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IOMED Inauguration Ceremony - Hong Kong

Hua Chunying, vice minister of Foreign Affairs of China, addresses the inauguration ceremony of the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 20, 2025. The inauguration ceremony of the IOMed, headquartered in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), was held here on Monday. The event marked a milestone in international conflict resolution as the IOMed is the world's first intergovernmental international legal organization dedicated to resolving international disputes through mediation. Photo by Zhu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Young CPC member promotes agricultural drones to help villagers increase income

STORY: Young CPC member promotes agricultural drones to help villagers increase income DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: ANYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Li Shufan teaching villagers how to operate the agricultural drone 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SHUFAN, Member of Xishuimowan Village Committee in Henan Province 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN CHUNYING, Villager in Xishuimowan Village, Henan Province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG ZHIFEI, Villager in Xishuimowan Village, Henan Province STORYLINE: A "post-90s" member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in a village in China's Henan has been helping residents increase income by teaching them how to operate agricultural drones. Li Shufan is a veteran drone operator in Xishuimowan Village with five years of experience. In 2019, Li started trying agricultural plant protection UAVs in the wheat field. After mastering the skills, she earned more than 10,000 yuan (about 1,385 U.S. dollars) with her husband in the second

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CHINA-BEIJING-FOREIGN EXCHANGE-PRESS CONFERENCE(CN)

(230421) -- BEIJING, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Chunying, deputy head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, attends a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on China's foreign exchange market in the first quarter of 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, April 21, 2023. China's foreign exchange market got off to a good start in the first quarter of 2023, with a stable exchange rate of the renminbi, steady market expectations, and balanced supply and demand, Wang said Friday. (Xinhua/Pan Xu)

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China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying speaks at a regular press briefing in Beijing on June 12, 2014.

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China spokeswoman Hua meets reporters

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokewoman Hua Chunying speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on May 15, 2014.

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China-Philippines disputes in S. China Sea

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on May 14, 2014. The Philippines said the same day it has lodged a protest over China's fortification of another contested reef in the South China Sea. Hua said she cannot understand Manila's intention as "the reef is Chinese territory."

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China urges Obama not to meet with Dalai Lama

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying speaks at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2014. China urged U.S. President Barack Obama to immediately cancel his plan to meet the Dalai Lama later in the day at the White House, warning it will otherwise seriously damage bilateral relations.

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Territorial disputes

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2014. Hua expressed "grave concern" over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals.

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China rejects Japan's criticism

BEIJING, China - Hua Chunying, spokeswoman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on July 9, 2013. Hua rejected the assertion in a Japanese defense white paper that China is engaged in "dangerous" maritime activities, saying Chinese maritime operations are based on international and domestic laws.

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China, N. Korea hold dialogue

BEIJING, China - A car carrying North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on June 19, 2013. Kim, who arrived in Beijing the previous day, held talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a press conference the same day.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

BEIJING, China - Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, attends a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on May 8, 2013. She declined to confirm media reports the previous day that the Bank of China, the country's largest foreign exchange bank, had closed the account of North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank and halted transactions with it.

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China spokeswoman Hua on Japan

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on April 23, 2013. She criticized a visit to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo by Japanese lawmakers earlier in the day. She also said at the press conference that Beijing has lodged a strong protest against the sailing that day of Japanese ships near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claimed by China.

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China spokeswoman Hua on Japan

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on April 23, 2013. She criticized a visit to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo by Japanese lawmakers earlier in the day. She also said at the press conference that Beijing has lodged a strong protest against the sailing that day of Japanese ships near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claimed by China.

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China on radar incident

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a regular press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Feb. 6, 2013. Hua suggested that the locking of a weapons-targeting radar by a Chinese warship on a Japanese destroyer in the East China Sea in late January was an independent action by the military.

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China on radar incident

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a regular press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Feb. 6, 2013. Hua suggested that the locking of a weapons-targeting radar by a Chinese warship on a Japanese destroyer in the East China Sea in late January was an independent action by the military.

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China spokeswoman

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds the first regular press conference in her post in Beijing on Nov. 19, 2012.

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China spokeswoman

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds the first regular press conference in her post in Beijing on Nov. 19, 2012.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 5, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

A television monitor shows Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holding a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 4, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 4, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 3, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2022.

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U.S. not qualified to tell China what to do on respecting national sovereignty: FM spokesperson

STORY: U.S. not qualified to tell China what to do on respecting national sovereignty: FM spokesperson DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): HUA CHUNYING, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): HUA CHUNYING, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "First I would like to say that, when it comes to how to respect the national sovereignty and territory integrity, the U.S. may not have the qualification to tell China what to do. As for national sovereignty and territory integrity, the Chinese people feel strongly about it. Since modern times, the Chinese people were subject to foreign aggression and colonization. We have a sad memory of the humiliating past. Just over 20 years ago, our embassy to the Yugoslavia Federation was bombed by NATO, where three Chinese journalists died and many people were injured. And still today, we're seeing the real threats of certain

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GLOBALink | U.S. not qualified to tell China what to do on respecting national sovereignty: FM spokesperson

The United States is not qualified to tell China what to do on the issue of respecting national sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying in response to U.S. State Department spokesperson's remarks on Ukraine. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2022.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2022.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(220204) -- BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Liu Chunying runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Grand Canal Forest Park in Tongzhou District of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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China raps new Taiwan president as vague on cross-strait ties

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on May 20, 2016, following the inauguration of Taiwan's new President Tsai Ing-wen. Hua said, "Whatever changes Taiwan may go through, the Chinese government will uphold the one-China principle and oppose Taiwan independence." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China raps new Taiwan president as vague on cross-strait ties

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on May 20, 2016, following the inauguration of Taiwan's new President Tsai Ing-wen. Hua said, "Whatever changes Taiwan may go through, the Chinese government will uphold the one-China principle and oppose Taiwan independence." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China avoids saying if it sent message for Kim Jong Un's birthday

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a regular press briefing in Beijing on Jan. 8, 2016. Responding to a question on whether any message has been sent to North Korea to mark leader Kim Jong Un's birthday, Hua said she did not know. The question came after North Korea faced a barrage of criticism from the international community following its fourth nuclear test earlier in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China voices strong opposition to N. Korean "H-bomb" test

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a regular press briefing in Beijing on Jan. 6, 2016. Hua said China is "firmly opposed" to what North Korea claims was its first hydrogen bomb test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China says no to Japan's bid to add industrial sites on UNESCO list

Hua Chunying, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, attends a regular press briefing at the ministry in Beijing on May 14, 2015. "China shares South Korea's strong concerns over Japan's application," Hua told the briefing, expressing China's opposition to Japan's attempt to list some facilities seen as representing its industrialization in the late 19th to early 20th centuries as World Heritage sites, citing the issue of wartime forced labor involving Chinese, Koreans and other Asians. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 21, 2021.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 21, 2021.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2021.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2021.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 19, 2021.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 19, 2021.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on July 17, 2020.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press conference in Beijing on July 17, 2020.