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China-CEEC forum boosts digital cultural trade

STORY: China-CEEC forum boosts digital cultural trade SHOOTING DATE: June 26, 2024 DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:49 LOCATION: Sofia CATEGORY: CULTURE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forum and agreements signing STORYLINE: The 5th China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Cultural and Creative Industry Forum kicked off in Sofia Wednesday, focusing on digital technology's role in cultural trade. Connectivity between China and CEECs in the digital culture market, and fostering business synergy between China and CEECs in cultural industries, are among the topics discussed during the two-day event themed "Digital Technology Promoting Creative Industry and Cultural Trade." During the forum, Beijing International Studies University (BISU) and China Institute for Cultural Trade Research (CICTR) signed cooperative agreements with Bulgarian and Serbian counterparts respectively. Previous editions of the forum were held in Belgrade (Serbia, 2016), Beijing (China, 2017), Lodz and Kat

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ROK-born giant panda Fu Bao greets the public in SW China

STORY: ROK-born giant panda Fu Bao greets the public in SW China SHOOTING TIME: June 12, 2024 DATELINE: June 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU XIANG, Fu Bao's breeder 3. various of Fu Bao STORYLINE: Giant panda Fu Bao met the public for the first time on Wednesday since returning to southwest China's Sichuan Province. Fu Bao is the first giant panda born in the Republic of Korea (ROK). It returned to China in early April this year. Fu Bao, meaning "lucky treasure" in English, is the first cub of giant pandas Ai Bao and Le Bao, who were sent to the ROK from China in 2016 on a 15-year lease. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU XIANG, Fu Bao's breeder "He really adapts quite quickly. We have made preparations for it beforehand. Getting him to adapt means letting him know that there are many brothers and sisters in the panda community. Before, he o

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World's first Zootopia land opens at Shanghai Disney Resort

STORY: World's first Zootopia land opens at Shanghai Disney Resort SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 19-20, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:26 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai Disney Resort STORYLINE: Shanghai Disney Resort on Tuesday opened the world's first Zootopia land as The Walt Disney Company looks to further tap the growing Chinese travel market. The new themed land, based on the hugely successful Walt Disney Animation Studios film "Zootopia," will officially open to the public on Wednesday, Shanghai Disney Resort announced. Zootopia, the eighth themed land inside Shanghai Disneyland, marks the second major expansion of Shanghai Disney Resort. Its construction started in December 2019. Shanghai Disney Resort opened with six themed lands on June 16, 2016. Its seventh land and first major expansion, Disney Pixar Toy Story Land, opened in 2018, which made Shanghai Disneyland the fastest-expanding Disneyland worldwide. Xinhua News Agency correspond

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China's Hunchun port sees surging imports of Russian king crabs

STORY: China's Hunchun port sees surging imports of Russian king crabs DATELINE: June 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: HUNCHUN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hunchun City 2. various of Russian king crabs 3. various of seafood transportation 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MS. MENG, Local merchant 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MS. CHEN, Tourist 6. various of seafood transportation 7. various of Hunchun City STORYLINE: Hunchun City in China's Jilin Province has seen surging imports of Russian king crabs, which helps make it a popular tourist destination for seafood. Hunchun is located at China's border with Russia, and 71 km away from the Russian port Zarubino. The Russian king crab used to be a luxury for Chinese consumers. In 2016, two land ports in Hunchun were approved as designated ports for seafood import. The opening of a freight route linking the city with Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and the Zarubino Port also helped cut the cost of seafood transportation. With facilitated tra

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Hondurans anticipate closer economic ties with China

STORY: Hondurans anticipate closer economic ties with China DATELINE: June 7, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: Tegucigalpa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the inauguration ceremony 2 various of views in Honduras 3 SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): FRANCISCO, Electrical engineer in banking industry 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): AURELIA CASTRO, Chemical engineer in food industry 5 various of ports in China STORYLINE: The People's Republic of China officially inaugurated its embassy in the Republic of Honduras on Monday, following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries on March 26. Hondurans have expressed great anticipation for closer economic and trade ties with China. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): FRANCISCO, Electrical engineer in banking industry "Hello, I am Francisco. I'm an electrical engineer working in the banking business and I work with suppliers in China. My relations with China can be dated back to 2016. It has been a pleasure for me to work with this Asian country. I have got grea

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S. Korea's Lee Bo Mee wins Earth Mondahmin Cup golf tournament

SODEGAURA, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - South Korea's Lee Bo Mee holds up the winner's trophy after her victory in the Earth Mondahmin Cup golf tournament at Camellia Hills Country Club in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Lee won the title for the second straight time with a 20-under, 268.

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

TOYAMA, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height, a popular tourist site, discharges 10 to 15 tons of water per second during daylight until Oct. 15.

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Donald Keene's love story to be published

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows U.S.-born Japanese literature critic Donald Keene. A Japanese publisher, Shinchosha Publishing Co., said June 26, 2014, it plans to publish by early 2016 a newly discovered novel written by Keene in the summer of 1957.

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Egypt targets primary budget surplus of 2.3 pct in FY 2024-25

STORY: Egypt targets primary budget surplus of 2.3 pct in FY 2024-25 DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various exterior shots of the Central Bank of Egypt 2. various of employees counting banknotes 3. various exterior shots of Egypt's Finance Ministry in Cairo STORYLINE: Egypt is targeting a primary budget surplus of 2.3 percent of the GDP for the fiscal year 2024-25, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on Tuesday. Egypt's fiscal year begins in July and ends in June. Maait's remarks came on the sidelines of the Egyptian Economic Conference 2022 that kicked off on Sunday in the new administrative capital east of Cairo. The minister added that Egypt's budget deficit narrowed to 6.1 percent in June 2022, down from 12.5 percent in June 2016. He also said that the Egyptian government aims to decrease the budget deficit to 4 percent by 2027. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Golf: Lydia Ko wins NW Arkansas Championship

Lydia Ko of New Zealand poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, on June 26, 2016. Ko finished with a 17-under 196 total to claim her third U.S. LPGA Tour win of the year and 13th overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st ship sails through newly expanded Panama Canal

Spectators watch as the Chinese container ship Cosco Shipping Panama enters the Agua Clara locks, the newly built locks on the Atlantic end of Panama Canal, near Colon, central Panama, on June 26, 2016. Headed towards the Pacific Ocean, the vessel became the first to sail through the new locks, part of a $5.25 billion project to expand the canal that took nine years to complete. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st ship sails through newly expanded Panama Canal

Spectators take pictures as the Chinese container ship Cosco Shipping Panama arrives at the Cocoli locks, the newly built locks on the Pacific end of Panama Canal, near Panama City, on June 26, 2016, after sailing through from the Atlantic side. The vessel was the first to sail through the new locks, part of a $5.25 billion project to expand the canal that took nine years to complete. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio hands over velodrome to Olympics organizers

Cyclists try out a newly built velodrome in Rio de Janeiro on June 26, 2016, after the Brazilian city handed over the facility to the organizers of the Olympics, to be held in August. The indoor cycling arena was the last venue to be completed in the Rio Olympic Park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Yorkers parade to commemorate Florida shooting victims

FBI officials (L) participate in an annual parade celebrating sexual minorities in New York on June 26, 2016. The participants commemorated the victims of a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, and called on citizens for solidarity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio hands over velodrome to Olympics organizers

Photo taken June 26, 2016, shows a newly built velodrome in Rio de Janeiro after the Brazilian city handed over the facility to the organizers of the Olympics, to be held in August. The indoor cycling arena was the last venue to be completed in the Rio Olympic Park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio hands over velodrome to Olympics organizers

Photo taken June 26, 2016, shows a newly built velodrome in Rio de Janeiro after the Brazilian city handed over the facility to the organizers of the Olympics, to be held in August. The indoor cycling arena was the last venue to be completed in the Rio Olympic Park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sprint queen Fukushima completes national title double

Japan's Chisato Fukushima finishes first in the women's 200 meters at the national championships in Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on June 26, 2016. The 27-year-old set a new national record of 22.88 seconds, cutting 0.01 second off her own national mark, which she holds alongside the 100-meter best. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvest season for largest Japanese butterburs in Hokkaido

