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Xinhua Headlines: Giant pandas bear witness to friendship between China, France

(240127) -- CHENGDU, Jan. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Brigitte Macron (2nd L), wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, looks at baby panda Yuan Meng at Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan, France, on Dec. 4, 2017. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)

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Vietnamese livestreamer in China's Yunnan dedicated to promoting China-Vietnam friendship

STORY: Vietnamese livestreamer in China's Yunnan dedicated to promoting Vietnam-China friendship SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: MAGUAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ly Thi May in Machuan County, Yunnan Province 2. various of Ly Thi May and her colleagues broadcasting live 3. various of Ly Thi May in Machuan County, Yunnan Province 4. various of Ly Thi May and colleagues sorting out Miao clothes 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LY THI MAY, Vietnamese livestreamer 6. various of Ly Thi May and her colleagues broadcasting live 7. various of Ly Thi May in Machuan County, Yunnan Province 8. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LY THI MAY, Vietnamese livestreamer STORYLINE: Ly Thi May is a Vietnamese girl working in the cross-border e-commerce industry in the China-Vietnam border village of Maoping in Maguan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In 2017, she came to Maguan for job opportunities. She then quickly mastered Mandarin Chinese and several loc

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American teacher shares her time in China's Foshan

STORY: American teacher shares her time in China's Foshan SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: FOSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Foshan, China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School 3. various of the Guangdong Country Garden School 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School "My name is Johnna Warner. We moved here (China's Foshan City) in 2017. We originally came to China because my husband was looking at investing in a business opportunity. So we talked about it, and we decided that going on an adventure and moving halfway around the world to China was a great idea."

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Low-cost power banks helping avert blackout impacts in Malawi

STORY: Low-cost power banks helping avert blackout impacts in Malawi DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: BLANTYRE, Malawi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Silumbu's workshop 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAM SMITH SILUMBU, Entrepreneur 3. various of Silumbu's workshop 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAM SMITH SILUMBU, Entrepreneur STORYLINE: Technology can truly change people's lives for the better. In Malawi, an entrepreneur is making low-cost power banks using Chinese technology to avert impacts of power cuts. Driven by persistent blackouts, Sam Smith Silumbu, in 2021 opened a workshop in one of the suburbs of Blantyre City, south Malawi. Its core business is to manufacture mobile phone accessories including low-cost power banks. The 30-year-old says he came across a lot of Chinese technologies when studying Civil Engineering as a self-sponsored student at Xinyu University in China's Jiangxi Province around 2017. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAM SMITH SILUMBU, Entrepreneur "When I came bac

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Living in China 2022 - Ep 4: Chinese technologies

STORY: Living in China 2022 - Ep 4: Chinese technologies DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AARTHEE SALVARAJA, Operations manager from Malaysia 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BOLATITO KOREDE, Student from Nigeria 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DMITRII KAZNACHEEV, Sales manager from Russia 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MUHAMMAD NABIL, University student from Pakistan 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MUHAMMAD NABIL, University student from Pakistan 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SELMA DURAKOVIC, Business owner from Bosnia and Herzegovina 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): BOLATITO KOREDE, Student from Nigeria 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): TAMARA KAUP, University staff member from the U.S. 9. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): MOHAMMAD YASSIN, University teacher from Canada STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AARTHEE SALVARAJA, Operations manager from Malaysia "E-commerce. When I started to use it was already 2017 or 2018 because I was still in this kind of mentality that if you know,

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First female boxing club opens in Gaza

STORY: First female boxing club opens in Gaza DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of girls boxing in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): OSAMA AYOUB, Co-founder & coach of the club 3. various of girls boxing 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (ARABIC): HALA AYOUB, Boxing player 5. various of girls boxing 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (ARABIC): HALA AYOUB, Boxing player STORYLINE: The first-ever female boxing club, the Palestinian Center of Boxing for Women, recently opened in Gaza, where the sport is mostly popular with men. Osama Ayoub, a co-founder, came up with the idea of setting up such a club six years ago and started to train a group of girls in 2017. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OSAMA AYOUB, Co-founder and coach of the club "I came up with the idea to create a female boxing team six years ago when I participated in a boxing competition in Algeria, where I saw the fantastic performance given by Arab women of various ages. At first, I started training at small places and later trained

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2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 4, 2017, shows Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, a venue for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

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2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Renovation work is under way at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Aug. 4, 2017, for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

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2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 4, 2017, shows Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, a venue for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

