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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-BINYANG-FIRECRACKER DRAGON FESTIVAL (CN)

(240221) -- BINYANG, Feb. 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows craftsman Zou Yute making bamboo dragons for Firecracker Dragon Festival in Binyang County in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 21, 2010 (Top) and Jan. 16, 2024 (Below), respectively. Firecracker Dragon Festival that can be dated back to more than 10 centuries ago is a traditional carnival celebrating Spring Festival in Binyang, when locals perform the firecracker dragon dance with a bamboo dragon. Unlike most dragon dances performed elsewhere, the audiences usually throw lit firecrackers toward the bamboo dragon during the dance with the wish to drive away evil spirits and pray for peace and prosperity for the new year. The event was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: The 19th Asian Games was held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. With breakdancing and esports making their debuts as official medal sports, the Hangzhou Asian Games featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events, with participation from over 10,000 athletes from all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members. China clinched 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, finishing atop the medal tally and bettering its previous best record of 199 golds at the 2010 edition in Guangzhou. The 4th Asian Para Games took place in Hangzhou from October 22 to 28, with China winning 214 golds and 521 overall to top the medal tally for the fourth consecutive time. This file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2023 shows a view of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east Ch

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: The 19th Asian Games was held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. With breakdancing and esports making their debuts as official medal sports, the Hangzhou Asian Games featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events, with participation from over 10,000 athletes from all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members. China clinched 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, finishing atop the medal tally and bettering its previous best record of 199 golds at the 2010 edition in Guangzhou. The 4th Asian Para Games took place in Hangzhou from October 22 to 28, with China winning 214 golds and 521 overall to top the medal tally for the fourth consecutive time. This file photo taken on Oct. 22, 2023 shows artists performing during the opening ceremony of the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xin

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: The 19th Asian Games was held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. With breakdancing and esports making their debuts as official medal sports, the Hangzhou Asian Games featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events, with participation from over 10,000 athletes from all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members. China clinched 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, finishing atop the medal tally and bettering its previous best record of 199 golds at the 2010 edition in Guangzhou. The 4th Asian Para Games took place in Hangzhou from October 22 to 28, with China winning 214 golds and 521 overall to top the medal tally for the fourth consecutive time. This file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2023 shows flag bearers carring the Chinese national flag into the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium during the opening ceremony of

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Living in China is a life-changing experience, says Chilean businessman

STORY: Living in China is a life-changing experience, says Chilean businessman SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 21, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: FOSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): SIMON BRANTES, Founder and Managing Director of DNF Pacific Group 2. various of Simon Brantes' daily life and work in China 3. various of China STORYLINE: Simon Brantes, a Chilean businessman living in south China's Foshan, said the achievement of his career in China has also opened a new chapter in his life. SOUNDBITE (English): SIMON BRANTES, Founder and Managing Director of DNF Pacific Group "The first time I came to China was in year 2010. Shanghai World Expo. I worked at the Chile Pavilion at that time. That was my first approach to China. Before that, I really didn't know much about China, to be honest. Once I arrived here, I was just amazed at how fast the changes could happen here. That was my first experience. And it opened my mind to China. I realized I really wanted to do t

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Mourning Nelson Mandela

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africans sing and dance at a soccer stadium in Johannesburg on Dec. 10, 2013, to mourn the death Dec. 5 of former President Nelson Mandela. The funeral service for Mandela will be held later that day at the stadium, which was the venue of the 2010 soccer World Cup's closing ceremony, where Mandela made his last public appearance.

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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Children fly a kite in Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo shows Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il waves while reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the left is the leader's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the right is Kim's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) and Kim Jong Un (R), a son of Jong Il, reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17, 2011, at the age of 69.

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Project delivers voices of A-bomb survivors to N.Y. high schoolers

NEW YORK, United States - Reiko Yamada (far left) talks about her experience of surviving the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima to students at Brooklyn International High School on Dec. 10, 2010.

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Project delivers voices of A-bomb survivors to N.Y. high schoolers

NEW YORK, United States - Setsuko Thurlow (far right) talks about her experience of surviving the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima to students at Brooklyn International High School on Dec. 10, 2010.

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Kashima to take on Shimizu in Emperor's Cup final

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers players celebrate after defeating 10-man FC Tokyo 2-1 after extra time on Dec. 29, 2010, setting up a New Year's Day date with Shimizu S-Pulse in the Emperor's Cup final.

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Chiba Marine Stadium renamed

CHIBA, Japan - (From L to R) QVC Japan Inc. President Hayashi Sasaki, Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai and Lotte Marines baseball club president Ryuzo Setoyama hold up a signboard reading ''QVC Marine Field,'' the new name for Chiba Marine Stadium, on Dec. 27, 2010. The city said it had reached a 10-year sponsorship agreement with the local television shopping company, including the naming rights for the stadium, which will come into effect in March.

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Nissan delivers 1st Leaf EV in Japan to Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa (R) receives a key for a Nissan Motor Co. Leaf electric vehicle (in back) from Nissan Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga in a delivery ceremony at the Kanagawa Prefecture offices in Yokohama on Dec. 22, 2010. Nissan delivered 10 Leafs to the prefectural government as the first delivery of the vehicle in the domestic market.

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Camel in Yokohama celebrates '35th birthday'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bactrian camel Tsugaru eats his Christmas cake on Dec. 18, 2010, celebrating his assumed ''35th birthday'' at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama. Tsugaru, over 100 years old in human terms, is fed coenzyme Q-10.

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JR West blasted for poor mishap info handling

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Utsunomiya, head of the transport safety department at West Japan Railway Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 13, 2010. Utsunomiya admitted that the company, known commonly as JR West, failed to make public 10 cases from 2005 to 2009 in which its trains went over the speed limit, activating the automatic train stopping system at the curve in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, where a derailment killed 107 people.

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COP16 in Mexico

CANCUN, Mexico - People attend a U.N. climate change conference in Cancun, a major resort in Mexico, on Dec. 10, 2010. Delegates agreed to create a fund to help developing countries tackle global warming.

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2 Japanese chemists honored at Nobel ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Akira Suzuki (2nd from R) receives a medal and diploma in chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (R) during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2010. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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2 Japanese chemists honored at Nobel ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi (2nd from R) receives a medal and diploma in chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (R) during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2010. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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2 Japanese chemists honored at Nobel ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemists Eiichi Negishi (L) and Akira Suzuki show their Nobel diplomas in chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2010, after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Pro-Liu Xiaobo rally in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. congressman Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat, delivers a speech at a gathering in support of imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Washington on Dec. 10, 2010. Participants called for Liu's release and an end of communist one-party rule in China.

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Pro-Liu Xiaobo rally

OSLO, Norway - People stage a rally urging China to release imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony was held the same day in Liu's absence.

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Oda at GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Nobunari Oda of Japan responds to the crowd after the men's short program of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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Nobel laureate chemist Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi (R), a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry and the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University, smiles with his wife Sumire at a hotel in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2010, before the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in the Swedish capital. (Pool Photo)

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Celebration for Liu's Nobel Peace Prize in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - People in Hong Kong celebrate imprisoned Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony was held in Oslo the same day in Liu's absence.

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Nobel Foundation banquet

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi delivers a speech at a banquet hosted by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2010, after receiving a medal and diploma in chemistry at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Pro-Liu Xiaobo rally

OSLO, Norway - People stage a rally urging China to release imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony was held the same day in Liu's absence.

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2 Japanese chemists honored at Nobel ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemists Eiichi Negishi (L) and Akira Suzuki show their Nobel medals in chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall on Dec. 10, 2010, after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Murakami at GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese hopeful Kanako Murakami skates in the women's short program of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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Takahashi at GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi poses after the men's short program of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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2 Japanese local assembly members visit 1 of Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (C) and Yoichi Minosoko (L), two members of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, speak to reporters at Ishigaki Island on Dec. 10, 2010, after landing on Minami Kojima, one of the Senkaku Islands, controlled by Japan but also claimed by China. The trip prompted an investigation by police authorities as both men might have violated a law by entering an off-limits area.

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2 Japanese local assembly members visit 1 of Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (R) and Yoichi Minosoko, two members of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, return to Ishigaki Island port on Dec. 10, 2010, after landing on Minami Kojima, one of the Senkaku Islands, controlled by Japan but also claimed by China. The trip prompted an investigation by police authorities as both men might have violated a law by entering an off-limits area.

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Thaksin supporters commemorate clampdown victims

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra light up candles on Dec. 10, 2010, to commemorate victims in clashes with security troops during a series of antigovernment protests in Bangkok.

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Thaksin supporters commemorate clampdown victims

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra light up candles on Dec. 10, 2010, to commemorate victims in clashes with security troops during a series of antigovernment protests in Bangkok.

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GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese hopeful Kanako Murakami skates during the short program of the Grand Prix Final competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Miki Ando of Japan loses her balance on a jump during the short program of the Grand Prix Final competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

OSLO, Norway - The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place for detained Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo (in large photo), at the city office building in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2010. The empty chair, third from right, was placed to highlight Liu's absence.

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GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese hopeful Kanako Murakami makes a jump during the short program of the Grand Prix Final competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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Anti-Nobel Peace Prize rally

OSLO, Norway - Chinese nationals protest against the Norwegian Nobel Committee's awarding of the peace prize to detained pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony was held the same day in Liu's absence.

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Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

OSLO, Norway - The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place for detained Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo (in large photo), at the city office building in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2010. The empty chair, third from right, was placed to highlight Liu's absence.

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Pro-Liu Xiaobo rally

OSLO, Norway - Chinese nationals stage a rally urging the Chinese authorities to release Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony was held the same day in Liu's absence.

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Beijing on alert

BEIJING, China - Security officials stand guard near the apartment of Liu Xia, wife of detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, in Beijing on Dec. 10, 2010. The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was held the same day in Liu's absence.

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Beijing on alert

BEIJING, China - A police officer (C) checks the bags of pedestrians in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Dec. 10, 2010. The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was held the same day in the absence of Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, a detained Chinese dissident.

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GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Takahiko Kozuka of Japan performs during the short program of the Grand Prix Final competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Nobunari Oda of Japan performs during the short program of the Grand Prix Final competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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GP Final in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Daisuke Takahashi of Japan performs during the short program of the Grand Prix Final competition at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium on Dec. 10, 2010.

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Nobel laureate chemist Negishi

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi arrives at the venue of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2010, for a rehearsal. (Pool photo)