Explore China's smart copper mine 1,000 meters underground in Anhui

STORY: Explore China's smart copper mine 1,000 meters underground in Anhui DATELINE: May 30, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: TONGLING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the copper mine 2. STANDUP 1 (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua Correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU XIAOJIN, Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co., Ltd. 4. STANDUP 2 (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua Correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN MING, Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: With its mining depth exceeding 1,000 meters, the Dongguashan Copper Mine in east China's Anhui Province is one of the deepest copper mines in Asia. Smart equipment has been applied in the Dongguashan Copper Mine, which has greatly improved working efficiency and safety. STANDUP 1 (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent "Guess where I am right now? I am now about 500 meters underground and it's still keep getting deeper right now. Right now it's about 550 meters underground. I am now in a copper mine in east Ch

A glimpse of Jindeng Temple Grottoes in China's Shanxi

STORY: A glimpse of Jindeng Temple Grottoes in China's Shanxi DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the grottoes STORYLINE: The Jindeng Temple Grottoes in Pingshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, is located on a cliff at an altitude of about 1,700 meters. According to inscriptions in the temple, the Jindeng Temple Grottoes was founded during the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-557) and the existing grottoes, niches and statues are all relics from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Taiyuan, China. (XHTV)

Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - Crew aboard a U.S. Navy ship pilot an unmanned submersible off Oahu Island on Feb. 16 in a search for the Japanese fisheries training ship that sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a Navy submarine. The Scorpio-2 submersible is expected to pinpoint the location of the 499-ton Ehime Maru, which sank in 550 meters of water 18 kilometers south of the island after being hit by the 6,080-ton nuclear sub USS Greeneville as it was surfacing in an emergency drill.

"Green oxygen bars" help workers of Qinghai-Tibet Railway adjust to harsh environment

STORY: "Green oxygen bars" help workers of Qinghai-Tibet Railway adjust to harsh environment DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway 2. various of the "green oxygen bar" built along the railway 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI LAIQIANG, Worker of Golmud branch of China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: The Qinghai-Tibet Railway in western China is the world's longest plateau railway. A total of 960 kilometers of the railway are over 4,000 meters above sea level, and 550 kilometers are in areas of frozen earth. The oxygen content of the air here is significantly lower than that in plains, and the average annual temperature is below 0 degrees Celsius along the railway. In order to improve the living conditions of workers, railway authorities built a number of "green oxygen bars" along the route. Oxygen-emitting plants were transplanted, and the average temperature in the "oxygen bars" is kept at about 26

Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - Crew aboard a U.S. Navy ship pilot an unmanned submersible off Oahu Island on Feb. 16 in a search for the Japanese fisheries training ship that sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a Navy submarine. The Scorpio-2 submersible is expected to pinpoint the location of the 499-ton Ehime Maru, which sank in 550 meters of water 18 kilometers south of the island after being hit by the 6,080-ton nuclear sub USS Greeneville as it was surfacing in an emergency drill.