

Saxophones have not only brought wealth to the village, but also created enthusiasm for studying music.

"Many of our students are very interested in playing the saxophone Cheap Air Max , so we established a band to train them," said Liu Huanyu, head of the village primary school.

According to Liu, young farmers can often be seen playing saxophones in the fields in summer. For them the instrument is a form of entertainment while they work.

Although usually made of brass, saxophones are actually a member in the woodwind family.

"They are more powerful than other woodwind instruments and more adaptable than the brass instruments, which makes them popular all over the world," said Jiang Shengyong Cheap Nike Air Max TN Online , a well-known saxophone player based in Tianjin.

Zhang said the village is also exploring how it can transform and update its instrument manufacturing industry in order to meet the diverse demands of the market.

"Producing high-end and tailer-made saxophones and other instruments is the way forward," he said.

NEW DELHI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A leading film actor in the southern Indian state of Kerala has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and rape of an actress, police said Tuesday.

"Dileep was arrested in Kerala's Kochi city late Monday night after he was interrogated for hours by police. He was produced in a local court Tuesday, which sent him to judicial custody for two weeks," a local senior police official said.

"The actor has been charged with criminal conspiracy, rape Cheap Nike Air Max 95 Online , kidnapping and wrongful confinement of the actress," he added.

The actress, whose name has been withheld, was taken hostage in her car on February 17 by four men who sexually assaulted her in the moving vehicle and took obscene photographs. Six people were arrested earlier this year, including Pulsar Suni, a driver she had sacked.

"Dileep was arrested only after some of the arrested in the case broke down during police interrogation and revealed that he had masterminded the crime over personal rivalry with the actress," the official said.

Meanwhile Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Online , the Kerala film actors' body, the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), has expelled Dileep from their organization and also pledged support for the actress.

However, Dileep has refuted all the allegations and said he is innocent. "I am innocent and I will prove my innocence. I was trapped," the actor told the media while being taken to a jail outside the Kochi city.

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The nominees for the 2018 Brit Awards were announced, with Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran receiving several mentions each. The winners will be revealed at the ceremony on February 21.

Lipa is up for five awards — British breakthrough artist, British female solo artist, British album of the year, British single and British artist video of the year — while Sheeran was nominated for four: British male solo artist, British album of the year, British single and British artist video of the year.

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