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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Giant Panda Er Shun Celebrates 17th Birthday at Chongqing Zoo

CHONGQING, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2024 - Giant panda Er Shun celebrates her 17th birthday at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Aug 10, 2024. Ershun is a female giant panda, born in Chongqing Zoo on August 10, 2007. She is the mother of pandas Yu Ke and Yu Ai. She lived in Canada with male giant panda Damao on March 25, 2013, and returned to China on November 29, 2020.

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Chinese company lights up hope for Surinamese villages

STORY: Chinese company lights up hope for Surinamese villages SHOOTING TIME: March 31, 2024 DATELINE: April 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Paramaribo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Botopasi village in Suriname 2. various of solar panels installed by the Power Construction Corporation of China in Botopasi village 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): POTTER, Botopasi villager 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIONG ZEKUN, Project Manager, Power China's American branch STORYLINE: Botopasi village in Suriname, deep in the Amazon rainforest, faced a population decline due to challenges like lack of electricity, prompting many residents to move to the capital. A rural microgrid project by the Power Construction Corporation of China (Power China) is bringing change. With authorization from the Surinamese government, Power China completed the first phase of the project in Goejaba village in 2020. Phase 2, currently under construction, aims to extend benefits to several villages, including Botopasi, delivering cle

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CHINA-GUANGXI-VILLAGE-TREE-PLANTING (CN)

(240310) -- LIUZHOU, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows blossoming fruit trees on March 9, 2024 (up) and villagers and volunteers planting trees along a road on March 3, 2020 in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Six years ago, with the support of local government and Lianjiang City in Guangdong Province, the village began to implementing a ten-year tree planting program to improve local ecological environment. Thousands of peach, plum, pear and other fruit trees have been planted. Now, as these trees start bearing fruit, the living environment of the village continues to improve, laying a goundwork for future eco-tourism development. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-VILLAGE-TREE-PLANTING (CN)

(240310) -- LIUZHOU, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows children water saplings on June 20, 2020 (L) and the same tree blossoming on March 10, 2024 in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Six years ago, with the support of local government and Lianjiang City in Guangdong Province, the village began to implementing a ten-year tree planting program to improve local ecological environment. Thousands of peach, plum, pear and other fruit trees have been planted. Now, as these trees start bearing fruit, the living environment of the village continues to improve, laying a goundwork for future eco-tourism development. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 30, 2020 shows a general view of Alstom building in Saint-Ouen, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated June 18, 2020 shows Alstom's Regiolis Lio electric or dual-mode train. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated June 18, 2020 of Alstom's logo. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(FOCUS) CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-LIFE-CHANGE (CN)

(230325) -- TAXKORGAN, March 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Duri Jarman checks a refrigerator he has bought for his store in Aimin Village of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 24, 2020. The life of herdsman Duri Jarman is closely tied to two places: the village of Ak Toga Langar, nestled deep in the mountains of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, and Aimin Village, located near the county seat. Duri, now 52 years old, spent 47 years living in Ak Toga Langar Village. In the winter of 2018, his family benefited from the relocation policy for poverty alleviation and settled in Aimin Village. There, they gradually adapted to the changes, enjoying a new life different from that of their ancestors. Duri and his youngest son, Nurkerim, opened a small shop, while both his eldest and second sons found new jobs. The village committee led the villagers in transforming barren land, leveling it, and repairing ditches. Duri's family was allotted 10 mu (0.67 hectares)

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Site of U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Photo taken on March 10, 2023, shows the site of the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in January 2020 in Baghdad, with a monument commemorating the event seen in the background.

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Commemorating U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Photo taken on March 10, 2023, in Baghdad shows a portrait of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani (R) and the Iraqi militia Popular Mobilization Forces' leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq in January 2020.

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Site of U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

A car in which Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani is said to have been traveling when he was killed in a January 2020 U.S. airstrike is displayed near the event's site in Baghdad on March 10, 2023.

