84-year-old Turing Award winner dedicated to undergraduate education in China

STORY: 84-year-old Turing Award winner dedicated to undergraduate education in China DATELINE: August 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:41 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of John Edward Hopcroft 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN EDWARD HOPCROFT, Winner of Turing Award 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHN EDWARD HOPCROFT, Winner of Turing Award STORYLINE: John Edward Hopcroft, an 84-year-old Turing Award winner, has recently returned to Shanghai where he continues to work hard to promote undergraduate education. In the past decade or so, Hopcroft has spent about one-third of each year in China. This year, he plans to stay here for six months. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN EDWARD HOPCROFT, Winner of Turing Award "I've worked in China now for probably about 15 years. Gradually I've developed contacts that I can have a bigger impact, not just on a few universities, but on helping improve the educational system. One of the things, I got permission to evaluate computer science education in the top 4

84-year-old Hong Konger tours Guangzhou with only mobile phone after border reopening

STORY: 84-year-old Hong Konger tours Guangzhou with only mobile phone after border reopening DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:31 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hong Kong resident Li Pak-Yan traveling to Shenzhen and Guangzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI PAK-YAN, Hong Kong resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI PAK-YAN, Hong Kong resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI PAK-YAN, Hong Kong resident 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LI PAK-YAN, Hong Kong resident 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LI PAK-YAN, Hong Kong resident 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): LI PAK-YAN, Hong Kong resident STORYLINE: Normal travel between mainland and Hong Kong resumed as various control points linking Shenzhen and Hong Kong reopened on Sunday. A day later, 84-year-old Hong Kong resident Li Pak-Yan got up at 7 and headed to the Shenzhen Bay control point to meet up with his old friends in Guangzhou who he hadn't seen for 3 years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI PAK-YAN, Hong Kong resident "I'm very happy now. Ther

'Father of hybrid rice' still going strong

'Father of hybrid rice' still going strong

EIJING, China - Yuan Longping, the 84-year-old "father of hybrid rice," speaks in an interview in Changsha, Hunan Province, south-central China, on Sept. 26, 2014. He is so called for trebling the rice crop per hectare in some 40 years.

Documentary filmmaker Himeda

Documentary filmmaker Himeda

TOKYO, Japan - An April 1986 file photo shows Tadayoshi Himeda, a Japanese documentary filmmaker considered a pioneer in recording disappearing cultures. Himeda died on July 29, 2013, of chronic lung illness at a hospital in Yokohama city near Tokyo. He was 84 years old.

Sugihara honored for playing Chunichi Crowns for 50 straight yrs

Sugihara honored for playing Chunichi Crowns for 50 straight yrs

NAGOYA, Japan - Veteran golfer Teruo Sugihara shows off a watch he was presented with to celebrate his playing in the Chunichi Crowns for 50 years in a row at Nagoya Golf Club, Wago Course in Aichi Prefecture on April 30. The 71-year-old golfer placed in the cellar, at 114th, posting a 14-over 84 in the first round of the tournament which began the same day.

Sugihara honored for playing Chunichi Crowns for 50 straight yrs

Sugihara honored for playing Chunichi Crowns for 50 straight yrs

NAGOYA, Japan - Veteran golfer Teruo Sugihara shows off a watch he was presented with to celebrate his playing in the Chunichi Crowns for 50 years in a row at Nagoya Golf Club, Wago Course in Aichi Prefecture on April 30. The 71-year-old golfer placed in the cellar, at 114th, posting a 14-over 84 in the first round of the tournament which began the same day. (Kyodo)

Former JCP chief makes stump speech

Former JCP chief makes stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa, 84-year-old former chairman of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party, makes a stump speech, his first in nine years, on Dec. 10, 2014, in Kyoto, western Japan, to seek support for the party in the Dec. 14 general election. (Kyodo)

Former JCP chief makes stump speech

Former JCP chief makes stump speech

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuwa, 84-year-old former chairman of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party, waves during a stump speech, his first in nine years, on Dec. 10, 2014, in Kyoto, western Japan, to seek support for the party in the Dec. 14 general election. (Kyodo)