CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

(230504) -- TAIYUAN, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- David Edgren (1st R) gives a lecture at Shanxi University in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, April 14, 2023. Having shared for months how he pined for Chinese friends and delicacies, David Edgren, more familiar by his nickname "Grandpa David" on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, finally made it back to his "second hometown" Taiyuan. TO GO WITH "Across China: "I can't wait to come back" -- An American professor's story with a Chinese city" (Xinhua/Xie Yuan)

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

(230504) -- TAIYUAN, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo provided by David Edgren shows him (4th L) with friends at Shanxi University in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, on April 13, 2023. Having shared for months how he pined for Chinese friends and delicacies, David Edgren, more familiar by his nickname "Grandpa David" on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, finally made it back to his "second hometown" Taiyuan. TO GO WITH "Across China: "I can't wait to come back" -- An American professor's story with a Chinese city" (Xinhua)

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

(230504) -- TAIYUAN, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo provided by David Edgren shows him (4th L) with friends at Shanxi University in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, on April 13, 2023. Having shared for months how he pined for Chinese friends and delicacies, David Edgren, more familiar by his nickname "Grandpa David" on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, finally made it back to his "second hometown" Taiyuan. TO GO WITH "Across China: "I can't wait to come back" -- An American professor's story with a Chinese city" (Xinhua)

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

CHINA-SHANXI-TAIYUAN-AMERICAN PROFESSOR (CN)

(230504) -- TAIYUAN, May 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- David Edgren (1st R) gives a lecture at Shanxi University in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, April 14, 2023. Having shared for months how he pined for Chinese friends and delicacies, David Edgren, more familiar by his nickname "Grandpa David" on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, finally made it back to his "second hometown" Taiyuan. TO GO WITH "Across China: "I can't wait to come back" -- An American professor's story with a Chinese city" (Xinhua/Xie Yuan)

Taiyuan is my second home: 81-yr-old American

STORY: Taiyuan is my second home: 81-yr-old American DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAVID EDGREN 2. various of photos of the Edgren family 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAVID EDGREN 4. various of David Edgren with friends 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAVID EDGREN 6. various of views in Taiyuan 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVID EDGREN 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): DAVID EDGREN 9. various of David Edgren delivering a speech STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAVID EDGREN "Good morning. This is Yeye (Grandpa) David from Columbia, South Carolina. I'm going to come to Beijing. I'm going to come to Wenzhou, and Taiyuan, my second home." David Edgren from the United States is famous on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. His son Andy Edgren runs an account, which has nearly 1.75 million followers, sharing the story of his family. The Edgren family came to Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, in 1984. The parents became English t

Aomori 13-year-old wins Japan spelling bee with 'snood'

Aomori 13-year-old wins Japan spelling bee with 'snood'

Sean Fogerty, 13, a student at Robert D. Edgren High School, poses with his trophy and a book signed by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy after winning the 6th Japan Times Bee, a national spelling bee held in Tokyo, on March 14, 2015. Fogerty has earned a ticket to the Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held in Washington in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo