Innovation helps China's time-honored ink brand thrive

STORY: Innovation helps China's time-honored ink brand thrive SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ink company 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG QIANG, General manager of Tianjin Ostrich-ink Co., Ltd. 3. various of the ink company 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TIAN ZHIHUA, R&D engineer of Tianjin Ostrich-ink Co., Ltd. 5. various of the ink company 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG QIANG, General manager of Tianjin Ostrich-ink Co., Ltd. 7. various of the ink company 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HUANG QIANG, General manager of Tianjin Ostrich-ink Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Stepping into Tianjin Ostrich-ink Co., Ltd., one is greeted by the scent of ink. Founded in 1935 and recognized as a China Time-honored Brand in 2006, the company is reviving its nearly 90-year-old brand with colored inks. Its products feature traditional Chinese elements, vibrant ink sacks, and customized inks for overseas customers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chi

Iconic composer recalls birth of East-meets-West classic Butterfly Lovers

STORY: Iconic composer recalls birth of East-meets-West classic Butterfly Lovers SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of rehearsal at Hong Kong Cultural Centre 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE ZHANHAO, Composer, conductor 3. various of rehearsal at Hong Kong Cultural Centre and He Zhanhao working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE ZHANHAO, Composer, conductor STORYLINE: The Butterfly Lovers High-pitched Huqin Concerto performed by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra won thunderous applause at a recent concert in Hong Kong. This is a Chinese orchestral masterpiece that 90-year-old He Zhanhao had co-created when he was 26. The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend centered around the tragic romance between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, considered the Chinese equivalent of Romeo and Juliet. Why would people instantly fall in love with the Butterfly Lovers? The answer from He, the composer-cum-conductor, is that the

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration Elderly Woman - Netherlands

Illustration of a 90 year old woman in her home in Haarlem, Netherlands on October 11, 2023. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura reached the summit of Mt. Fuji with a group of friends and family on Aug. 31, 2023, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent.

Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

Quake Death Toll Nears 3000 - Morocco

One of the victims of the earthquake, 90-year-old Abdosalam, poses for a portrait on September 13, 2023, in Adassil, Chichaoua province, Marrakech-Safi region , Morocco. The earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale, which struck late last September 8 in the High Atlas area of Morocco, has so far left about thirty aftershocks exceeding magnitude 3, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (CSEM), which has detected less seismic activity in recent days. More than 2,900 people have died and 5,500 have been injured as a result of the earthquake, according to a new official death toll released yesterday, September 12, by the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. Adassil is a Berber village 30 km from the epicenter of the earthquake, in which 6 people died and which was completely destroyed. The rescue services have not reached this place. Photo by Fernando Sanchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C) walks through a torii gate after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura speaks to reporters after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura speaks to reporters after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front, C) and members of his support team are pictured at the top of Mt. Fuji which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Photo taken with a fisheye lens shows 90-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front, C) and members of his support team at the top of Mt. Fuji which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota are pictured after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura

90-year-old adventure skier Miura

Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2023, shows 90-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura, two days before tackling Japan's tallest mountain Mt. Fuji.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his son Gota (back) reach the ninth station of Mt. Fuji via a Shizuoka Prefecture side route on the second day of their ascent on Aug. 30, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (2nd from L) embarks on the second day of his ascent of Mt. Fuji from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 30, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota fuel up with breakfast on Aug. 30, 2023, before embarking on the second day of their ascent of Mt. Fuji, from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura embarks on the second day of his ascent of Mt. Fuji from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 30, 2023.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use as he begins his ascent of the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use as he begins his ascent of the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (C) is seated in a special wheelchair for mountain use to ascend the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (C) ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front, R) ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front) begins climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura ascends the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

90-year-old adventure skier Miura begins climbing Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (R) begins climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji from the fifth station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 29, 2023. Miura, who skied down the highest mountain in Japan with a parachute in 1966, reached the peak of Mt. Everest three times as a senior at the age of 70, 75 and 80.

Firefighters climb 28 floors to deliver water to 90-year-old resident

STORY: Firefighters climb 28 floors to deliver water to 90-year-old resident DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:11 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of firefighters climbing to make water delivery STORYLINE: Two firefighters climbed 28 floors to deliver much-needed drinking water to a 90-year-old man living alone in flood-hit Zhuozhou in N China. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shijiazhuang, China. (XHTV)

Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japan's 90-year-old adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (R) moves down a slope at Mt. Asahidake in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 14, 2023.

Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura

Japan's 90-year-old adventure skier Yuichiro Miura (front) moves down a slope at Mt. Asahidake in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 14, 2023.

Man in Japan also employed "Luffy" username to organize robberies

Police suspect that a man in Japan also employed the "Luffy" online username to organize a string of robberies in the country, in addition to the alleged ringleader who is currently detained in the Philippines, sources close to the matter said Saturday. Japanese police have requested that the four men in Manila be transferred to Japan, after obtaining arrest warrants for fraud. The police plan to investigate the possible involvement of the four men in the spate of robberies since last year. According to Japan's National Police Agency, there have been at least 20 cases of theft and robbery in 14 prefectures since last year, including a murder-robbery at the home of 90-year-old Kinuyo Oshio in the city of Komae in western Tokyo on Jan. 19. Over 30 suspects have been arrested in connection with the crimes.

CHINA-SHANGHAI-COVID-19-COMMUNITY-TREATMENT (CN)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-COVID-19-COMMUNITY-TREATMENT (CN)

(230104) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman tends her 90-year-old mother at a ward of a community healthcare institution in Jiuting Town of Songjiang District, east China's Shanghai, Jan. 4, 2023. Community healthcare institutions in Shanghai have done their best to add beds and ventilators, and better allocate medical resources to ensure that every patient could receive timely treatment and the risk of severe illness can be early detected. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)