Migratory birds enter peak hatching period at Poyang Lake in China

STORY: Migratory birds enter peak hatching period at Poyang Lake in China SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: April 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: JIUJIANG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of migratory birds 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LI CHUNRU, Voluntary bird protector in Duchang STORYLINE: As the weather warms up, Poyang Lake becomes a bustling nursery for egrets. The lake and surrounding forest, located in Duchang County of China's Jiangxi Province, provide sanctuary for these elegant migratory birds during their hatching season. Recent years have seen a notable improvement in the ecological environment here. Increased local awareness and efforts in bird protection have led to a rise in the numbers of these migratory visitors, making Poyang Lake a key site for bird conservation efforts in China. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI CHUNRU, Voluntary bird protector in Duchang "There are about nine species of summer migratory birds here, including the great egret, intermediate egret, little

Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall

STORY: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:44 LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the opening ceremony, visitors in the reading room 2. Iris Chang's mother Zhang Yingying in the reading room 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JENNIFER CHEUNG, President of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia STORYLINE: The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. With the book, she brought to light the horrifying atrocities known as "the Nanjing Massacre," committed by invading Japanese troops in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing in 1937. More than 3

U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

(220822) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Iris Chang's mother Zhang Yingying is seen in a reading room commemorating the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang at the San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall in San Francisco, the United States, Aug. 20, 2022. The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. TO GO WITH "Feature: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

(220822) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man walks into the San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall in San Francisco, the United States, Aug. 20, 2022. The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. TO GO WITH "Feature: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-WWII-MEMORIAL HALL-READING ROOM-IRIS CHANG

(220822) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two books of Iris Chang's "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II" are displayed at a reading room of the San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall in San Francisco, the United States, Aug. 20, 2022. The San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall has set up a reading room to commemorate the late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, renowned for her books on history, including Japan's invasion of China. Chang, whose Chinese name was Zhang Chunru, was the author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II," a best-selling book published in 1997. TO GO WITH "Feature: Reading room commemorating Iris Chang opens at San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall" (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)