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Chinese border port Hunchun's cargo volumes set record high in Q1

STORY: Chinese border port Hunchun's cargo volumes set record high in Q1 SHOOTING TIME: April 10, 2024 DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: HUNCHUN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hunchun port 2. various of trains STORYLINE: Import and export cargo volumes at the border rail port of Hunchun in Jilin Province, northeast China, exceeded 1 million tonnes in the first quarter of the year, hitting a record high, according to the border checkpoint in Hunchun. Located in easternmost Jilin, the city of Hunchun borders Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Thanks to China-Europe freight trains and the railway that links China and Russia, the freight volume at Hunchun border rail port has risen significantly in recent years, with goods including coal, flour and seafood. The city has gradually developed into an important window for trade with Russia. Industrial clusters such as import processing industry, energy and fresh seafood have been formed, playing an increas

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Why Middle East becomes popular holiday choices for Chinese tourists?

STORY: Why Middle East becomes popular holiday choices for Chinese tourists? SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 10, 2024/File DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Türkiye 2. various of Jordan 3. various of Egypt 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ASHRAF ELEWA, CEO of Interpoint Tours Travel in Egypt 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHOU, Chinese tourist 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Chinese tourist STORYLINE: Data from multiple online travel platforms showed that during this year's eight-day Spring Festival holiday that ended on Saturday, Chinese tourists' outbound travel has shown a significant acceleration in recovery, with booking volumes reaching a near four-year peak. Among the popular destinations, Middle Eastern countries have emerged as one of the new favorites for Chinese travelers. According to Qunar, a leading Chinese online travel platform, search volumes for countries in the Middle East such as Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt have surged si

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Kenya's coffee exports earnings fall on low global prices

STORY: Kenya's coffee exports earnings fall on low global prices DATELINE: June 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: NYERI, Kenya CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a coffee plantation 2. various of coffee bushes 3. various of ripe coffee berries 4. various of a farmer inspecting coffee bushes 5. various of a farmer picking ripe coffee berries 6. various of farmers sorting coffee berries 7. various of farmers drying the coffee beans 8. various of cups of coffee with different varieties 9. various of processed coffee in packets 10. various of coffee bags being packed for export STORYLINE: The value of Kenya's coffee earnings in the first quarter of 2023 (Q1) dropped 20.2 percent amid a decline in export volumes and global prices, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said in an economic report released Tuesday. The country earned 7.63 billion shillings (about 55 million U.S. dollars) from 11,284 metric tons (MT) of coffee, a decline from 69 million dollars from 11,923 MT in Q1 of 2022, KNBS

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-WORLD NEWS

(230110) -- BEIJING, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows a view of Cijara reservoir in Extremadura, Spain. Spain suffered from rounds of heat waves in 2022. Lack of rain left water volumes in its reservoirs at less than 40 percent of their storage capacities. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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Ancient Korean archives returned home

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L front) and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (3rd from R) look at ancient Korean archives displayed at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2011. Noda handed over to Lee five volumes of the archives the same day. The five are part of 1,205 volumes of books that Japan and South Korea had agreed to be transferred to South Korea by Dec. 10, 2011, as they were taken to Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Ancient Korean archives returned home

SEOUL, South Korea - Ancient Korean archives are displayed at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2011. Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda handed over to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak five volumes of the archives the same day. The five are part of 1,205 volumes of books that Japan and South Korea had agreed to be transferred to South Korea by Dec. 10, 2011, as they were taken to Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ancient Korean archives returned home

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows one of the five volumes of ancient Korean archives on display at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2011. Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda handed over to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak the archives the same day. The five are part of 1,205 volumes of books that Japan and South Korea had agreed to be transferred to South Korea by Dec. 10, 2011, as they were taken to Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Namie Asazuma, translator of 'Hadashi no Gen'(Barefoot Gen)

TOKYO, Japan - Namie Asazuma heads a group of mainly housewives in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, which has translated into English ''Hadashi no Gen'' (Barefoot Gen), a well-known Japanese comic book series about a boy who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. San Francisco-based Last Gasp will publish the first two of the saga's 10 volumes by Aug. 6, 2004, the 59th anniversary of the bombing.

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Hong Kong launches English version of 1st volume of local chronicles

STORY: Hong Kong launches English version of 1st volume of local chronicles DATELINE: July 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of launch event of the Hong Kong Chronicles 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOHN LEE, Chief Executive of HKSAR 3. Liu Guangyuan, commissioner of the Chinese foreign ministry in the HKSAR 4. Trailer of the Hong Kong Chronicles 5. various of ribbon cutting 6. various of guests STORYLINE: The Hong Kong Chronicles Institute on Wednesday launched the English version of the first volume of the Hong Kong Chronicles, a book series on the history of Hong Kong. The series, consisting of 54 volumes, covered 10 major categories, including nature, economy, culture, society, politics and people. The Chinese version of the first volume of the Hong Kong Chronicles, Overview and Chronology, presents a detailed overview of Hong Kong's local history between ancient times and 2017. It was launched in December 2020. SOUNDBITE (English): JOHN L

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Nord Stream 1 resumes gas deliveries to Germany after maintenance

STORY: Nord Stream 1 resumes gas deliveries to Germany after maintenance DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Berlin CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHU SHENG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHU SHENG, Xinhua correspondent "I'm here in Lubmin, a small town in northeastern Germany. Nord Stream 1 pipeline resumed this morning after 10 days of maintenance. Gas is flowing again and the gas transport level has resumed at the pre-maintenance level, around 40 percent of the pipeline's transport capacity. The registered volumes could also change in the course of a day, and it would take some time before full transport capacity is reached." The Nord Stream 1 pipeline was completed in 2011. It transports gas from Vyborg in Russia to Lubmin in northeastern Germany. According to the operator, gas is further transported from there to other European countries such as Belgium, Denmark, France and the Netherlands. Xin

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Downpours cause massive floods in eastern Japan

Muddy streams flow out in enormous volumes from a bank breached by flooding of the Kinugawa River (foreground) into residential areas in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, in eastern Japan, in a photo taken Sept. 10, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours cause massive floods in eastern Japan

Muddy streams flow out in enormous volumes from a bank breached by flooding of the Kinugawa River (top) into residential areas in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, in eastern Japan, in a photo taken Sept. 10, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ancient Korean archives returned home

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L front) and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (3rd from R) look at ancient Korean archives displayed at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2011. Noda handed over to Lee five volumes of the archives the same day. The five are part of 1,205 volumes of books that Japan and South Korea had agreed to be transferred to South Korea by Dec. 10, 2011, as they were taken to Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Ancient Korean archives returned home

SEOUL, South Korea - Ancient Korean archives are displayed at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2011. Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda handed over to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak five volumes of the archives the same day. The five are part of 1,205 volumes of books that Japan and South Korea had agreed to be transferred to South Korea by Dec. 10, 2011, as they were taken to Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo)

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Ancient Korean archives returned home

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows one of the five volumes of ancient Korean archives on display at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2011. Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda handed over to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak the archives the same day. The five are part of 1,205 volumes of books that Japan and South Korea had agreed to be transferred to South Korea by Dec. 10, 2011, as they were taken to Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo)

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Namie Asazuma, translator of 'Hadashi no Gen'(Barefoot Gen)

TOKYO, Japan - Namie Asazuma heads a group of mainly housewives in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, which has translated into English ''Hadashi no Gen'' (Barefoot Gen), a well-known Japanese comic book series about a boy who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. San Francisco-based Last Gasp will publish the first two of the saga's 10 volumes by Aug. 6, 2004, the 59th anniversary of the bombing. (Kyodo)