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2018 Asian Games preparation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Renovation work is under way at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Aug. 4, 2017, for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

SARPOL E ZAHAB, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - An old man and a child stand at a relief camp near Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah on Dec. 4, 2017, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

QUIK E SEYFOORI, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Chenar (L) holds a child in Quik e Seyfoori in western Iran on Dec. 4, 2017. Chenar lost her father in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

SARPOL E ZAHAB, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, shows public housing in Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah that was destroyed after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

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Speed skating: Japan's Takagi wins 1,500m at World Cup

CALGARY, Canada, Dec. 4 Kyodo - Miho Takagi of Japan competes in the women's 1,500 meters at the speed skating World Cup in Calgary, Canada, on Dec. 3, 2017. Takagi won gold.

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Figure skating: Alina Zagitova

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Alina Zagitova (C) shows off her medal on the podium after winning the Cup of China figure skating competition in Beijing on Nov. 4, 2017, alongside runner-up Wakaba Higuchi (L) of Japan and third-place finisher Elena Radionova of Russia.

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

ITOMAN, Japan, Dec. 4 Kyodo - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2015 shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. Japan and the United States announced on Dec. 4 an agreement on returning part of the area circled ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017, as part of efforts to ease Okinawa's burden of hosting U.S. military installations.

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(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.

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China pavilion of COP15 celebrates theme day of giant panda's hometown

STORY: China pavilion of COP15 celebrates theme day of giant panda's hometown DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: MONTREAL, Canada CATEGORY: CULTURE/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China Pavilion 2. STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of the Giant Panda National Park 4. various of the theme day 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU YUANYUE, Senior engineer of Sichuan Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences STORYLINE: Giant panda protection efforts of China's Sichuan Province are on display at the China Pavilion during the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal, Canada. STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent "Over the past decades, China has seen remarkable achievements in giant panda protection. In 2017, China started piloting the giant panda park. Last year, China officially designated the first group of five national parks, including the Giant Panda Nati

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Egypt's inflation hits five-year high at 18.7% in November

STORY: Egypt's inflation hits five-year high at 18.7% in November DATELINE: Dec. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of exterior shots of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) 2. various of the Nile River in Cairo 3. various of a supermarket 4. various of open-air market selling vegetables 5. various of shops selling meat and poultry STORYLINE: Egypt's annual urban consumer inflation rate surged from 16.2 percent in October to 18.7 percent in November, a five-year high since December 2017, when it hit 21.9 percent, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Thursday. The price hikes followed a currency devaluation in October and continued restrictions on imports. Vegetable prices rose by 7.8 percent, dairy (cheese and eggs) by 5.5 percent, and cereals and bread by 4.8 percent. Prices of fish and seafood rose by 3.7 percent and meat and poultry by 6.8 percent, according to CAPMAS. The Egyptia

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters at the prefectural offices in Naha on Dec. 4, 2015, after Japan and the United States announced an agreement on returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017. Onaga said the accord is "politically" motivated and it will not directly lead to eliminating the risks posed by the base, with the return of just modest portion of land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga meets with reporters at the prefectural offices in Naha on Dec. 4, 2015, after Japan and the United States announced an agreement on returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017. Onaga said the accord is "politically" motivated and it will not directly lead to eliminating the risks posed by the base, with the return of just modest portion of land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C), Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (R) and Lt. Gen. John Dolan, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, smile after jointly announcing on Dec. 4, 2015, in Tokyo an agreement on returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

Photo taken Dec. 4, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. Japan and the United States announced the same day an agreement on returning part of the base ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga are ready to jointly announce on Dec. 4, 2015, in Tokyo an agreement on returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017, as part of efforts to ease the southern island prefecture's burden of hosting U.S. military installations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) shakes hands with Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga after jointly announcing on Dec. 4, 2015, in Tokyo an agreement on returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017. Lt. Gen. John Dolan, commander of U.S. forces Japan, stood beside them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga jointly announce on Dec. 4, 2015, in Tokyo an agreement on returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017, as part of efforts to ease the southern island prefecture's burden of hosting U.S. military installations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga jointly announce on Dec. 4, 2015, in Tokyo an agreement on returning some land at a key U.S. base in Okinawa ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017, as part of efforts to ease the southern island prefecture's burden of hosting U.S. military installations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, shows public housing in Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah that was destroyed after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

An old man and a child stand at a relief camp near Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah on Dec. 4, 2017, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

