Spring Agriculture - China

Spring Agriculture - China

Agricultural technicians use smart irrigation system to irrigate red peppers at a modern agriculture park in Erdong Village, Dazhou City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 14, 2025. Various modern technologies are being used during the spring ploughing farm work across the country. Photo by Deng Liangkui/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Empress Michiko's memoir to go on sale in China

Empress Michiko's memoir to go on sale in China

SHANGHAI, China - The Chinese edition of Japanese Empress Michiko's memoir on childhood reading will soon go on sale in China. The book, ''Hashi o Kakeru,'' or ''building a bridge,'' has been translated into Chinese by Tang Yaming, a Chinese author in Japan. Shaonen Erdong Chubanshe, a Shanghai publisher, says it is putting out the book to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of relations between Japan and China.

Visually impaired volunteer assists COVID-19 fight in Beijing

STORY: Visually impaired volunteer assists COVID-19 fight in Beijing DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ma working 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA ERDONG, Community worker in Haidian District, Beijing 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MA ERDONG, Community worker in Haidian District, Beijing STORYLINE: Ma Erdong is a community worker in charge of disability affairs in Haidian District, Beijing. Though a visually impaired person herself, she has volunteered to help with the COVID-19 fight in her community amid the latest resurgence of coronavirus infections in the city. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA ERDONG, Community worker in Haidian District, Beijing "Since 2006, I have been working here (at Capital Normal University community) for 16 years. I was born with retinitis pigmentosa, which affects me with poor vision and sensitivity to light." "Please keep a distance of two meters, with your ID cards in your hands." Beijing has conducted rounds of nucleic ac

Empress Michiko's memoir to go on sale in China

Empress Michiko's memoir to go on sale in China

SHANGHAI, China - The Chinese edition of Japanese Empress Michiko's memoir on childhood reading will soon go on sale in China. The book, ''Hashi o Kakeru,'' or ''building a bridge,'' has been translated into Chinese by Tang Yaming, a Chinese author in Japan. Shaonen Erdong Chubanshe, a Shanghai publisher, says it is putting out the book to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of relations between Japan and China. (Kyodo)