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China-Europe freight trains breathe new life to ancient Silk Road

STORY: GLOBALink | China-Europe freight trains breathe new life to ancient Silk Road DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe freight train services 2. various of the warehouse in Spain 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MOU JINWEN, Chairman of Shenzhen Qxbox Technology Warehousing Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): DIEGO CIMADEVILLA, Management director of Qxbox's subsidiary in Spain STORYLINE: The freight train service linking Chinese cities with Europe is breathing new life into the ancient Silk Road with its expanding network. In May 2011, a rail route was opened between Chongqing and Duisburg in Germany, marking the start of the China-Europe cargo train service. Boosted by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), proposed by China in 2013, the international train service has been expanding fast over the past years. Nowadays, the service connects more than 100 Chinese cities with over 200 cities in 25 countries in Europe. At this warehouse i

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Japanese monkey troupe set for performance in China

UTSUNOMIA, Japan - Toshio Manaka, head of the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Monkey Troupe), which was disbanded at the end of 2013, trains a monkey in Nikko, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 22, 2014, as part of preparations for the troupe's first performance in China, slated for next May.

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"Mothers of women's golf" in Japan, S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Hisako Higuchi (C) takes part in a pro-am tournament at Daihakone Country Club in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 22, 2013. Even after retiring from her post as president of the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan, Higuchi has played a part in boosting women's golf tours.

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Marines hold ceremony for Osprey unit

GINOWAN, Japan - The U.S. Marines hold a ceremony for a unit formed to operate MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2013. The Marines deployed 12 Ospreys at Futenma in October 2012 and are in the process of deploying 12 more of the aircraft at the base.

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Okinawa governor presses for review of Osprey deployment

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2013, after meeting with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Nakaima handed a petition to Kishida calling for reconsideration of the deployment of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at a U.S. Marine Corps base as well as the early resolution of other issues related to U.S. military bases in the prefecture.

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Okinawa governor presses for review of Osprey deployment

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L front) hands a petition to Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2013, calling for reconsideration of the deployment of MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at a U.S. Marine Corps base as well as the early resolution of other issues related to U.S. military bases in the prefecture.

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Jamaican prime minister in China

BEIJING, China - Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 22, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Munenori Kawasaki hits an RBI single during the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Munenori Kawasaki singles to right during the fifth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles off third base, his 4,001st career hit between the major leagues and Japan, during the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges an ovation from spectators while taking the field during the first inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013, after belting his 4,000th career hit between the major leagues and Japan the previous day. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki starts running after hitting a double off third base, his 4,001st career hit between the major leagues and Japan, during the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles off third base, his 4,001st career hit between the major leagues and Japan, during the fourth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Matsuzaka signs with Mets

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. The New York Mets announced Aug. 22, 2013 that Matsuzaka, who was released by the Cleveland Indians on Aug. 20 at his request, has signed with the Mets.

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Fishing off Fukushima to be suspended

SOMA, Japan - Members of a local fisheries cooperative listen to an explanation of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2013 about the leakage of radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative said it will stop its trial operation at the end of August due to the leakage, which means all fishing operations off the coast of Fukushima will be suspended for an indefinite period.

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Fishing off Fukushima to be suspended

SOMA, Japan - Members of a local fisheries cooperative listen to an explanation of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2013 about the leakage of radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative said it will stop its trial operation at the end of August due to the leakage, which means all fishing operations off the coast of Fukushima will be suspended for an indefinite period.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and Lim Jock Seng, Brunei's second minister for foreign affairs and trade, shake hands before their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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Delivery of M'bishi passenger jet to be delayed

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Teruaki Kawai speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2013. The company said the same day that delivery of Japan's first small passenger jet will be delayed for over a year to around the April-June quarter in 2017.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed shake hands before their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and other participants of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact visit the palace of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (R) in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the talks the same day.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (R) and Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, shake hands at the sultan's palace in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, holds a press conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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AirAsia X to increase Kuala Lumpur-Kansia flights

OSAKA, Japan - AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani (C), wearing a "yukata" summer kimono, announces during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 22, 2013, that the Malaysian budget carrier will expand its services linking Kuala Lumpur airport and Japan's Kansai International Airport to daily flights from Nov. 25.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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A-bomb survivors protest U.S. test

NAGASAKI, Japan - Protesters including survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing stage a sit-in at the foot of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan on Aug. 22, 2013. The protest was sparked by the recent revelation that the United States conducted a plutonium test earlier in the year.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - The Jinan Intermediate People's Court's website carries a photo of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - China Central Television carries news of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai standing trial on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Ex-singer Keiko Fuji plunges to death in alleged suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 1981 shows Keiko Fuji. Fuji, former singer and the mother of singer Hikaru Utada, on Aug. 22, 2013, plunged from a condominium building to her death in an apparent suicide, Tokyo police said. She was 62.

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Inter-Korean transit office

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken at the inter-Korean transit office in northern South Korea on Aug. 22, 2013, shows vehicles carrying representatives of South Korean companies heading for a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Police officers are mobilized as the trial began for former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (front R), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, is pictured with Lim Jock Seng (front L), Brunei's second minister for foreign affairs and trade, and other participants in the TPP negotiations before their talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, speaks to reporters ahead of attending the TPP negotiations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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Controversy over A-bomb comic

MATSUE, Japan - The Matsue city education board meets at Matsue city hall in Shimane Prefecture on Aug. 22, 2013. The board held discussion on its controversial request to local elementary and junior high schools to restrict students' access to "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic series about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, due to some of the comic's graphics deemed violent. The meeting failed to reach a conclusion.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (C), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, heads for the TPP negotiations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, attends the TPP negotiations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Participants in a ministerial meeting being held during the opening day of the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact pose for photos before their talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - A ministerial meeting is held at the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013, the opening day.

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Bo Xilai stands trial

JINAN, China - Supporters of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai hold a portrait of Communist China founder Mao Zedong outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013, as his trial began at the court the same day on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - People watch from the other side of barriers set up in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers conduct security checks on reporters outside the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai. The trial of Bo on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began Aug. 22, 2013 at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers set up barriers in front of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Trial opens for Bo Xilai

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province on Aug. 22, 2013. The trial of former Chinese Communist Party rising star Bo Xilai on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power began at the court the same day.

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Japan judo federation

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, heads to the federation's extraordinary executive meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2013. The meeting called on Uemura and 22 board members to step down, blaming them for allowing coaches to physically abuse members of the women's national team and the misappropriation of funds.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed the delivery of MV-22 Osprey aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, for deployment. Abe pledged to make every possible effort to relieve the burden on Okinawa.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Opponents of additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft stage a sit-in in front of a gate at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft head for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013 as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft after landing at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.