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EGYPT-ASWAN-TOURISM-BOOMING

(230310) -- ASWAN (EGYPT), March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tourist buys souvenirs during a visit to the Nubian village of Gharb Soheil in Aswan, Egypt, on March 9, 2023. The number of tourists in Egypt dropped to around 3.7 million in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after it saw a boom in 2019 with over 13 million visiting the North African country, according to official data. It gradually recovered to about 8 million in 2021 and further flourished throughout 2022 to near pre-pandemic numbers. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Tourism booms in Upper Egypt's Aswan after pandemic-related recession

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EGYPT-ASWAN-TOURISM-BOOMING

(230310) -- ASWAN (EGYPT), March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take boats at a dock after visiting the Nubian village of Gharb Soheil in Aswan, Egypt, on March 9, 2023. The number of tourists in Egypt dropped to around 3.7 million in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after it saw a boom in 2019 with over 13 million visiting the North African country, according to official data. It gradually recovered to about 8 million in 2021 and further flourished throughout 2022 to near pre-pandemic numbers. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Tourism booms in Upper Egypt's Aswan after pandemic-related recession

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EGYPT-ASWAN-TOURISM-BOOMING

(230310) -- ASWAN (EGYPT), March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Philae temple complex in Aswan, Egypt, on March 9, 2023. The number of tourists in Egypt dropped to around 3.7 million in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after it saw a boom in 2019 with over 13 million visiting the North African country, according to official data. It gradually recovered to about 8 million in 2021 and further flourished throughout 2022 to near pre-pandemic numbers. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Tourism booms in Upper Egypt's Aswan after pandemic-related recession

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EGYPT-ASWAN-TOURISM-BOOMING

(230310) -- ASWAN (EGYPT), March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Philae temple complex in Aswan, Egypt, on March 9, 2023. The number of tourists in Egypt dropped to around 3.7 million in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after it saw a boom in 2019 with over 13 million visiting the North African country, according to official data. It gradually recovered to about 8 million in 2021 and further flourished throughout 2022 to near pre-pandemic numbers. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Tourism booms in Upper Egypt's Aswan after pandemic-related recession

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EGYPT-ASWAN-TOURISM-BOOMING

(230310) -- ASWAN (EGYPT), March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Nubian village of Gharb Soheil in Aswan, Egypt, on March 9, 2023. The number of tourists in Egypt dropped to around 3.7 million in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after it saw a boom in 2019 with over 13 million visiting the North African country, according to official data. It gradually recovered to about 8 million in 2021 and further flourished throughout 2022 to near pre-pandemic numbers. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Tourism booms in Upper Egypt's Aswan after pandemic-related recession

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EGYPT-ASWAN-TOURISM-BOOMING

(230310) -- ASWAN (EGYPT), March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Philae temple complex in Aswan, Egypt, on March 9, 2023. The number of tourists in Egypt dropped to around 3.7 million in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after it saw a boom in 2019 with over 13 million visiting the North African country, according to official data. It gradually recovered to about 8 million in 2021 and further flourished throughout 2022 to near pre-pandemic numbers. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Tourism booms in Upper Egypt's Aswan after pandemic-related recession

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EGYPT-ASWAN-TOURISM-BOOMING

(230310) -- ASWAN (EGYPT), March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists walk from a dock to the Nubian village of Gharb Soheil in Aswan, Egypt, on March 9, 2023. The number of tourists in Egypt dropped to around 3.7 million in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after it saw a boom in 2019 with over 13 million visiting the North African country, according to official data. It gradually recovered to about 8 million in 2021 and further flourished throughout 2022 to near pre-pandemic numbers. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Tourism booms in Upper Egypt's Aswan after pandemic-related recession

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COVID-19 origins tracing should be science-based, not politicized by U.S.: experts

STORY: COVID-19 origins tracing should be science-based, not politicized by U.S.: experts DATELINE: March 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX OWITI, Professor formerly working at Aga Khan University, Kenya 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MUSTAFA AMIN, Researcher on Arab and international affairs, Egypt 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): WALID MAHMOUD, Director of Irfan Hospital, Lebanon 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BIKILA HURISA, Head of Ethiopia's Ruling Prosperity Party's public and international relations STORYLINE: Experts around the world have said that COVID-19 origins tracing should be science-based and not be politicized by the United States. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, the U.S. has been pursuing the most convenient and economical way in finding the origins of the novel coronavirus -- fabricating groundless allegations against China. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX OWITI, Professor formerly working at Aga Khan University,