Chenar (L) holds a child in Quik e Seyfoori in western Iran on Dec. 4, 2017. Chenar lost her father in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Akane elected as International Criminal Court judge

Tomoko Akane, seen in this undated file photo, was elected to serve as a judge at the International Criminal Court on Dec. 4, 2017. Akane will become the third Japanese judge at the ICC when her nine-year term starts in March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Rugby: Sunwolves aiming for top-5 finish

Sunwolves head coach Jamie Joseph announces a squad of 26 players in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2017, for the 2018 Super Rugby season, adding that the team had set themselves the goal of a top-five finish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Sunwolves aiming for top-5 finish

Sunwolves players Shota Horie (L) and Akihito Yamada pose for a photo in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2017. Sunwolves head coach Jamie Joseph announced a squad of 26 players for the 2018 Super Rugby season, adding that the team had set themselves the goal of a top-five finish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Sunwolves aiming for top-5 finish

Sunwolves head coach Jamie Joseph (4th from L) and Yuji Watase (4th from R), CEO of the Japanese Super Rugby side, pose with players (from L) Keita Inagaki, Shota Horie, Akihito Yamada, Willem Britz, Gerhard van den Heever and mascot Wolvy in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2017. Joseph said the team had set themselves the goal of a top-five finish in the 2018 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald on a heavy lift ship in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. The destroyer will be transported to the United States for full repair after being heavily damaged in a collision in nearby waters in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald on a heavy lift ship in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. The destroyer will be transported to the United States for full repair after being heavily damaged in a collision in nearby waters in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald on a heavy lift ship in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. The destroyer will be transported to the United States for full repair after being heavily damaged in a collision in nearby waters in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. carrier Ronald Reagan

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returning to the Yokosuka naval base, south of Tokyo. In the distance is the U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald sitting on a heavy lift ship after it suffered heavy damage in a collision in June off Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Sanfrecce part ways with manager Jonsson

Jan Jonsson, manager of J-League soccer club Sanfrecce Hiroshima, acknowledges the crowd at Edion Stadium Hiroshima on Nov. 26, 2017, after Sanfrecce escaped relegation by winning their last home game of the season. Jonsson will move on after his contract was terminated, the club said on Dec. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boar breaks into Kyoto school campus

Photo shows a boar caught after breaking into the campus of Higashiyama Junior High School-High School in Kyoto on Dec. 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People dedicate New Year's prayers to SMAP in hopes the band reforms

A wooden plaque, used by worshipers at shrines and temples in Japan to state their wishes and prayers, says, "Please help make SMAP get back together," found among dozens of plaques at Tokyo's Gotokuji temple on Jan. 4, 2017. SMAP, one of Japan's most beloved bands, broke up on Dec. 31, 2016 after nearly 30-year career as pop idols. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Keisuke Honda's management to form kids team in U.S.

AC Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda (C) plays in a Serie A match at home to Crotone on Dec. 4, 2016. Honda's management company said on Dec. 9 that it is establishing a team for 6- to 14-year-olds in Los Angeles that will start in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Japan, U.S. agree to return portion of Futenma base in FY 2017

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2015 shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. Japan and the United States announced on Dec. 4 an agreement on returning part of the area circled ahead of schedule in fiscal 2017, as part of efforts to ease Okinawa's burden of hosting U.S. military installations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.

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H.I.S. recruiting tour guides amid change in industry

H.I.S. Co. holds a briefing in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2017, for people who want to work as tour guides for the major travel agency. Japan's tour guide market will be liberalized on Jan. 4., with a national license no longer required. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.I.S. recruiting tour guides amid change in industry

H.I.S. Co. holds a briefing in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2017, for people who want to work as tour guides for the major travel agency. Japan's tour guide market will be liberalized on Jan. 4., with a national license no longer required. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese screen at Uffizi Gallery

A visitor stands next to a Japanese folding screen or "byobu" at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, on Dec. 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Higa to hold world title fight on home island Okinawa in Feb.

WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa of Japan speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2017. Higa will face Mexican challenger Moises Fuentes on his home island of Okinawa on Feb. 4, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Eibar-Girona La Liga match

Eibar's Takashi Inui (top) celebrates with teammate Kike Garcia after scoring during the second half of the team's 4-1 home win over Girona in the Spanish La Liga on Dec. 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Eibar-Girona La Liga match

Takashi Inui (facing camera) scores in the second half of Eibar's 4-1 win at home to Girona in the Spanish La Liga on Dec. 21, 2017, his second goal of the match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo