China-Vietnam trade heating up as RCEP boosts freight train trips

STORY: China-Vietnam trade heating up as RCEP boosts freight train trips SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Vietnam freight train service 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG HONGJUN, Business Manager, Guangxi Tiejie Logistics Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has been a catalyst for the booming cross-border trade between China and Vietnam. As of Dec. 31, 2023, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has launched 382 China-Vietnam freight trains since the RCEP took effect in 2022. 205,400 tonnes of import and export goods were transported by China-Vietnam freight trains in the period, such as drinks, food, diesel engines and building materials. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG HONGJUN, Business Manager, Guangxi Tiejie Logistics Co., Ltd. "Our goods have been regularly delivered via China-Vietnam freight train service, with 2-3 trains every week on average. Thi

GLOBALink | Chinese modernization offers insights to global challenges: experts, officials

STORY: Chinese modernization offers insights to global challenges: experts, officials SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 2-3, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 5th World Media Summit 2. various of Guangzhou 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARTIN JACQUES, Former senior fellow at Department of Politics and Int'l Studies, Cambridge University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NAJUM IQBAL, Head of Communications with the Regional Delegation for East Asia of ICRC 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): JOHANNYL RODRIGUEZ RIVERO, Vice Minister, Ministry of Communication and Information of Venezuela 6. various of Guangzhou STORYLINE: Representatives worldwide attending the 5th World Media Summit in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, have praised the Chinese path to modernization. A British scholar says that Chinese modernization has its own characteristics that are different from the Western one. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARTIN JACQUES, Former senior fellow at D

The return of milu deer in China

STORY: The return of milu deer in China DATELINE: Dec. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:39 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of milu deer STORYLINE: The milu deer is believed to have originated 2-3 million years ago, and is a species endemic to China. Overhunting and habitat loss drove the wetland deer to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century. Only a few deer that were transported to Europe survived the extirpation. In 1985, 22 milu deer were brought back to China to rebuild its population after joint efforts. In recent years, China has established three reserves in Beijing, Hubei and Jiangsu to enlarge the milu deer population. After many years of efforts, the population of artificially bred milu deer has kept increasing. Species reconstruction in the wild has also been conducted. Now the milu deer is under first-class national protection in China. Currently, its population has reached nearly 10,000 in the country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijin

30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

BHOPAL, India - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the remains of a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India, which leaked deadly methyl-isocynate gas and other chemicals that turned into a dense toxic cloud hovering over the region on the night of Dec. 2-3, 1984, killing thousands of people and leaving tens of thousands more suffering from aftereffects of chemical poisoning.

National figure skating c'ships

National figure skating c'ships

NAGANO, Japan - Miki Ando (R), Mao Asada (L) and Kanako Murakami (C, back) celebrate their 1-2-3 finish in the women's national figure skating championships in Nagano on Dec. 26, 2010.

30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

30 years on and 1984 gas tragedy continues to rile India's Bhopal

BHOPAL, India - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the remains of a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India, which leaked deadly methyl-isocynate gas and other chemicals that turned into a dense toxic cloud hovering over the region on the night of Dec. 2-3, 1984, killing thousands of people and leaving tens of thousands more suffering from aftereffects of chemical poisoning. (Kyodo)

National figure skating c'ships

National figure skating c'ships

NAGANO, Japan - Miki Ando (R), Mao Asada (L) and Kanako Murakami (C, back) celebrate their 1-2-3 finish in the women's national figure skating championships in Nagano on Dec. 26, 2010. (Kyodo)