A child cuts the stalk of "rawanbuki," the largest Japanese butterbur, in the town of Ashoro, in Hokkaido on June 26, 2016, during harvesting. Rawanbuki grows 2 to 3 meters in height with stalks of around 10 centimeters in diameter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sprint queen Fukushima completes national title double

Japan's Chisato Fukushima poses in front of an electric board which shows her new national record of 22.88 seconds in the women's 200 meters at the national championships in Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on June 26, 2016. The 27-year-old cut 0.01 second off her own 200 meter national mark, which she holds alongside the 100-meter best. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japan PM Hatoyama asked to join AIIB's advisory panel

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in Beijing on June 26, 2016. Hatoyama said he was asked to become a member of an international advisory committee of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank by AIIB President Jin Liqun last November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvest season for largest Japanese butterburs in Hokkaido

Children stand with "rawanbuki," the largest Japanese butterbur, in the town of Ashoro, in Hokkaido on June 26, 2016, during harvesting. Rawanbuki grows 2 to 3 meters in height with stalks of around 10 centimeters in diameter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Lee Bo Mee wins Earth Mondahmin Cup golf tournament

South Korea's Lee Bo Mee poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Earth Mondahmin Cup golf tournament at Camellia Hills Country Club in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Lee won the title for the second straight time with a 20-under, 268. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okada says will not run for party chief if hometown candidate loses

Katsuya Okada, leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, speaks to reporters in the town of Toin, Mie Prefecture, on June 26, 2016, after his stump speech for the party's candidate in the July 10 House of Councillors election. Okada said he will not run for the party's leadership in September if the party's candidate loses in the prefecture, his hometown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvest season for largest Japanese butterburs in Hokkaido

Children hold stalks of "rawanbuki," the largest Japanese butterbur, in the town of Ashoro, in Hokkaido on June 26, 2016, during harvesting. Rawanbuki grows 2 to 3 meters in height with stalks of around 10 centimeters in diameter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Lee Bo Mee wins Earth Mondahmin Cup golf tournament

South Korea's Lee Bo Mee celebrates after winning the Earth Mondahmin Cup golf tournament at Camellia Hills Country Club in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Lee won the title for the second straight time with a 20-under, 268. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam

Annual water discharge begins at Kurobe Dam in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on June 26, 2016. Japan's tallest arch-style dam at 186 meters in height, a popular tourist site, discharges 10 to 15 tons of water per second during daylight until Oct. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Members of the Japanese men's rugby team look disappointed following their 13-26 defeat to Scotland in an international rugby test match at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Japan's Harumichi Tatekawa (12) carries the ball as Scotland's John Hardie (7) attempts to tackle him during the second half of an international rugby test match at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 13-26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Japan's Shota Horie scores a try during the first half of an international rugby test match against Scotland at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 13-26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Scotland's Greig Laidlaw (C) passes the ball as Japan's Shota Horie (R) looks on during the first half of an international rugby test match at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 13-26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brave Blossoms lose to Scotland

Japan's Keita Inagaki (L) attempts to carry the ball past Scotland's Willem Nel during the first half of an international rugby test match at Toyota Stadium in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 18, 2016. The Brave Blossoms lost 13-26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan hold on to beat Canada despite Hosoda red card

Japan's Kotaro Matsushima (L) scores a try, as Canada's Jamie Mackenzie tries to stop him, during the second half of an international rugby test match at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on June 11, 2016. Japan won 26-22, despite having to play with 14 men following Yoshiya Hosoda's red card in the second half. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan hold on to beat Canada despite Hosoda red card

Japan's Harumichi Tatekawa (C), followed by teammate Kotaro Matsushima (R), attempts to carry the ball past Canada's Aaron Carpenter during the first half of an international rugby test match at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on June 11, 2016. The Brave Blossoms won 26-22, despite having to play with 14 men following Yoshiya Hosoda's red card in the second half. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Geisha rehearse traditional dance performance

Geisha of Japan's ancient city of Kyoto rehearse a traditional dance performance on June 2, 2016. Geisha from five entertainment quarters will jointly present dancing on June 25 and 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Geisha rehearse traditional dance performance

