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Hikvision Adriatic opens its first office in Croatia

STORY: Hikvision Adriatic opens its first office in Croatia SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 6, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese ambassador in Croatia, Qi Qianjin, arriving and symbolically opening the new office 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN JIAN, General manager of Hikvision Adriatic 3. various of Hikvison's products 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTUN BUTERIN, Marketing manager of Hikvision Adriatic STORYLINE: Hikvision Adriatic, a regional branch of China's Hikvision company, the world's largest supplier of video surveillance products, opened its first office in Zagreb on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN JIAN, General manager of Hikvision Adriatic "It is a big step for our Adriatic team from Hikvision because it means that we have a second branch office in the Adriatic region and this means that we will have more resources to develop the Croatian market and also the regional market." In 2009, Hikvision established its headquarter

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Developing countries need climate funds: Malawian minister

STORY: Developing countries need climate funds: Malawian minister SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Dubai CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of COP28 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IBRAHIM MATOLA, Malawian Minister of Energy 3. various of COP28 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IBRAHIM MATOLA, Malawian Minister of Energy 5. various of COP28 STORYLINE: At the ongoing COP28 climate conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Malawian Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola urged developed countries to fulfill their promise of delivering climate funds. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IBRAHIM MATOLA, Malawian Minister of Energy "Talk shows are over now. Time to implement what we have agreed. I would like to propose that, if there was a mechanism of moving in motion, that at this COP28, should leave with actions, not only words." They need to "walk the talk," said Matola, adding: "It's time to implement what we have agreed." At the 2009 climate conference in Copenhagen, developed coun

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Chinese-Slovak collaboration elevates tire machinery standards in Europe

STORY: Chinese-Slovak collaboration elevates tire machinery standards in Europe SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 27, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: TRENCIN, Slovakia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of MERTC 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TREVOR XU, President and General Director of MERTC 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TREVOR XU, President and General Director of MERTC 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): STEFAN KUKUCKA, Deputy Director, MERTC STORYLINE: Headquartered in east China's Qingdao City, MESNAC is one of the world's largest suppliers of machinery for the tire and rubber industry. In 2009, MESNAC established its first overseas subsidiary, the MESNAC European Research and Technical Centre (MERTC), in central Slovakia's Trencin region. With a team of six Chinese and around 40 local Slovaks, MERTC has recently achieved a significant milestone by becoming a member of the Tyre Curing Press Work Group of the European Committee for Standardization. This membership not only highlights the fruitful partners

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Film studio in China's Xi'an uses AI to restore classic movies

STORY: Film studio in China's Xi'an uses AI to restore classic movies DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the studio 2. various of people working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG XINHANG, Video technical director of Xi'an Film Studio, China 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG XINHANG, Video technical director of Xi'an Film Studio, China STORYLINE: Xi'an Film Studio in China's Shaanxi Province has employed artificial intelligence (AI) to restore and colorize classic movies. The studio has completed the restoration or colorizing of more than 300 films including "A Tale of the West" and "Red Sorghum," since the work started in 2009. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG XINHANG, Video technical director of Xi'an Film Studio, China "The AI system needs to study over 10,000 pictures and then it can automatically identify the damage, scratches on the films, and automatically repair them. Besides, in terms of AI colorizing, it's very close to manual resto

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Tohoku bullet train services to be extended to Aomori City

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2009 shows a new model of train, nicknamed on May 11, 2010, as ''Hayabusa (falcon),'' to be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in the spring of 2011. East Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the bullet train services will be extended to Shin-Aomori on Dec. 4 with the opening of a roughly 80-kilometer section in northeastern Japan.

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Snow-covered World Heritage site in Japan

SHIRAKAWA, Japan - A worker tries to remove snow in the Shirakawago area, a World Heritage site, in Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 17, 2009. The area had 42 centimeters of snowfall as of 4 p.m., this season's heaviest, as cold air moved along the Sea of Japan coast.

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Snow-covered World Heritage site in Japan

SHIRAKAWA, Japan - Children trudge through the snow on their way home from school in the Shirakawago area, a World Heritage site, in Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 17, 2009. The area had 42 centimeters of snowfall as of 4 p.m., this season's heaviest, as cold air moved along the Sea of Japan coast.

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Outline of Mt. Fuji visible after sunset

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - The outline of Mt. Fuji can be seen immediately after sunset in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2009.

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Japan grouped with Netherlands, Cameroon, Denmark in World Cup

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - This photo shows the countries drawn for the first-round Group E -- Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and Cameroon -- at next year's World Cup soccer finals in South Africa during a drawing gathering in Cape Town on Dec. 4, 2009.

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Kato 2nd in men's 500 meters at World Cup meet

CALGARY, Canada - Japan's Joji Kato acknowledges spectators after winning the silver medal in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet on Dec. 4, 2009.

