World's highest wind farm output tops 200 million kWh

STORY: World's highest wind farm output tops 200 million kWh SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chigu wind farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG YANG, Deputy head of Chigu wind farm project 3. various of the Chigu wind farm 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG YANG, Deputy head of Chigu wind farm project STORYLINE: Chigu wind farm in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region has generated over 200 million kWh of green electricity since it went into operation in 2021. Located in Chigu Town, Comai County in Xizang's Shannan City, the project has installed 25 turbines at altitudes ranging from 5,000 to 5,200 meters, which is the highest of its kind in the world. The wind farm has a total installed capacity of 72.6 megawatts (MW). The first phase of the project went into operation in 2021, and the second phase in October last year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG YANG, Deputy head of Chigu wind farm project "Afte

Xinhua Headlines: From serfdom to freedom -- Tibet's progress on democracy, human rights

Xinhua Headlines: From serfdom to freedom -- Tibet's progress on democracy, human rights

(220328) -- LHASA, March 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Tobgye (L) eats the food in "Qiema," a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and fried wheat grain, in his brother's home in Comai County, Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Lodro Gyatso)

From serfdom to freedom, Tibet witnesses drastic change

STORY: From serfdom to freedom, Tibet witnesses drastic change DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of past and present Tibet 2. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): SONAM TOBGYE, Comai County resident 3. various of past and present Tibet 4. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): SONAM TOBGYE, Comai County resident 5. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): TSETEN LHAMO, Comai County resident 6. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): DORJE, Comai County resident 7. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): TENZIN CHODAK, Comai County resident STORYLINE: Sonam Tobgye's parents were serfs in old Tibet. His family once lived in an adobe house without windows next to the cowshed. Hunger during childhood has become a memory that the 78-year-old can never forget. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): SONAM TOBGYE, Comai County resident "During my childhood, we lived on the food the feudal lord handed to us. If the lord was not well off, we could only have a small bowl of zanba (Tibetan staple food made of highland barley flour) in a day. If the lord