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Diamond Princess returns to Yokohama 3 yrs after mass COVID outbreak

The Diamond Princess cruise ship returns to Yokohama, near Tokyo on March 10, 2023 for the first time since a mass COVID outbreak three years ago led Japan to quarantine those onboard and suspend the arrival of foreign cruise ships until this month. The outbreak of infections on the ship in February 2020 led to thousands being quarantined and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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N. Korea steps up IT education

PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 28 Kyodo - Photo taken in Pyongyang on March 25, 2020, shows a signboard saying North Korea vows to brighten its future by stepping up science education. North Korea plans to expand the number of science schools specializing in IT from the current 11 to 190 by the end of 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea on Oct. 10.

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Japan's new measures against coronavirus

TOKYO, Japan, March 10 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) announces in Tokyo on March 10, 2020, an extension of his request for big sporting and cultural events to be canceled or postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus by around 10 days beyond mid-March.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - The 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo is removed by crane on Oct. 10, 2014, for transfer to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki. The stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 10 shows workers preparing for the removal of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

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Auto sales in India surge to record high in November

STORY: Auto sales in India surge to record high in November DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of auto dealers 2. various of street views in India STORYLINE: Automobile retail sales in India witnessed the best-ever performance in November, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), the top body of the automotive retail industry in India. "November 2022 has clocked highest retails in the history of Indian automobile industry with March 2020 as an exception when retails were higher due to BS-4 to BS-6 (emission standards) transition," FADA President Manish Raj Singhania said in a statement. He said auto retail in November saw an overall growth of 26 percent thanks to festive sales during India's wedding season from mid-November to mid-December, where around 3.2 million weddings are expected to be solemnized across the country. According to the FADA, all categories were in green with two-wheelers, three-wheelers

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Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey

(221024) -- BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Xi Jinping waving to residents who are quarantined at home and sending regards to them at a community in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 10, 2020. Xi made an inspection of the epidemic prevention and control work in Wuhan on March 10, 2020. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey" (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

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2 disaster-hit pianos played at concert

Two disaster-damaged pianos -- one (R) swept away by the March 2011 tsunami in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki and the other swallowed by a muddy stream after torrential rain in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Kuma in July 2020 -- were played at a concert in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2022, after having been restored.

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Mumbai's pollution level 9 times above WHO limit

STORY: Mumbai's pollution level 9 times above WHO limit DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of plants, traffic and air pollution control board STORYLINE: The air that people in India's Mumbai breathe is almost nine times worse than the healthy levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), reveals a recent report by IQAir, a Swiss group that measures air quality based on the concentration of carcinogenic PM2.5 in the air. According to the report, India was home to 11 of the 15 most polluted cities in Central and South Asia in 2021. Delhi saw a 14.6 percent increase in PM2.5 concentrations in 2021 with levels rising to 96.4 µg/m3 from 84 µg/m3 in 2020. No cities in India met the WHO air quality guideline of 5 µg/m3. In 2021, 48 percent of India's cities exceeded 50 µg/m3, or more than 10 times the WHO guideline. In 2021, 48 percent of India's cities exceeded 50 µg/m3, or more than 10 times the WHO guideline. India was home t

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Cambodia, Japan agree to ensure full implementation of RCEP free trade deal

STORY: Cambodia, Japan agree to ensure full implementation of RCEP free trade deal DATELINE: March 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:04:17 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Cambodia and Japan on Sunday agreed to ensure the full implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement for the benefit of all, according to a Cambodia-Japan joint statement. The statement was released after a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Peace Palace in the capital Phnom Penh. "The two prime ministers consented to strengthen cooperation to ensure the full implementation of the ASEAN-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement," the statement said. Signed on Nov. 15, 2020 and entered in force on Jan. 1, 2022, RCEP is a mega trade deal between 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its five free trade agr

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Wild elephants' epic journey in China accelerates efforts for human-nature harmony

STORY: Wild elephants' epic journey in China accelerates efforts for human-nature harmony DATELINE: March 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of elephants in Yunnan Province away from their habitat 2. SOUNDBITE (English):JOSE AHIMSA ARCEIZ, Ecologist, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DAI CUNZHUANG, Official of Dahuangba Village, Yunnan Province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO XIANMING, Director of the scientific research institute with Xishuangbanna nature reserve STORYLINE: In March 2020, a herd of wild Asian elephants left their home, a forest nature reserve in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. They trekked northwards, arrived in the provincial capital Kunming in June 2021, and then headed back home safely. Their journey has highlighted the need to continue efforts to make the animals content in the nature reserves they call home, and minimize the impact of the

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Yangshao Culture, important stream of Chinese civilization | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: Yangshao Culture, important stream of Chinese civilization | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: SANMENXIA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of relics discovered in the Yangshao site 2. various of Xi Jinping presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on the latest archaeological discoveries in China and their significance in Sept. 2020 3. various of relics discovered in the Yangshao site 4. various of Yangshao Village 5. pics of Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KANG JIYUN, Yangshao Village National Archaeological Park 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG SHUANCHAO, Yangshao Culture Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CUI QIANG, Deputy curator, Yangshao Culture Museum 9. pic of meeting to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Yangshao Culture 10. various of relics discovered in the Yangshao site 11. various

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New energy vehicles help reduce carbon emissions in Myanmar

STORY: New energy vehicles help reduce carbon emissions in Myanmar DATELINE: March 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:07 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Khaingkhaing Sangda's factory of electric vehicles 2 various of electric vehicles STORYLINE: With the concept of reducing carbon emissions and environmental protection, Southeast Asian country Myanmar has begun manufacturing and selling new energy vehicles. As one of the earliest electric car makers in Myanmar, Khaingkhaing Sangda launched a sale of its second model hybrid electric vehicles KSDV1-NE2 on March 1 and sold more than 10 vehicles within a week. Khaingkhaing Sangda in Myanmar produced and sold its first model of pure electric vehicles in 2020. It manufactured its first gasoline car in 2006 and began assembling and producing new-energy vehicles in 2019. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar. (XHTV)

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"People first, lives first" in China's COVID-19 fight

STORY: "People first, lives first" in China's COVID-19 fight DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:04:42 LOCATION: SHIYAN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of medical workers treating patients and fighting against COVID-19 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO JIE, National lawmaker from Hubei, President of Taihe Hospital in Shiyan 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Recovered COVID-19 patient 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Resident in Hubei Province STORYLINE: In early 2020, when China's Hubei was hit hard by the pandemic, a news report on how the life of an 87-year-old COVID-19 patient was saved hit the headlines. Around 10 medical workers fought for 47 days to bring back the patient's life at the Taihe Hospital in Shiyan City. Two months later, the hospital's president, Luo Jie broke the news to the media as a national lawmaker on the sidelines of the "two sessions" in Beijing. But he didn't expect the news to attract Chinese President Xi Jinping's attention, u

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India's agri-products exports see significant rise despite pandemic

STORY: India's agri-products exports see significant rise despite pandemic DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of government buildings 3. various of farming field 4. various of crops 5. various of farmers working in field 6. various of traffic STORYLINE: India's exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by more than 23 percent year on year during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (starting April 2021), said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday. This is despite logistical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, said the ministry in a statement. The exports of products under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) ambit increased from 15.9 billion U.S. dollars in April-January 2020-21 to 19.7 billion U.S. dollars during the period. For the current financial year, the ministry has fixed the exports target under APEDA basket products at

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Strong Chinese presence at Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona

STORY: Strong Chinese presence at Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of Mobile World Congress 2022 in BarcelonaSOUNDBITE 1 (English): TOM HERON, Xiaomi Technology's head of communications, Western EuropeSOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAVID AN WEI, CTO of Group Asia for ZTEvarious of Mobile World Congress 2022 in BarcelonaSOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): JOAN VICENS SARD, Generalitat's general manager for FDI Attraction STORYLINE: Around 50 Chinese companies, including Huawei, ZTE and Xiaomi, are present at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), which opened its doors in Barcelona on Monday. According to the market research company Counterpoint Research, seven out of the top 10 smartphone brands most popular in Europe are based in China, and the Chinese manufacturers present at the MWC appear determined to bring this figure higher. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancelation of the MWC and last year's