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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on July 27, 2008 shows Gyumey Tsultrim observing palm-leaf manuscripts of Buddhist sutras in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. At Truzing Palace of Norbulingka in the western suburbs of Lhasa, thousands of ancient books on various fields of Tibet are stored on shelves. For now, Gyumey Tsultrim and his colleagues' primary task is to make an inventory of the ancient books both manually and digitally. Gyumey Tsultrim was born in 1967 in Chanang County in Shannan. In 1986, while experts from the Academy of Social Sciences of the Tibet Autonomous Region were conducting historical and cultural research in Chanang, Gyumey Tsultrim, working as an assistant in Tibetan language, was exposed to Sanskrit for the first time. In 1991, he went to the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China in Beijing to study Sanskrit systematically. In 2006, Gyumey Tsultrim published a book on Sanskrit handwriting and began participating in the protection

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 30, 2023 shows renovated houses of local people in Shuinongtun of Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 4, 2008 by Xinhua photographer Zhang Ailin shows a view of Shuinongtun (above) and photo taken on July 30, 2023 by Xinhua photographer Zhou Hua shows new houses of villagers from Shuinongtun, in Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 30, 2023 shows renovated houses of local people in Shuinongtun of Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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(InTibet) CHINA-TIBET-PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT-CONSERVATION (CN)

(230430) -- LHASA, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on July 27, 2008 shows Gyumey Tsultrim observing palm-leaf manuscripts of Buddhist sutras in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. At Truzing Palace of Norbulingka in the western suburbs of Lhasa, thousands of ancient books on various fields of Tibet are stored on shelves. For now, Gyumey Tsultrim and his colleagues' primary task is to make an inventory of the ancient books both manually and digitally. Gyumey Tsultrim was born in 1967 in Chanang County in Shannan. In 1986, while experts from the Academy of Social Sciences of the Tibet Autonomous Region were conducting historical and cultural research in Chanang, Gyumey Tsultrim, working as an assistant in Tibetan language, was exposed to Sanskrit for the first time. In 1991, he went to the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China in Beijing to study Sanskrit systematically. In 2006, Gyumey Tsultrim published a book on Sanskrit handwriting and began participating in the protection

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88.

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Obama calls on China to free jailed dissident Liu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in a Beijing restaurant on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. U.S. President Barack Obama called for the release of Liu during his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Washington on Jan. 19, 2011, as the two countries locked horns over human rights issues.

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Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo

BEIJING, China - This file photo taken on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, during an interview at a restaurant in Beijing.

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Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo

BEIJING, China - This file photo taken on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, during an interview at a restaurant in Beijing.

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''World Cosplay Summit'' to be held in Nagoya on Aug. 2-3

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera (4th from L), Japanese actress Natsuki Kato (3rd from L) and participants in the ''World Cosplay Summit 2008'' pose for photos at the Foreign Ministry in Japan on July 30. Representatives from 13 countries will take part in the Aug. 2-3 event in Nagoya.

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on November 20, 2020 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on November 20, 2020 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on November 20, 2020 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on April 12, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on November 20, 2020 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch Crime Journalist Wounded In Amsterdam Shooting

File photo dated on June 23, 2021 - Peter R de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist has been shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021 and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after De Vries appeared on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment TV show. A video circulating on social media showed him lying motionless on the street, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. De Vries is known for his involvement in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba. With his TV-report about the disappearance he won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category Current Affairs. Photo by Splash News/ABACAPRESS.COM

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''World Cosplay Summit'' to be held in Nagoya on Aug. 2-3

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera (4th from L), Japanese actress Natsuki Kato (3rd from L) and participants in the ''World Cosplay Summit 2008'' pose for photos at the Foreign Ministry in Japan on July 30. Representatives from 13 countries will take part in the Aug. 2-3 event in Nagoya. (Kyodo)

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NBA star center Yao retiring

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yao Ming (C), the 228-centimeter-tall star center of the NBA Houston Rockets, walking as the flag-bearer of the Chinese team during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in China in August 2008. The 30-year-old has decided to retire after nine seasons with the Rockets as he has determined that he is unable to make a complete recovery from a stress fracture in his left ankle and tendon strain, the NBA's website said July 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88. (Kyodo)

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Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo

BEIJING, China - This file photo taken on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, during an interview at a restaurant in Beijing. (Kyodo)

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Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo

BEIJING, China - This file photo taken on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, during an interview at a restaurant in Beijing. (Kyodo)

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Obama calls on China to free jailed dissident Liu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in a Beijing restaurant on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. U.S. President Barack Obama called for the release of Liu during his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Washington on Jan. 19, 2011, as the two countries locked horns over human rights issues. (Kyodo)

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China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo dies at 61

Photo taken on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo being interviewed at a restaurant in Beijing. Liu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, died of multiple organ failure in a hospital in Shenyang, China, at age 61, on July 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo dies at 61

Photo taken on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (R) and his interviewer Yasuhiro Mori of Kyodo News at a restaurant in Beijing. Liu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, died of multiple organ failure in a hospital in Shenyang, China, at age 61, on July 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo