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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Ivorian Kung Fu learner boosts China and Africa cultural exchanges

STORY: Ivorian Kung Fu learner boosts China and Africa cultural exchanges SHOOTING TIME: April 15, 2024 DATELINE: April 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:41 LOCATION: Abidjan CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yanming learning Kong Fu in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): YANMING, Ivorian Shaolin disciple 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): YANMING, Ivorian Shaolin disciple 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): YANMING, Ivorian Shaolin disciple 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): YANMING, Ivorian Shaolin disciple 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (French): YANMING, Ivorian Shaolin disciple STORYLINE: Max Yollando, hailing from Cote d'Ivoire, discovered his true passion within the ancient walls of the famed Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province. Embracing the name Yanming given by his master, which stands for 'brightness and understanding,' he embarked on a six-year journey of Kung Fu mastery and cultural immersion. Since 2017, Yanming has been deeply engrossed in the rich traditions of the temple, dedicating himself to the study and practice of its revere

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Xiong'an through foreign eyes: Enjoying beauty of nature

STORY: Xiong'an through foreign eyes: Enjoying beauty of nature SHOOTING TIME: March 23, 2024 DATELINE: April 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: XIONG'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiong'an 2. STANDUP 1 (English): DARINA SEMENOVA, Russian student 3. STANDUP 2 (English): DARINA SEMENOVA, Russian student 4. various of Baiyangdian STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): DARINA SEMENOVA, Russian student "Hello everyone, I'm Darina. I came to China for learning Chinese. Now I'm a student of Hebei University. I like traveling around China. So today I came to Xiong'an. Established in 2017, Xiong'an New Area is more than just a city of high-tech elements. It is also a sample of green cities in China. Today, let's see the beautiful scenery here." When people talk about China's cityscape, they usually think of skyscrapers in Beijing or Shanghai. Yet in Xiong'an, the story is totally different. Rivers, lakes, trees and grass can be seen everywhere. Blue and green spaces will account for 70 percent of t

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African entrepreneurs eye opportunities in China's Xiong'an New Area

STORY: African entrepreneurs eye opportunities in China's Xiong'an New Area SHOOTING DATE: March 25, 2024 DATELINE: Mar. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: XIONG'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GODSWORD GEORGE CHINEMEREM, Nigerian entrepreneur 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OMANE VINCENT KWAKYE, Ghanaian entrepreneur 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SAMUEL NWOKOCHA, Student from Shenyang University 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): GODSWORD GEORGE CHINEMEREM, Nigerian entrepreneur 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): OMANE VINCENT KWAKYE, Ghanaian entrepreneur 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SAMUEL NWOKOCHA, Student from Shenyang University 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): OMANE VINCENT KWAKYE, Ghanaian entrepreneur STORYLINE: Attracted by opportunities, two young entrepreneurs and one university student from African countries have eyed their future in Xiong'an New Area. Two of them are among the first foreigners to register companies here. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New

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Towards Mt. Qomolangma: a research team focusing on glaciers

STORY: Towards Mt. Qomolangma: a research team focusing on glaciers DATELINE: May 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of research team 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): QIU HAIYING, Doctoral candidate, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU GUANGJIAN, Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS 4. various of research team STORYLINE: The team led by Wu Guangjian, a professor at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is among the 13 scientific research teams that have been conducting research around the Mt. Qomolangma region since the end of April. The 2023 Mt. Qomolangma comprehensive scientific expedition is part of the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau initiated in 2017. Wu's research team focuses on the glacial environment and glaciochemistry. By glacial lakes and rivers near the Mt. Qomolangma base camp, the team has worked fo

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India collects record high monthly tax in April

STORY: India collects record high monthly tax in April DATELINE: May 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:33 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of the markets 4. various of traffic STORYLINE: Indian government's revenue through gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collected in a single month touched the highest ever figure of 1.87 trillion Indian Rupees (22.88 billion U.S. dollars) in April, announced the federal Ministry of Finance on Monday. The federal government introduced the GST regime in July 2017. The tax revenues for the Indian government for April were 12 percent higher year on year. It was also the first time that GST collections had crossed the 1.75 trillion India Rupees mark. According to the federal finance ministry, the highest GST collected on a single day was 682.28 billion Indian Rupees (8.34 billion U.S. dollars) on April 20 through as many as 980,000 transactions, added the statement. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (

