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Chinese designer presents new collection at Moscow Fashion Week

STORY: Chinese designer presents new collection at Moscow Fashion Week SHOOTING TIME: March 6, 2024 DATELINE: March 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Moscow Fashion Week 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN ZHIHUA, Founder and designer of ZHIHUA 3. various of the Moscow Fashion Week STORYLINE: A Chinese designer presented his new collection during the series of events at the ongoing Moscow Fashion Week, which runs from March 1 to 8. The line includes winter down jackets made of textured materials, straight silhouette products and models with an emphasis on the waist. The new collection embodies the artistic traditions of the East. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN ZHIHUA, Founder and designer of ZHIHUA "I combined Chinese culture, technology, and folk elements, with new Russian materials and created many new elements. There is a series that combines Chinese ink landscape paintings with white goose down from Siberia, Russia." Xinhua News Agency correspondents report

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Deqing: reestablishing crested ibis population in E. China

STORY: Deqing: reestablishing crested ibis population in E. China DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:59 LOCATION: HUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN LIYING, Breeding technician at Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN LIYING, Breeding technician at Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): QIU GUOQIANG, Director of Deqing County Ecological Forestry Service Center 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): BAI HONGQING, Chief Engineer of Deqing County Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province STORYLINE: The crested ibis is an endangered species. They used to be widely distributed across East Asia and Russia's Siberia. Now at the Xiazhu Lake Crested Ibis breeding base in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, a rewilding project of the endangered bird is going on. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN LIYING, Breeding technician at Xiazhu Lake Crest

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Russian pipeline goes into operation

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin (projected at the center on a screen) instructs officials to start full operation of an oil pipeline during a teleconference linking Moscow with Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East, where the opening ceremony was held, on Dec. 25, 2012. Russia plans to use the 4,756-kilometer-long pipeline, called the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean, or ESPO, oil pipeline linking Tayshet in eastern Siberia with Kozmino port near Nakhodka in the Far East to export crude oil to Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea.

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Russian pipeline goes into operation

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Russian officials jointly press a button at a ceremony in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East on Dec. 25, 2012, to mark the commencement of full operation of a 4,756-kilometer-long oil pipeline linking Tayshet in eastern Siberia with Kozmino port near Nakhodka in the Far East. Russia plans to use the pipeline, called the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean, or ESPO, oil pipeline to export crude oil to Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea.

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Buddhist temple in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - Members of a Russian family take photos at Ivolginsky datsan, a Tibetan Buddhist temple near Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia in East Siberia, Russia, on Dec. 4, 2012.

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Buddhist temple in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - A Russian woman and her child spin Mani wheels at Ivolginsky datsan, a Tibetan Buddhist temple near Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia in East Siberia, Russia, on Dec. 4, 2012.

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Buddhist temple in Russia

ULAN-UDE, Russia - A Buryatian woman spins Mani wheels at Ivolginsky datsan, a Tibetan Buddhist temple near Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia in East Siberia, Russia, on Dec. 4, 2012.

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1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (R) gives instruction to a dancer at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in capital city Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryat in East Siberia under the Russian Federation on Nov. 2, 2012. Iwata, who was the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, provided the first ballet performance he directed at the theater the same day.

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1st performance directed by ex-Bolshoi dancer Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (L front) examines a rehearsal at the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in capital city Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryat in East Siberia under the Russian Federation on Nov. 2, 2012. Iwata, who was the only Japanese soloist at Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, provided the first ballet performance he directed at the theater the same day.

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Edano at Japan-Russia investment forum

KAZAN, Russia - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano gives a speech at the Japan-Russia Investment Forum in Kazan, Russia on June 6, 2012. Edano showed Tokyo's eagerness to promote resource developments in Russia's Far East and East Siberia areas as Japan seeks to reduce its dependence on nuclear power.

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Kim Jong Il's train travels toward eastern Siberia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A special train apparently carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is shown running through a coastal area of the Russian Far East on Aug. 20, 2011. The train made a brief stop the following morning at Khabarovsk en route to the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, where the North Korean leader is scheduled to hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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Kasyanov calls for Japanese investment in Eastern Siberia

KYOTO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, addressing a business luncheon in Kyoto on Dec. 17, urges Japan and other countries to invest in natural resources projects in Eastern Siberia. Kasyanov praised Japanese investment in Sakhalin for leading to successful energy projects on the Russian Far East island.

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Kasyanov meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 16. They agreed on the importance of promoting a Japan-proposed crude-oil pipeline route in east Siberia. But Russia was not clear on whether it is leaning toward that route or one proposed by China.

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Russian premier in Japan to discuss pipeline, trade

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 15. Kasyanov arrived in Japan earlier in the day on a three-day visit for talks on a crude-oil pipeline in East Siberia, trade, and other issues.

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Mammoth's skin shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prof. Petr Lazarev (L) of a mammoth museum in Sakha in Russia's East Siberia, shows a piece of skin from a mammoth that was found in August in iced soil in Siberia, at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20. Lazarev has been working with Kazufumi Kobayashi (R), head of the Creation of Mammoth Association (COM) of Japan. The association is in charge of looking into the revival of mammoths by cloning or artificial insemination.

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Global population of crested ibises exceeds 9,000

STORY: Global population of crested ibises exceeds 9,000 DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of crested ibises STORYLINE: The global population of crested ibises, a rare bird species, has increased from seven in 1981 to more than 9,000 at present. This is according to the forestry authorities of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Official figures show the species' habitat area has expanded from under 5 square kilometers to about 16,000 square kilometers. The crested ibis, with its iconic red crest and long black beak, was in the past widely distributed across East Asia and Russia's Siberia. It was thought to be extinct in China until seven wild birds were observed in Yangxian County, Shaanxi, in 1981, a discovery that prompted captive breeding and enhanced the protection of the species. Currently, about 7,000 crested ibises live in Shaanxi. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xi'an, China. (XHTV)

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Rare bird spotted in main urban area of Nanchang, China

STORY: Rare bird spotted in main urban area of Nanchang, China DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:27 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the yellow-breasted bunting (courtesy of Nanchang TV) STORYLINE: The images of a rare bird were captured by a resident recently near the Wusha River in Honggutan District of Nanchang City, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. The bird has been identified as a yellow-breasted bunting, which is under first-class national protection. This was the first sighting of the bird in the main urban area of Nanchang. Native to northeast China and Siberia, Russia, its population was not under threat in 2000, but numbers have decreased sharply in recent years. The yellow-breasted bunting was rated "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2017 and listed as a national top-level protected wildlife in China in 2021. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanchang, China. (XHTV)

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Whooper swans fly back to Siberia after wintering in China

STORY: Whooper swans fly back to Siberia after wintering in China DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: RONGCHENG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of swans STORYLINE: Migratory swans began to fly back to the Siberia region after wintering in the nature reserve for swans in Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province. Every year from November to March of the following year, these whooper swans fly from Siberia to Rongcheng. In order to protect swans, Rongcheng City has set up two swan managerial stations in the nature reserve. And Rongcheng's swan protection and management model based on community participation has formed an urban ecology in which people and nature harmoniously coexist. Swans are listed as a national second-level protected animal in China and a globally vulnerable species. There are three main migration routes for Siberian swans flying to China, and Rongcheng is considered as one of the favorable destinations for swans. Xinhua News Agency corres

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Former Siberian labor camp inmates meet in Tokyo

Saburo Hatanaka (L) and Yutaka Nakajima talk in Tokyo on June 20, 2015, about their experience at separate labor camps in the Russian Far East region of Siberia after being taken captive following the end of World War II. The two showed a drawing of how prisoners were dressed to protect themselves from frigid weather. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Bolshoi Ballet soloist founds fund to aid artistic activities in Siberia

Morihiro Iwata, a former Japanese soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet troupe, talks in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on Dec. 11, 2015, about a fund he has set up to support artistic activities in eastern Siberia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Imperial Japanese Army officer Sejima at Tokyo tribunal

Ryuzo Sejima, a former Imperial Japanese Army officer who played a key role in the planning of many operations during the Pacific War and became a prisoner of war in Siberia after he served as a staff officer at the Manchuria-based Kwantung Army, testifies at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 1946, after being flown from Vladivostok to appear at a hearing. Following his return to Japan after 11 years of hard labor in Siberia, Sejima went into business and later advised Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on the privatization of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. and Japanese National Railways in the 1980s.

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Medical train serves isolated villagers in Russia's Far East

Three sisters stand outside the Matvei Mudrov train, which provides medical care for isolated villages in Siberia and other parts of the Russian Far East, as they seek treatment by doctors during one of its stops on Dec. 18, 2014. ==Kyodo

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Medical train serves isolated villagers in Russia's Far East

A woman patient (L) consults with a doctor on the Matvei Mudrov train, which provides medical care for isolated villages in Siberia and other parts of the Russian Far East, during one of its stops on Dec. 18, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Diary recounting Japanese military intervention in Siberia unearthed

Photo taken June 5, 2017, shows a diary compiled into 36 handmade booklets titled "North, South, East and West," kept by a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The diary recounts the fierce battles in Siberia when Japan dispatched troops there in the early 20th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kasyanov calls for Japanese investment in Eastern Siberia

KYOTO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, addressing a business luncheon in Kyoto on Dec. 17, urges Japan and other countries to invest in natural resources projects in Eastern Siberia. Kasyanov praised Japanese investment in Sakhalin for leading to successful energy projects on the Russian Far East island. (Kyodo)

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Kasyanov meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 16. They agreed on the importance of promoting a Japan-proposed crude-oil pipeline route in east Siberia. But Russia was not clear on whether it is leaning toward that route or one proposed by China. (Kyodo)

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Russian premier in Japan to discuss pipeline, trade

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 15. Kasyanov arrived in Japan earlier in the day on a three-day visit for talks on a crude-oil pipeline in East Siberia, trade, and other issues. (Kyodo)

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Mammoth's skin shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prof. Petr Lazarev (L) of a mammoth museum in Sakha in Russia's East Siberia, shows a piece of skin from a mammoth that was found in August in iced soil in Siberia, at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20. Lazarev has been working with Kazufumi Kobayashi (R), head of the Creation of Mammoth Association (COM) of Japan. The association is in charge of looking into the revival of mammoths by cloning or artificial insemination.