U.S. returns 38 pieces of cultural objects to China, fostering deeper cultural exchanges

STORY: U.S. returns 38 pieces of cultural objects to China, fostering deeper cultural exchanges SHOOTING TIME: April 17, 2024 DATELINE: April 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of cultural objects 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI QUN, China's Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism and head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HUANG PING, Chinese Consul General in New York 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MATTHEW BOGDANOS, Chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office 6. various of the handover ceremony STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent "The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on Wednesday. At a handover ceremony at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office handed over the cultural objects to a delegation from China's National Cultur

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

(240417) -- NEW YORK, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism and head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration Li Qun (2nd R) and Matthew Bogdanos (2nd L), chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, sign documents at a handover ceremony of returned Chinese cultural objects at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on April 17, 2024. The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

(240417) -- NEW YORK, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism and head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration Li Qun (2nd R) and Matthew Bogdanos (2nd L), chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, sign documents at a handover ceremony of returned Chinese cultural objects at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on April 17, 2024. The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

(240417) -- NEW YORK, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism and head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration Li Qun (R) and Matthew Bogdanos, chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, attend a handover ceremony of returned Chinese cultural objects at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on April 17, 2024. The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

U.S.-NEW YORK-CHINA-CULTURAL OBJECTS-RETURNING

(240417) -- NEW YORK, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism and head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration Li Qun (R) shakes hands with Matthew Bogdanos, chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, at a handover ceremony of returned Chinese cultural objects at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on April 17, 2024. The U.S. side returned 38 pieces of Chinese cultural objects to the Chinese side on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Rui)