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French companies pin high hope on cooperation with China in EV production

STORY: French companies pin high hope on cooperation with China in EV production SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 22/23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Renault Ruitz Plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): YANN PITOLLET, CEO of Nord France Invest 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JEAN-LUC BOIS, Ruitz plant manager of Renault 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): YANN PITOLLET, CEO of Nord France Invest STORYLINE: The Hauts-de-France region, located in north France, is a long-standing industrial area and home to French leading automotive industry. Today, the region is embracing electrification and building a 100-kilometer-long "battery valley," where four mega factories have been established in recent years. With an advantage in the electric vehicle sector, some Chinese companies have cooperated with French enterprises. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): YANN PITOLLET, CEO of Nord France Invest "As early as 2018, we realized that the future of the automotive industry lay partly in electri

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LEBANON-BEKAA VALLEY-SYRIAN REFUGEES-ART EDUCATION

(240223) -- BEKAA VALLEY (LEBANON), Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2024 shows a movie poster at the Lighthouse Peace Initiative in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. "This is where we teach our students and it's a cozy home for all of us," said Nadia, a 30-year-old Palestinian who launched the Lighthouse Peace Initiative in 2018. Under the initiative, teachers provide free arts classes to refugees, such as filmmaking, drama, music, and painting. (Xinhua/Xie Hao) TO GO WITH Feature: Art education helps Syrian refugees in Lebanon heal war wounds

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LEBANON-BEKAA VALLEY-SYRIAN REFUGEES-ART EDUCATION

(240223) -- BEKAA VALLEY (LEBANON), Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Nadia, founder of the Lighthouse Peace Initiative, is interviewed in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on Feb. 16, 2024. "This is where we teach our students and it's a cozy home for all of us," said Nadia, a 30-year-old Palestinian who launched the Lighthouse Peace Initiative in 2018. Under the initiative, teachers provide free arts classes to refugees, such as filmmaking, drama, music, and painting. (Xinhua/Xie Hao) TO GO WITH Feature: Art education helps Syrian refugees in Lebanon heal war wounds

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 24 Kyodo - Members of the South Korean women's curling team (front) celebrate after winning their semifinal game against Japan at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018.

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Super Rugby's Sunwolves

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 23 Kyodo - Sunwolves captain Yutaka Nagare takes part in a practice session at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2018, ahead of their Super Rugby opener against the Brumbies the following day.

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Baseball: Yankees' Tanaka and Acevedo

TAMPA, United States, Feb. 23 Kyodo - New York Yankees pitchers Domingo Acevedo (L) and Masahiro Tanaka head for practice at the team's spring training site in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2018.

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Sochi pays tribute to next Winter Games host city

SOCHI, Russia - Tribute is paid to Pyeongchang, South Korea, the host city of the 2018 Winter Games, during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Next Winter Games host city introduced at Closing Ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - South Korean figure skating silver medalist Kim Yu Na (C) and her compatriots participate in a performance to introduce Pyeongchang in her home country, the host city of the 2018 Winter Games, during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Next host city's logo shown at Sochi Closing Ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - The logo for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is unveiled during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Games at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014. (Pool Photo)

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Russian, Greek, S. Korean flags hoisted at Closing Ceremony

SOCHI, Russia - The national flags of Russia (L), Greece (C) and South Korea are hoisted during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014. South Korea's Pyeongchang is the host city of the next Winter Games in 2018.

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Olympic flag handed over to mayor of Pyeongchang, S. Korea

SOCHI, Russia - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R) hands over the Olympic flag to Lee Seok Rai, mayor of Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is the host city of the 2018 Winter Games, during the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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CHINA-HAINAN-TRADITIONAL MUSIC-ARTIST (CN)

(220217) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Huang Zihe, inheritor of Hainan Bayin, teaches students about playing techniques of Hainan Bayin at a school in Meilan District of Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 23, 2018. Hainan Bayin, or Hainan Eight Tunes, literally refers to the eight types of musical instruments made of materials cultivated in Hainan, such as coconut shells and Chinese rosewood. It also refers to the Bayin musical style created with the instrument. TO GO WITH "Across China: In China's Hainan, 86-yr-old artist gives modern makeover to traditional music" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HAINAN-TRADITIONAL MUSIC-ARTIST (CN)

(220217) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Huang Zihe, inheritor of Hainan Bayin, teaches students about playing techniques of Hainan Bayin at a school in Meilan District of Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 23, 2018. Hainan Bayin, or Hainan Eight Tunes, literally refers to the eight types of musical instruments made of materials cultivated in Hainan, such as coconut shells and Chinese rosewood. It also refers to the Bayin musical style created with the instrument. TO GO WITH "Across China: In China's Hainan, 86-yr-old artist gives modern makeover to traditional music" (Xinhua)

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera (center top) is seen inside a passenger car in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train, as the railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera is seen above a door in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train. The railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera is seen above a door in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train. The railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sake brewery in New Zealand

David Joll (2nd from R), head brewer of Zenkuro Sake brewery, and his wife Yasuko Joll (R), in this photo taken Feb. 23, 2018, pose for photos in Queenstown together with Richard Ryall (2nd from L), a co-owner of the brewery. (Kyodo). ==Kyodo

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Sake brewery in New Zealand

David Joll, head brewer of Zenkuro Sake brewery in Queenstown, New Zealand, in this photo taken Feb. 23, 2018, stirs a vat of fermenting sake using a stick made from manuka myrtle, a native New Zealand tree. ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan completes her figure skating free program at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ivanka Trump meets Moon

South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser Ivanka shake hands in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2018, ahead of the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese crown prince turns 58

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito holds a press conference at his palace in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2018, ahead of his 58th birthday on Feb. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese crown prince turns 58

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito holds a press conference at his palace in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2018, ahead of his 58th birthday on Feb. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Evgenia Medvedeva, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Satoko Miyahara of Japan performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada acknowledges spectators after performing her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Evgenia Medvedeva, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad announcement for Asian Cup

Hajime Moriyasu, coach of the Japanese men's national football team, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2018, to announce his 23-man squad for the Asian Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates from Jan. 5 to Feb. 1, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad announcement for Asian Cup

Hajime Moriyasu, coach of the Japanese men's national football team, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2018, to announce his 23-man squad for the Asian Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates from Jan. 5 to Feb. 1, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad announcement for Asian Cup

Hajime Moriyasu, coach of the Japanese men's national football team, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2018, to announce his 23-man squad for the Asian Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates from Jan. 5 to Feb. 1, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese chemical firm Ube

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2018, shows Yuzuru Yamamoto, president of Japanese chemical product maker Ube Industries Ltd., bowing in apology during a press conference in Tokyo over the company's lax quality inspections of some polyethylene products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian figure skater Zagitova

Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2018, shows Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova holding her gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. Zagitova competed as an Olympic Athlete from Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: "Iron Man" Kinugasa

Baseball Hall of Famer Sachio Kinugasa, nicknamed "Iron Man" for playing a Japanese record 2,215 consecutive games, is seen in this file photo taken in February 2016. Kinugasa died in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2018 at 71. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kremlin

Luxury cars for Russian high-ranking officials attending the nation's Defender of the Fatherland Day ceremony are parked near the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery from 2011 quake, tsunami disaster

Compiled photo shows aerial views from a Kyodo News helicopter of the Shishiori district of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture on March 12, 2011, the day after the city in northeastern Japan was hit by a massive tsunami (upper), and on Feb. 23, 2018, with new housing estates and shops standing on elevated ground. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery from 2011 quake, tsunami disaster

Compiled photo shows aerial views of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, as seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 23, 2011, less than two weeks after a massive tsunami swept through the town in northeastern Japan (upper), and on Feb. 23, 2018, with residential houses being built on raised ground and a donation-funded sports ground (R front) completed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery from 2011 quake, tsunami disaster

Compilation photo shows Yamada in Iwate Prefecture on March 23, 2011, as seen from a Kyodo News helicopter (upper) less than two weeks after a massive tsunami swept through the town in northeastern Japan, and on Feb. 23, 2018, with shops in business and reconstruction of the JR Rikuchu-Yamada Station under way as seen from a drone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery from 2011 quake, tsunami disaster

Compiled photo shows the bay of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 5, 2011, just weeks after its breakwater was destroyed (L) by the massive tsunami that hit northeastern Japan, and on Feb. 23, 2018, as a 65 billion yen project to restore the seawall was almost complete, both as seen from a Kyodo News helicopter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Contest of strength winner

Momoko Fujita (C) wins the women's "chikara kurabe" contest of strength held at a temple in Kyoto on Feb. 23, 2018. Contestants try to lift and hold a giant two-tier mochi rice cake while in the crouch position for as long as possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo: Japan's Nagayama

Ryuju Nagayama (R) of Japan and Robert Mshvidobadze of Russia compete in the men's 60-kilogram final at the Dusseldorf Judo Grand Slam in Dusseldorf, Germany on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swedish envoy to U.N.

Olof Skoog (L), the Swedish ambassador to the United Nations, answers questions from reporters in New York on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Dusseldorf's Usami

Takashi Usami (L) of Fortuna Dusseldorf celebrates after scoring in the first half of his team's 4-3 loss to Jahn Regensburg in a German second division match on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Carolina Kostner of Italy performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Mirai Nagasu of the United States performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Mirai Nagasu of the United States performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Bradie Tennell of the United States performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Bradie Tennell of the United States performs her free skate during the women's figure skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Members of the Swiss men's curling team pose with their national flag after winning the bronze medal in a game against Canada at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

People pose for a photo at Gangneung Olympics Park in South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018, before the end of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Takuro Oda of Japan (front) competes with Shani Davis of the United States in the men's 1,000-meter speed skating event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo