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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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CHINA-YUNNAN-CHINA-LAOS RAILWAY-ONE YEAR (CN)

(240413) -- KUNMING, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 9, 2024 shows the Lane Xang (L) passenger train and the Fuxing bullet train (R) at Mohan port in southwest China's Yunnan Province. A year ago, the China-Laos Railway launched its international passenger service, with one pair of trains running between Kunming in China and Vientiane in Laos. Within the past year, the international service of the China-Laos Railway transported 180,000 cross-border passengers from 87 countries and regions, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, began operations in December 2021. The 1,035-km railway connects China's Kunming with Vientiane in Laos. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-CHINA-LAOS RAILWAY-ONE YEAR (CN)

(240413) -- KUNMING, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An international passenger train from Kunming of China to Vientiane of Laos arrives at Mohan port in southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 9, 2024. A year ago, the China-Laos Railway launched its international passenger service, with one pair of trains running between Kunming in China and Vientiane in Laos. Within the past year, the international service of the China-Laos Railway transported 180,000 cross-border passengers from 87 countries and regions, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, began operations in December 2021. The 1,035-km railway connects China's Kunming with Vientiane in Laos. (Xinhua)

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Site of 2021 military crackdown in central Myanmar

Photo taken March 29, 2023, shows a main street in Bago, central Mynamar, where security forces killed about 80 people in a crackdown on an anti-military protest on April 9, 2021.

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Site of 2021 military crackdown in central Myanmar

Photo taken March 29, 2023, shows a downtown area of Bago, central Mynamar, where security forces killed about 80 people in a crackdown on an anti-military protest on April 9, 2021.

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Xinhua Headlines: China's intensive spring diplomacy boosts confidence in global growth, peace

(230411) -- BEIJING, April 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guests wave flags at the breakthrough ceremony of Paka tunnel in Paka of Terengganu State, Malaysia, April 9, 2021. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia's mega rail project jointly constructed with China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), saw the first tunnel breakthrough in Terengganu state on April 9, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

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Global brands tap Chinese market via Hainan expo

STORY: Global brands tap Chinese market via Hainan expo DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the venue of the upcoming third CICPE 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TULENOV RUSLAN, Global Media Officer of Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MENG WEIWEI, General manager of Jia Green Chocolate Works (Hainan) Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: The third China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) will be held from April 10 to 15 in China's Haikou, drawing over 3,300 brands from more than 60 countries and regions. Since its first edition in 2021, more and more global consumer goods companies have settled in Hainan to tap the Chinese market. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TULENOV RUSLAN, Global Media Officer of Hainan Provincial Bureau of International Economic Development "The China International Consumer Products Expo is the fourth national-level expo in China and also the largest one and focuses only on high

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHAOHU LAKE-CHANGES (CN)

(220921) -- HEFEI, Sept. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a view of a wetland around the Chaohu Lake on July 9, 2021 (upper, Photo by Ye Yuting/Xinhua) and a view of the Chaohu Lake in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, April 7, 2008 (Photo by He Xibin/Xinhua). As the fifth-largest freshwater lake in China, Chaohu Lake is known as the "kidney" of the Yangtze River. In recent years, Hefei City, where Chaohu Lake is located, has taken a slew of measures to strengthen the protection of wetlands around the lake, including banning fishing, land reclamation and waste dumping in designated protected zones. Changes are happening around this freshwater lake, with more rare and endangered species inhabiting its surrounding wetlands. (Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Pearl River Delta transforms from world factory to technology hub

(220709) -- GUANGZHOU, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 1, 2021 shows a workshop of a microwave oven factory of Midea Group, a Chinese home appliance giant, in Foshan City, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Li Jiale)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-COMMON PROSPERITY (CN)

(220609) -- HANGZHOU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 26, 2022 shows the scenery along a river in Changhua Town of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2021, China's central authorities issued a guideline on building Zhejiang into demonstration zone for achieving common prosperity. Under the guideline, the province will strive to achieve common prosperity by 2035, with its per capita gross domestic product and the income of urban and rural residents reaching the standard for developed countries. As an economic powerhouse in east China, Zhejiang Province has drawn up detailed plans to achieve common prosperity. As per estimates, labor remuneration will account for more than 50 percent of its GDP by 2025, and the ratio of residents' per capita disposable income to per capita GDP will continue to increase during the period. The province will explore breakthroughs to build a high-quality employment and entrepreneurship system, improve the quality of social security mechan

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-COMMON PROSPERITY (CN)

(220609) -- HANGZHOU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Intelligent manufacturing equipment and digital systems are seen at a sock factory in Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on April 21, 2022. In June 2021, China's central authorities issued a guideline on building Zhejiang into demonstration zone for achieving common prosperity. Under the guideline, the province will strive to achieve common prosperity by 2035, with its per capita gross domestic product and the income of urban and rural residents reaching the standard for developed countries. As an economic powerhouse in east China, Zhejiang Province has drawn up detailed plans to achieve common prosperity. As per estimates, labor remuneration will account for more than 50 percent of its GDP by 2025, and the ratio of residents' per capita disposable income to per capita GDP will continue to increase during the period. The province will explore breakthroughs to build a high-quality employment and entrepreneurship system, improve the quality of soci

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-COMMON PROSPERITY (CN)

(220609) -- HANGZHOU, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 8, 2022 shows a tea garden on Anding Mountain of Lishan Town in Fuyang District of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. In June 2021, China's central authorities issued a guideline on building Zhejiang into demonstration zone for achieving common prosperity. Under the guideline, the province will strive to achieve common prosperity by 2035, with its per capita gross domestic product and the income of urban and rural residents reaching the standard for developed countries. As an economic powerhouse in east China, Zhejiang Province has drawn up detailed plans to achieve common prosperity. As per estimates, labor remuneration will account for more than 50 percent of its GDP by 2025, and the ratio of residents' per capita disposable income to per capita GDP will continue to increase during the period. The province will explore breakthroughs to build a high-quality employment and entrepreneurship system, improve the quality of

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China's Sichuan launches more cross-border freight trains

STORY: China's Sichuan launches more cross-border freight trains DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a cross-border freight train leaving Chengdu STORYLINE: Four cross-border freight trains left Chengdu, Zigong, Guangyuan and Suining of southwest China's Sichuan Province respectively on Friday. The trains carry aluminum products, agricultural equipment, industrial equipment, chemicals, food, and daily necessities, among others. They will reach Vientiane in Laos, Laem Chabang in Thailand, Haiphong in Vietnam and Jakarta in Indonesia, respectively. By the end of 2021, destinations that can be reached via the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor had been expanded to 315 ports in 107 countries and regions worldwide. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chengdu, China. (XHTV)

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China's Dongfeng landing site ready for Shenzhou-13's return

STORY: China's Dongfeng landing site ready for Shenzhou-13's return DATELINE: April 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: EJINA BANNER, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dongfeng landing site STORYLINE: China's Shenzhou-13 astronauts are planning to return to Earth in mid-April following the completion of their missions. The ground search team at Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is ready for their safe return. On Oct. 16, 2021, the Shenzhou-13 mission sent the three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station for a six-month stay -- the longest-ever duration in the country's manned space program. They have completed multiple tasks over the past few months, including two extravehicular activities, two live science lectures, and a number of sci-tech experiments and application projects. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ejina Banner, China. (XHTV)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fu Hao (C) of Liaoning Flying Leopards competes during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Guo Ailun (L) of Liaoning Flying Leopards shoots during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kyle Fogg (L) of Liaoning Flying Leopards defends Zhang Ning of Shanxi Loongs during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Guo Ailun (C) of Liaoning Flying Leopards goes for the basket during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Ning (C) of Shanxi Loongs competes during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Han Dejun (R) of Liaoning Flying Leopards goes for the basket during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Jonathon Simmons (R) of Shanxi Loongs goes for the basket during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-SHANXI LOONGS VS LIAONING FLYING LEOPARDS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yuan Shuai (R) of Shanxi Loongs goes for the basket during the 2nd round playoff match between Shanxi Loongs and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-GUANGDONG SOUTHERN TIGHERS VS ZHEJIANG GOLDEN BULLS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nicholas Rakocevic (top) of Zhejiang Golden Bulls shoots during the 2nd round playoff match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-GUANGDONG SOUTHERN TIGHERS VS ZHEJIANG GOLDEN BULLS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sonny Weems (2nd R) of Guangdong Southern Tigers competes during the 2nd round playoff match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-GUANGDONG SOUTHERN TIGHERS VS ZHEJIANG GOLDEN BULLS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Peng (R) of Guangdong Southern Tigers breaks through during the 2nd round playoff match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-GUANGDONG SOUTHERN TIGHERS VS ZHEJIANG GOLDEN BULLS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Erick Green (top) of Zhejiang Golden Bulls shoots during the 2nd round playoff match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-GUANGDONG SOUTHERN TIGHERS VS ZHEJIANG GOLDEN BULLS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yi Jianlian (L) of Guangdong Southern Tigers goes for the basket during the 2nd round playoff match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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(SP)CHINA-NANCHANG-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-GUANGDONG SOUTHERN TIGHERS VS ZHEJIANG GOLDEN BULLS (CN)

(220409) -- NANCHANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cheng Shuaipeng (L) of Zhejiang Golden Bulls goes for the basket during the 2nd round playoff match between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-REMOTE MEDICAL SERVICE (CN)

(220409) -- GUIYANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A doctor leaves a medical center to visit patients in Yangchang Village of Zhongshan District in Liupanshui, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 16, 2021. Guizhou Province has realized a remote medical service system covering various levels of public hospitals to alleviate problems including poor accessibility and affordability of health care services for people. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-REMOTE MEDICAL SERVICE (CN)

(220409) -- GUIYANG, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Doctor Zhang Zhongwu (R) gives an infusion to a patient at a medical room in Yangchang Village of Zhongshan District in Liupanshui, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 16, 2021. Guizhou Province has realized a remote medical service system covering various levels of public hospitals to alleviate problems including poor accessibility and affordability of health care services for people. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 9, 2021 shows a ceremony marking the opening of a new China-Europe ship route in Tianjin Port, north China's Tianjin. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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NEW ZEALAND-AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE-RECORD HIGH

(220106) -- WELLINGTON, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File aerial photo taken on April 9, 2021 shows a residential construction site in Wellington, New Zealand. The average value of a New Zealand home now exceeds 1 million New Zealand dollars for the first time, according to statistics released by CoreLogic's House Price Index (HPI) on Jan. 5, 2022. TO GO WITH "Average property value in New Zealand hits record high of over 1 mln NZD" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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NEW ZEALAND-AVERAGE PROPERTY VALUE-RECORD HIGH

(220106) -- WELLINGTON, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File aerial photo taken on April 9, 2021 shows a residential construction site in Wellington, New Zealand. The average value of a New Zealand home now exceeds 1 million New Zealand dollars for the first time, according to statistics released by CoreLogic's House Price Index (HPI) on Jan. 5, 2022. TO GO WITH "Average property value in New Zealand hits record high of over 1 mln NZD" (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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