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Flight attendant from China's Taiwan sees great opportunities in mainland

STORY: Flight attendant from China's Taiwan sees great opportunities in mainland DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:13 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen Airlines 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SU CHIAYU, Flight attendant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SU CHIAYU, Flight attendant 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SU CHIAYU, Flight attendant STORYLINE: Su Chiayu is a flight attendant from China's Taiwan. In 2017, she took part in a recruitment test of China's Xiamen Airlines and was later recruited that year. Su said she made the decision after seeing great opportunities brought by the rapid development of the Chinese mainland. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SU CHIAYU, Flight attendant "The reason why I chose to work here was that I'm optimistic about the economic development of the mainland. China's civil aviation industry is booming. It has grown rapidly over the past decade. China is now one of the largest and most competitive civil aviation markets in the world." After five years of wo

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Malawi reduces malaria deaths by 49 percent despite challenges ahead

STORY: Malawi reduces malaria deaths by 49 percent despite challenges ahead DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of insecticide-treated bed-nets 2. various of World Malaria Day 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NEEMA KIMAMBO, WHO Malawi representative 4. various of World Malaria Day 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NEEMA KIMAMBO, WHO Malawi representative 6. various of World Malaria Day 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HALIMA DAUDI, Deputy Minister of Health of Malawi STORYLINE: Malawi has reduced malaria deaths by about 49 percent from 3,613 in 2017 to 1,829 in 2022, Deputy Minister of Health Halima Daudi said on Tuesday in the capital of Lilongwe as the country marked World Malaria Day. But the deputy minister said although the country has made such strides, malaria continues to create a huge workload for health workers and pressure on drugs at all health facilities. She said the disease contributes to 19 percent of all out-patient cases and nine percent of al

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Peru's ex-president Toledo back in Lima to face graft charges

STORY: Peru's ex-president Toledo back in Lima to face graft charges DATELINE: April 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo arriving in Peru 2. images of Toledo 3. file of Toledo STORYLINE: Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo landed Sunday in Lima, after being extradited from the United States to face corruption charges of receiving millions of U.S. dollars in bribes, Peruvian radio RPP reported. Toledo's extradition ends a six-year battle raised by Peruvian judicial authorities, which accused him of allegedly taking at least 20 million U.S. dollars in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange for a government contract to build the Interoceanic Highway linking Peru and Brazil. The prosecutor in Peru is pursuing a sentence of more than 20 years in prison for that crime. Having been wanted since 2017, Toledo, who governed Peru from 2001 to 2006, was taken to the Police Aviation Directo

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Protecting ancient Buddhist city in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Protecting ancient Buddhist city in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: TURPAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jiaohe Ruins 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese):LU JICAI, Xinjiang cultural heritage protection center 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese):LU JICAI, Xinjiang cultural heritage protection center STORYLINE: Jiaohe Ruins is the world's longest-lasting and largest relics of a clay-built city in Turpan, China's Xinjiang. Covering an area of about 376,000 square meters, it was once a magnificent city along the ancient Silk Road. From 2006 to 2017, four rounds of reinforcement and maintenance work have been carried out successively in the Jiaohe Ruins with a total investment of over 100 million yuan (about 14.9 million U.S. dollars). Lu Jicai joined the protection work from the very beginning. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese):LU JICAI, Xinjiang cultural heritage protection center "I graduated from university in 2005. I have been working at Jiaohe Ruins since then. In

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Chinese market is great: Brazilian expat

STORY: Chinese market is great: Brazilian expat DATELINE: April 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Marcelo Gomes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCELO GOMES, Brazilian expat 3. various of Xiamen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARCELO GOMES, Brazilian expat STORYLINE: Marcelo Gomes, a 31-year-old Brazilian, has been dispatched by his company to work in China's Xiamen City since 2017. Over the past five years, he has witnessed the development of the city, especially the improvement of business environment in China. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCELO GOMES, Brazilian expat "I think the business environment in Xiamen is nice. And we have a big port in Xiamen, that is very important for China. I see that there are a lot of opportunities here. We have the special economic zone in Xiamen. And I think it is very important for business. Especially after the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, we have more cooperation, more trade business. I can see the business is growing. I think

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China's "artificial sun" achieves major breakthrough

STORY: China's "artificial sun" achieves major breakthrough DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG YUNTAO, Director of the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HE XIYUE, Xinhua correspondent "See this round-shaped building behind me? This is where the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak, or EAST, is located. It is also known as the 'Chinese artificial sun.' The scientists here achieved a major breakthrough, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. Now let's go inside and witness a new record together." EAST achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, greatly improving the original world record of 101 seconds, which was set by EAST in 2017. The ultimate goal of EAST is to create nuclear fusion like the sun, using substances abundant in the sea t

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China's "artificial sun" achieves breakthrough, key step toward fusion reactor

STORY: China's "artificial sun" achieves breakthrough, key step toward fusion reactor DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. China's "artificial sun" achieving breakthrough 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SONG YUNTAO, ASIPP director STORYLINE: The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or the Chinese "artificial sun," achieved a steady-state high confinement plasma operation for 403 seconds on Wednesday, a key step toward the development of a fusion reactor. The breakthrough, achieved after more than 120,000 shots, greatly improved the original world record of 101 seconds, which was set by EAST in 2017. The ultimate goal of EAST, located at the Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei, is to create nuclear fusion like the sun, using substances abundant in the sea to provide a steady stream of clean energy. Song Yuntao, ASIPP director, told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that the main s

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Trump's criminal indictment deepens political polarization in U.S.

STORY: Trump's criminal indictment deepens political polarization in U.S. DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RICH HERRERA, Florida resident 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WEST, New York resident 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ASHWOOD KAVANA, New York resident 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): WEST, New York resident 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): RICH HERRERA, Florida resident 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): ASHWOOD KAVANA, New York resident STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RICH HERRERA, Florida resident "The (political) divide I see is just getting wider." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WEST, New York resident "It's crazy. I lost faith in America. They made it divided." SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ASHWOOD KAVANA, New York resident "Everybody's kind of on pins and needles. Everybody is tense." Donald Trump, a Republican who held the White House from early 2017 to early 2021, has become the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, an episode deepe

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Trump's attorney says to make motion to dismiss charges from Manhattan grand jury

STORY: Trump's attorney says to make motion to dismiss charges from Manhattan grand jury DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. file footages of Donald Trump at the White House in 2020 2. various of the Trump Tower in New York STORYLINE: An attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he expects to make a motion to dismiss any charges brought by a Manhattan grand jury in the hush-money payment case. Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina told reporters that "We will take the indictment. We will dissect it. The team will look at every, every potential issue that we will be able to challenge, and we will challenge." Trump served as U.S. president from January 2017 to January 2021. He was indicted last week by a Manhattan grand jury for his alleged role in organizing hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. As the first former U.S. president to be criminally charged, Trump reportedly faces mo

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Futuristic city a microcosm for China's high-quality urban development

STORY: Futuristic city a microcosm for China's high-quality urban development DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PENG XUGENG, Deputy Party secretary of China Xiong'an Group Ecological Construction Investment Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN XIAODONG, CTO of Xiong'an Yunwang Technology Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): TAO YE, Project director at Xiong'an Institute of Innovation STORYLINE: Dubbed a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area marks its sixth anniversary on Saturday. On April 1, 2017, China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area, located about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. The aim was to build a green city on an area of 1,770 square kilometers, featuring innovation and providing a national model of high-quality development. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PENG XUGENG, Deputy Party secretary of China Xiong'an Group Ecological Construction Investment Co., Ltd. "Since 2017, a total of 470,00

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Man arrested over murder of Vietnamese girl in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 14, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the key sites related to the murder of 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo: (1) the girl's house (2) the suspect's house (3) the elementary school the girl attended (4) the scene where her body was found. Yasumasa Shibuya, 46, the head of a parents' association, was arrested the same day in connection with the murder case.

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Figure skating: world champion Hanyu in exhibition

HELSINKI, Finland, April 3 Kyodo - Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the world figure skating championships exhibition gala in Helsinki on April 2, 2017, a day after coming from behind to win the men's title.

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Sony expects 82.4% drop in net profit on write-down in movie business

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 2 Kyodo - Kenichiro Yoshida, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group financial results from April to December last year during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2017.

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Time-lapse: Construction in full swing in China's Xiong'an

STORY: Time-lapse: Construction in full swing in China's Xiong'an DATELINE: Oct. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: XIONG'AN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction sites in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province 2. various of workers at the construction sites STORYLINE: Construction is in full swing in China's Xiong'an New Area. On April 1, 2017, China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital, and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Located about 100 km southwest of Beijing, Xiong'an is being built into a green city featuring innovation and a national model of high-quality development. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiong'an, China. (XHTV)

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Prayut not exceeding 8-year term limit as PM: Thai constitutional court

STORY: Prayut not exceeding 8-year term limit as PM: Thai constitutional court DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Thailand's Constitutional Court 2. various shots of the verdict at court 3. file video of Prayut Chan-o-cha STORYLINE: Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prayut Chan-o-cha has not reached an eight-year term limit as prime minister, a move that will enable Prayut to resume his duties after being suspended last month. According to a statement issued by the court, judges of the court voted 6 to 3 to decide that under the 2017 constitution, the count of Prayut's premiership should start from April 6, 2017, and thus he has not completed his term as the prime minister. The acting government spokesperson said after the ruling that Prayut respects the ruling of the Constitutional Court. In August, judges of the court agreed by five votes to four to suspend the premiership of Prayut, following a petition filed b

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Displaced Iraqi makes living by drawing wood-burning paintings

STORY: Displaced Iraqi makes living by drawing wood-burning paintings DATELINE: April 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MUMTAZ NOAH FARO, Displaced Christian artist from Nineveh Governorate 2. various of the artist, his workshop and his works STORYLINE: Mumtaz Noah Faro, a displaced Christian from Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq, has turned his hobby of making wood-burning paintings into a livelihood. Faro, a mechanical engineer, has been living for more than eight years as a displaced person in the Erbil Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan region, where he and tens of thousands of Christians were forced to flee from the Nineveh Plains and the city of Mosul in 2014 after ISIS took control of it. Despite the return of many Christian families to their areas in Nineveh after the Iraqi security forces announced the liberation of the province and other cities from ISIS at the end of 2017, Faro decided to settle in Erbil and establish his own projec

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Five years of green efforts restore eco-system of China's Helan Mountain

STORY: Five years of green efforts restore eco-system of China's Helan Mountain DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Helan Mountain 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CUI QIPENG, Staff with the Department of Natural Resources of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG TINGXIE, Head of a forestry farm in Shizuishan City, Ningxia STORYLINE: Five years of green efforts have effectively restored the ecological system in Helan Mountain in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. As a key protective shield against desertification in northwest China, Helan Mountain once suffered from grave ecological and environmental problems brought by excessive mining. In 2017, Ningxia started a campaign to restore the eco-system of Helan Mountain. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CUI QIPENG, Staff with the Department of Natural Resources of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region "Over the past five years, we've comprehensively implemented the ec

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Volunteers dedicated to clean up Yangtze River's longest tributary for years

STORY: Volunteers dedicated to clean up Yangtze River's longest tributary for years DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of volunteersSOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team memberSOUNDBITE 2(Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team memberSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YAN XIANMIAO, Team member STORYLINE: A group of housewives from Xuyang City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have been volunteering for years to clean up the banks along the Han River, the longest tributary of the Yangtze River. Founded in 2017, the number of its members has grown from 9 to 70 now. SOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team member "We are all housewives. In addition to taking care of kids, we volunteer to join the team to protect the river." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team member "We mainly clean up plastic trash, including plastic bags, bottles and some household garbage." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YAN XIANMIAO, Team member "We want to make the river cleaner and the environ

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Before and after images of Chinese village in 5 years

STORY: Before and after images of Chinese village in 5 years DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: JINGGANGSHAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenshan Village's development 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PENG XIAYING, Villager in Shenshan Village of Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi Province STORYLINE: In February 2017, Jinggangshan in east China's Jiangxi Province was officially taken off the list of impoverished areas. Five years later, the lives of local residents have changed drastically. 　　 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PENG XIAYING, Villager in Shenshan Village of Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi Province "In 2016, we earned over 100,000 yuan (around 15,380 U.S. dollars). In 2017, we decorated our new house. In 2018, we rented it out. In 2019, we made more money for my son's wedding. Last year, our older son got married. During the New Year holiday, our younger son drove his new car home. Our daughter also owns a car and a house in the new district. We have no financial pressure at all. We are qui

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Nature reserve in China's Inner Mongolia sees over 60,000 migratory birds

STORY: Nature reserve in China's Inner Mongolia sees over 60,000 migratory birds DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the birds 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN LIANG, Chief of forest police station of Tumuji National Nature Reserve STORYLINE: More than 60,000 migratory birds have made a stopover at the Tumuji National Nature Reserve in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, before heading farther north to spend the summer, according to administrators at the nature reserve. 　　 Thanks to a series of supporting policies rolled out by the local government over the past few years, the Tumuji National Nature Reserve has seen significant improvement in its environment. 　　 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN LIANG, Chief of forest police station of Tumuji National Nature Reserve "Since 2017, the nature reserve has reported no illegal poaching of migratory birds or other wild animals. We go deep into the stopover areas of the migratory birds, wetl

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Biden signs executive order on health care

STORY: Biden signs executive order on health care DATELINE: April 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing ceremony 2. various of U.S. President Joe Biden 3. various of former U.S. President Barack Obama 4. various of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on health care on Tuesday, vowing to boost the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Speaking from an event at the White House's East Room, Biden said his executive order aims to strengthen Americans' access to affordable, quality health coverage. Obama returned to the White House to join Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for the signing ceremony, the first time since he left power in early 2017. Since it was enacted in 2010 by then U.S. President Barack Obama, the ACA, often referred to as Obamacare, has been favored by Democrats but strongly opposed by Republicans. Biden, who was vice president when Obama was in office, has embrace

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Xiong'an, a city taking on a new look with each passing day

STORY: Xiong'an, a city taking on a new look with each passing day DATELINE: April 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Xiong'an area 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG XIWANG, Office director, Infrastructure Construction Co., Ltd, China Xiong'an Group 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SHUAI, Assistant Secretary-General, Xiong'an Intelligent City Innovation Federation 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHENG ZHANFENG, Design consultant, Ecological Construction Investment Co., Ltd, China Xiong'an Group STORYLINE: Dubbed China's youngest city and a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area marks its fifth anniversary on Friday. China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Xiong'an in north China's Hebei Province is about 100 km away from Beijing. For constructors of the city,

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Construction of China's "City of Future" in full swing

STORY: Construction of China's "City of Future" in full swing DATELINE: March 31, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:44 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Xiong'an New Area 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG XIWANG, Office director, Infrastructure Construction Co., Ltd, China Xiong'an Group 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SHUAI, Assistant Secretary-General, Xiong'an Intelligent City Innovation Federation 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU FANGFANG, Head of landscape department, Ecological Construction Investment Co., Ltd, China Xiong'an Group STORYLINE: Xiong'an in north China's Hebei Province is about 100 km away from Beijing. On April 1, 2017, China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital, and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Dubbed China's youngest city and a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area will mark its fifth anniversary on Friday. Buil

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Abe considering postponement of scheduled tax hike

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a Liberal Democratic Party meeting in Toyama, central Japan, on May 29, 2016. Aso said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would need to dissolve the House of Representatives for a general election if he pushes back a 2-percentage-point consumption tax hike scheduled for April 2017, a day after meeting with Abe and other top party officials on the possibility of postponing the tax hike until October 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe considering postponement of scheduled tax hike

A banner saying "Build a house while the consumption tax rate is 8%" hangs by the parking lot of a housing showroom in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on May 29, 2016. According to sources close to the matter, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with top officials of his Liberal Democratic Party the previous day about the possibility of postponing a 2-percentage-point consumption tax hike scheduled for April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ maintains easing policy, delays inflation goal timing

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on April 28, 2016, after a two-day BOJ policy meeting. The bank again pushed back the time frame for achieving its 2 percent inflation target, this time by six months, and now expects to meet the goal in fiscal 2017, while it refrained from further easing monetary policy despite falling consumer prices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ maintains easing policy, delays inflation goal timing

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2016, after a two-day BOJ policy meeting. The central bank again pushed back the time frame for its 2 percent inflation target, this time by six months, and now expects to meet the goal in fiscal 2017, while it refrained from further easing monetary policy despite falling consumer prices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Spanish side Levante targeting Honda: report

Keisuke Honda plays during the second half of AC Milan's 2-1 defeat at home to Empoli in the Italian Serie A on April 23, 2017. Spanish newspaper Super Deporte reported on May 11 that Spanish second-division side Levante UD are interested in signing the Japan midfielder, whose contract with AC Milan expires after the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows the building housing the melted down No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: Japan beats Netherlands, loses to Scotland at men's worlds

Japan players (front) sweep during a matchup with Scotland at the men's curling world championship in Edmonton, Canada, on April 2, 2017. Japan lost 7-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artists Michiko Matsumoto (L) and Taro Ito pose in front of their respective works at the Studio COOCA gallery in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Their works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artist Michiko Matsumoto paints her pet cat Hoppe at Studio COOCA in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Her works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st outdoor Legoland theme park to open in April

Photo taken Feb. 2, 2017, shows the entrance to Legoland Japan in Nagoya, the country's first outdoor Legoland theme park, which will open in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st outdoor Legoland theme park to open in Nagoya in April

Photo taken Feb. 2, 2017, shows Legoland Japan in Nagoya, the country's first outdoor Legoland theme park, which will open in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior Komeito official sees need for multiple sales tax rates

Tetsuo Saito, head of the Komeito party's tax system research commission, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015, reiterating the ruling coalition party's position that the introduction of reduced tax rates on daily necessities is needed to ease the burden on taxpayers when the government raises the consumption tax by 2 percentage points to 10 percent as planned in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea stages military parade on birthday of its founder

A vehicle equipped with a launch tube for new medium-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 is seen during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017, as North Korea marked the 105th anniversary of its founding leader's birth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Monaco beat Dortmund 3-2 in CL

Shinji Kagawa (R) of Borussia Dortmund tries to hold off Fabio Henrique Fabinho of AS Monaco during the first half of a Champions League quarterfinal first leg match in Dortmund, Germany, on April 12, 2017, a day after explosions near a bus carrying the Dortmund members injured a Spanish defender. Monaco won 3-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dortmund loses in CL q'final 1st-leg after explosions

Supporters of Borussia Dortmund wear a uniform of Spanish defender Marc Bartra at the Bundesliga soccer club's home stadium in Dortmund, Germany, on April 12, 2017, a day after Bartra was injured in an explosion near a bus carrying team members. Dortmund lost to AS Monaco 3-2 in a rescheduled Champions League quarterfinal first-leg match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dortmund loses in CL q'final 1st-leg after explosions

Fans of Borussia Dortmund hold a supporting message at the team's facility in Dortmund, Germany, on April 12, 2017, a day after explosions near a bus carrying the team members injured a Spanish defender. Dortmund lost to AS Monaco 3-2 in a Champions League quarterfinal first-leg rescheduled match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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occer: Kashima crash to defeat in Brisbane in ACL

Jack Hingert (19) of Australia's Brisbane Roar tries to block a kick from Takeshi Kanamori of Japan's Kashima Antlers in the first half of their Asian Champions League group-stage match in Brisbane, Australia, on April 12, 2017. Brisbane won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nijo Castle in Kyoto

Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi (2nd from L) poses for a photo with his family at Nijo Castle in Japan's ancient city of Kyoto on Dec. 27, 2017, after becoming the 2 millionth visitor for the fiscal year starting in April. The UNESCO World Heritage site drew more than 2 million visitors for the first time in 41 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: MLB owners clear final hurdle to Otani move

File photos taken on April 2, 2017 (L) and Oct. 4, 2017 (R), show Nippon Ham Fighters two-way talent Shohei Otani, who cleared the final hurdle in his path toward playing in the major leagues on Dec. 1, 2017, when Major League Baseball's owners signed off on a new posting agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor to abdicate on April 30, 2019: gov't source

Japanese Emperor Akihito (R), alongside his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito, waves to well-wishers at a New Year event at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2017. The emperor is expected to abdicate on April 30, 2019, and the crown prince will ascend the throne the following day, according to a government source. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor to abdicate on April 30, 2019: gov't source

Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito wave to well-wishers at a New Year event at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2017. The emperor is expected to abdicate on April 30, 2019, and the crown prince will ascend the throne the following day, according to a government source. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo