Xi calls for efforts to build modern Chinese civilization

STORY: Xi calls for efforts to build modern Chinese civilization DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:13 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of China National Archives of Publications and Culture 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XIAO, Narrator, China National Archives of Publications and Culture 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU CHENGYONG, Curator, China National Archives of Publications and Culture 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI GUOQIANG, Deputy head, Chinese Academy of History STORYLINE: On June 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the China National Archives of Publications and Culture (CNAPC). SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XIAO, Narrator, China National Archives of Publications and Culture "President Xi walked through this door to the exhibition of fine works and special copies of contemporary Chinese publications. Over 3,000 precious pieces or volumes of rare editions published since the founding of New China are on display in this exhibition hall." President Xi said the CNAPC is a pr

Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups.

English-Japanese dictionary of crime lingo compiled

English-Japanese dictionary of crime lingo compiled

MATSUE, Japan - Masayoshi Yamada (R), a professor emeritus at Shimane University, is pictured with copies of an English-Japanese dictionary with about 3,000 entries on crime and law enforcement terms (front) he has compiled, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 28, 2012.

Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups. (Kyodo)