Geisha of Japan's ancient city of Kyoto rehearse a traditional dance performance on June 2, 2016. Geisha from five entertainment quarters will jointly present dancing on June 25 and 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athens hammer throw champ Murofushi to try to qualify for Rio

Japanese hammer throw athlete Koji Murofushi says in Tokyo on May 24, 2016 that he will compete at the June 24-26 national athletics championships in Nagoya to try to qualify for his fifth consecutive Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist won his 20th successive national title in 2014 but has not competed since. (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 (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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Japan to hold G-7 foreign min. meet in Hiroshima, finance meet in Sendai

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui speaks to reporters in the city on June 26, 2015, following the Japanese government's announcement that the 2016 Group of Seven foreign ministerial meeting will be held in Hiroshima. Matsui said he is honored. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to hold 2016 G-7 foreign ministerial meet in Hiroshima

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida tells reporters in Tokyo on June 26, 2015 that the 2016 Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting will be held in Hiroshima before a summit of the G-7 major economies in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on May 26-27 that year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei suffers biggest point drop since June 2016

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing down more than 1,200 points on Feb. 26, 2021, its biggest one-day point drop since June 2016.

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Nikkei suffers biggest point drop since June 2016

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing down more than 1,200 points on Feb. 26, 2021, its biggest one-day point drop since June 2016.

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Nikkei suffers biggest point drop since June 2016

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing down more than 1,200 points on Feb. 26, 2021, its biggest one-day point drop since June 2016.

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Olympics: Injured Fukushima to pull out of 100m

Chisato Fukushima waves at the crowd after setting a Japanese record in the women's 200 meters at the national athletics championships in Nagoya on June 26, 2016. Fukushima will not take part in the 100-meter event at the Rio Olympics due to a sore left hamstring, the Japanese Olympic Committee said on Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World mourns boxing legend Muhammad Ali

File photo shows Muhammad Ali fighting Japanese pro wrestler Antonio Inoki at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on June 26, 1976. The mixed martial arts match, billed as "The Bout of the Century," ended in a draw. Ali died of septic shock on June 3, 2016, aged 74. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Donald Keene's love story to be published

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows U.S.-born Japanese literature critic Donald Keene. A Japanese publisher, Shinchosha Publishing Co., said June 26, 2014, it plans to publish by early 2016 a newly discovered novel written by Keene in the summer of 1957. (Kyodo)

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Ivan Kral

***JUNE 26, 2016, FILE PHOTO*** Czech musician Ivan Kral died on Sunday aged 71 in his home in Michigan, Greg Jarvis from the band Flowers of Hell said on social media today, February 3, 2020, and published a press release provided by Kral's wife, Cindy Hudson. According to Hudson, Kral died of cancer. The respected bass guitarist was able to work with such stars as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or the band Blondie. Kral emigrated to the USA in the 1960s and started returning to the Czech Republic in the 1990s, when he became a sought-after producer and live concert musician. (CTK Photo/Martina Houdek)

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Ivan Kral

***JUNE 26, 2016, FILE PHOTO*** Czech musician Ivan Kral died on Sunday aged 71 in his home in Michigan, Greg Jarvis from the band Flowers of Hell said on social media today, February 3, 2020, and published a press release provided by Kral's wife, Cindy Hudson. According to Hudson, Kral died of cancer. The respected bass guitarist was able to work with such stars as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or the band Blondie. Kral emigrated to the USA in the 1960s and started returning to the Czech Republic in the 1990s, when he became a sought-after producer and live concert musician. (CTK Photo/Martina Houdek)

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Ivan Kral

***JUNE 26, 2016, FILE PHOTO*** Czech musician Ivan Kral died on Sunday aged 71 in his home in Michigan, Greg Jarvis from the band Flowers of Hell said on social media today, February 3, 2020, and published a press release provided by Kral's wife, Cindy Hudson. According to Hudson, Kral died of cancer. The respected bass guitarist was able to work with such stars as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or the band Blondie. Kral emigrated to the USA in the 1960s and started returning to the Czech Republic in the 1990s, when he became a sought-after producer and live concert musician. (CTK Photo/Martina Houdek)