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'Manga' titled 'One Piece' enjoys unprecedented popularity

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the latest 56th volume of the ''manga'' comic titled ''One Piece'' are put on sale Dec. 4, 2009, at Forest in Kinokuniya bookstore's main office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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Japan grouped with Netherlands, Cameroon, Denmark in World Cup

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Japan's national team coach Takeshi Okada speaks to reporters in Cape Town on Dec. 4, 2009, after the Blue Samurai were drawn against the Netherlands, Cameroon and Denmark in first-round Group E in a draw in Cape Town earlier in the day.

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Kato 2nd in men's 500 meters at World Cup meet

CALGARY, Canada - Japan's Joji Kato cruises to the silver medal in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet on Dec. 4, 2009.

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Film director Polanski released from custody in Switzerland

GSTAAD, Switzerland - Members of the media gather around filmmaker Roman Polanski's chalet in the Alpine village of Gstaad in Switzerland on Dec. 4, 2009, after he was released from custody and placed under house arrest. Polanski will remain under house arrest while the Swiss authorities study an extradition request from the United States, where he is wanted for fleeing justice in 1978 after admitting to having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

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Meryl Davis, Charlie White win gold at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Meryl Davis (R) and Charlie White of the United States perform during their free dances in the ice dance event of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. The U.S. pair won the gold with a score of 169.44 points.

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Japan grouped with Netherlands, Cameroon, Denmark in World Cup

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke shows that Japan has been drawn for the first-round Group E at next year's World Cup soccer finals in South Africa with Netherlands, Denmark, and Cameroon during a drawing gathering in Cape Town on Dec. 4, 2009.

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Japan's Ando top after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Miki Ando (R) chats with her Belarusian coach Nikolai Morozov after she performed in the women's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Ando scored 66.20 points to finish first after the women's short program.

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Japan's Ando top after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Miki Ando acknowledges the crowd after performing in the women's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Ando scored 66.20 points to finish first after the women's short program.

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Japan's Ando top after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Miki Ando performs during the women's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Ando scored 66.20 points to finish first after the women's short program.

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S. Korea's Kim comes in 2nd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs in the women's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Kim scored 65.64 points to come in second after the short program.

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Japan's Ando top after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Miki Ando performs during the women's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Ando scored 66.20 points to finish first after the women's short program.

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S. Korea's Kim comes in 2nd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs in the women's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Kim scored 65.64 points to come in second after the short program.

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Takahashi top, Oda 3rd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Nobunari Oda performs during the men's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Oda scored 87.65 points to come in third after the men's short program.

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S. Korea's Kim comes in 2nd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - South Korea's Kim Yu Na leaves the skating rink after performing in the women's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Kim scored 65.64 points to come in second after the short program.

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Takahashi top, Oda 3rd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Takahashi scored 89.95 points to move into the lead after the men's short event.

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Christmas tree at aquarium in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - Breeding staff wearing Santa Claus costumes set up a 3-meter-high Christmas tree in a water tank at Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in the town of Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2009. Some 3,000 fish of 20 kinds swim in the tank, which measures 10 meters in width and 6 meters in depth.

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Takahashi top, Oda 3rd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Nobunari Oda performs during the men's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Oda scored 87.65 points to come in third after the men's short program.

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Takahashi top, Oda 3rd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Takahashi scored 89.95 points to move into the lead after the men's short event.

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Takahashi top, Oda 3rd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Takahashi scored 89.95 points to move into the lead after the men's short event.

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U.S. airs concerns over Japan delaying decision on Futemma

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009, before he attends a minister-level working group meeting between Japan and the United States on the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station.

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Takahashi top, Oda 3rd after SP at Grand Prix Final

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's short program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Takahashi scored 89.95 points to move into the lead after the men's short event.

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Roos reiterates Futemma issue should be resolved 'expeditiously'

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos gives a speech at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009. Ross reiterated that the issue of a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture should be resolved ''expeditiously,'' but declined to comment on how Japan's decision to continue discussions even after next year would affect the bilateral relationship.

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Court orders TSE to pay 10.7 bil. yen in damages to Mizuho

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the Tokyo Stock Exchange to pay damages of about 10.7 billion yen to Mizuho Securities Co., saying the Tokyo bourse is more to blame in a case of botched trading in 2005 that caused the brokerage to incur hefty losses.

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SDP's Fukushima elected party leader for 4th time

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks at a news conference at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009, after being elected party leader for the fourth time as no other party lawmakers filed candidacy for the top party post.

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Doraemon solar car at Osaka Motor Show

OSAKA, Japan - A solar-powered vehicle with the theme of the popular ''manga'' character Doraemon is displayed at the Osaka Motor Show on Dec. 4, 2009. The novelty vehicle was among some 30 automobiles designed to save energy and curb emissions at the four-day biennial event in Japan's second largest business area.

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Nikkei tops 10,000, 1st time in 5 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - A man passes an electronic display in Tokyo showing that the Nikkei stock index topped 10,000 after the morning trading session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2009. The index went above the 10,000 line for the first time in five weeks.

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Nikkei tops 10,000, 1st time in 5 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - People pass an electronic display in Tokyo showing that the Nikkei stock index topped 10,000 after the morning trading session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2009. The index went above the 10,000 line for the first time in five weeks.

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SDP chief Fukushima secures 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Consumer affairs minister Mizuho Fukushima (C) bows during a meeting with other lawmakers of the Social Democratic Party in the parliamentary building Dec. 4, 2009. Fukushima was reelected as uncontested party leader for a fourth term the same day.

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SDP chief Fukushima secures 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Consumer affairs minister Mizuho Fukushima speaks during a meeting with other lawmakers of the Social Democratic Party in the parliamentary building Dec. 4, 2009. Fukushima was reelected as uncontested party leader for a fourth term the same day.

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Old Yamanote Line train replica marks line's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - A replica of an old train on the Yamanote Line arrives at JR Yurakucho Station in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2009, as East Japan Railway Co. began running it to commemorate the centennial of naming the Tokyo line. The dark brown train, which resembles the type of train used until around 50 years ago, will run on the Yamanote Line through Dec. 4.

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Nishio (L), president of Nippon Oil Corp., the largest oil distributor in Japan, and Mitsunori Takahagi (R), president of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., the country's sixth-largest oil distributor, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4. They announced the two companies will merge their businesses in October 2009 in a move that will create the world's eighth-largest oil company in terms of group sales.

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High European inflation symptom of deeper economic shift: economist

STORY: High European inflation symptom of deeper economic shift: economist DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Carlo Altomonte, Professor of political economics at Bocconi University in Milan 2. various of the factory 3. various of supermarket 4. various of good in shop STORYLINE: An Italian economist has said that record rates of inflation that have hit European Union (EU) member states this year are a symptom of a wider economic paradigm shift. Inflation in the 19-nation eurozone was 10 percent in November, following a record-high of 10.6 percent the month before, and the highest year-on-year price increases since the creation of the euro currency have all taken place in the last nine months. Carlo Altomonte, professor of political economics at Bocconi University in Milan, said the record price increases are part of a broad economic shift for European countries. This shift is even more extreme than that of the 2008-2009 fina

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Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 China news events in 2021

(211229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows villagers Lin Xingcong (2nd R), Li Yunxiang (3rd R) and their family posing for a group photo in front of their house under reconstruction on Jan. 25, 2009 (top, photo taken by Xinhua journalist Jiang Yi), and Lin Xingcong (3rd R, back), Li Yunxiang (4th R, back) and their family posing for a group photo in front of their house on May 4, 2021 (bottom, photo taken by Xinhua journalist Jiang Hongjing), in Maoxiang Village of Gaochuan Township in Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Xinhua's top 10 China news events in 2021 5. China attains milestone development goal Xi announced on July 1 that China has realized its first centenary goal -- building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Poverty eradication is considered the "bottom-line task" in attaining this milestone development goal. It.....

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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Nishio (L), president of Nippon Oil Corp., the largest oil distributor in Japan, and Mitsunori Takahagi (R), president of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., the country's sixth-largest oil distributor, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4. They announced the two companies will merge their businesses in October 2009 in a move that will create the world's eighth-largest oil company in terms of group sales. (Kyodo)

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Figure skater Hanyu

Photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009, shows Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu aged 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skater Hanyu

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2009, shows Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu performing his free skate at the Junior Grand Prix of Skating Final in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old Yamanote Line train replica marks line's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - A replica of an old train on the Yamanote Line arrives at JR Yurakucho Station in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2009, as East Japan Railway Co. began running it to commemorate the centennial of naming the Tokyo line. The dark brown train, which resembles the type of train used until around 50 years ago, will run on the Yamanote Line through Dec. 4. (Kyodo)

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'Manga' titled 'One Piece' enjoys unprecedented popularity

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the latest 56th volume of the ''manga'' comic titled ''One Piece'' are put on sale Dec. 4, 2009, at Forest in Kinokuniya bookstore's main office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku bullet train services to be extended to Aomori City

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2009 shows a new model of train, nicknamed on May 11, 2010, as ''Hayabusa (falcon),'' to be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in the spring of 2011. East Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the bullet train services will be extended to Shin-Aomori on Dec. 4 with the opening of a roughly 80-kilometer section in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Figure skating: Hanyu

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2009 shows Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu smiling after winning the Junior Grand Prix Final in Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo