CHINA-U.S.-RELATIONS-GUEST OPINION (CN)

CHINA-U.S.-RELATIONS-GUEST OPINION (CN)

(230902) -- BEIJING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lin Gaoyuan (1st L, front) of China, Lily Zhang (2nd L, front) of the United States compete with Wang Manyu (2nd R, front) of China and Kanak Jha (1st R, front) of the United States during a joint training session of two pairs formed of both American and Chinese players entering the mixed doubles competition at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, the United States, on Nov. 22, 2021. TO GO WITH "Guest Opinion: Resetting China-U.S. relations through people" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

E China city promotes communications among cross-Strait families

STORY: E China city promotes communications among cross-Strait families DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cross-Strait families pairing activity 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YE GUANPING, Resident in Guixi Community, Fuzhou 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KOU SHIH HSIEN, Resident in Guixi Community from Taiwan, Fuzhou 4. various of the Guixi Community 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN WENJING, Official of Guixi Community, Fuzhou STORYLINE: Seven pairs of families from both sides of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday participated in a cross-Strait family pairing event in east China's Fuzhou City. Seven pairs of families put their handprints on a drawing board together, left their names and words of blessings, and had face-to-face exchanges on hobbies and other activities, to further boost communications between families from both sides of the Strait. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YE GUANPING, Resident in Guixi Community, Fuzhou "I would like to invite th

Chinese shuttlers win two titles at Indonesia Masters

STORY: Chinese shuttlers win two titles at Indonesia Masters DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the games 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG SHUXIAN, Women's doubles player STORYLINE: Chinese shuttlers collected two gold medals on Sunday at the 2023 Indonesia Masters. Women's doubles pair Liu Shengshu and Zhang Shuxian beat the Japanese duo of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 22-20, 21-19 in a match full of long rallies, which tested the nerves and stamina of both pairs. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG SHUXIAN, China's Women's doubles player "The result is surprising. It's the first time for us to compete as a pair. We wanted to learn from other players through this competition. We didn't think we would win. We just tried to do our best." Zhang was formerly paired with Zheng Yu, with the duo reaching No. 4 in the world. Her current partner Liu, 18, is the reigning world junior champion in both women's and mixed doubles categories. In the mixed doub

Italy and Canada whiz to dead heat

Italy and Canada whiz to dead heat

Italy's Guenther Huber and Antonio Tartaglia do battle with the G-forces on route to a share of the gold medal with Canada in the Olympic two-man bobsleigh on Feb. 15. Both pairs finished with an identical combined time of 3 minutes 37.24 seconds after four runs at Nagano's Spiral track.

(SP)XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-SPORT

(SP)XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-SPORT

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lin Gaoyuan (1st L, front) of China, Lily Zhang (2nd L, front) of the United States compete with Wang Manyu (2nd R, front) of China and Kanak Jha (1st R, front) of the United States during a joint training session of two pairs formed of both American and Chinese players entering the mixed doubles competition at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, the United States, on Nov. 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)