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China trains new-generation workers on vocational education boom

STORY: China trains new-generation workers on vocational education boom SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage / March 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:25 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenyang 2. various of the training 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HOU BOMIN, Dean of ShenYang Sino German Institute 4. various of the students 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DONG AIPENG, Student of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) New Vocational Education program 6. various of the students 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SASIKARN PANYAOPAS, Thai student 8. various of the students STORYLINE: In recent years, China has actively expanded its vocational education to align with the demands of enterprises. With various programs, the country's vocational education has embraced international cooperation. Since 2013, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, has run a vocational program. By teaming up with vocational schools, BBA designs courses that match the needs of b

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei displays her books at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 5, 2024. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's arti

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US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

Handout photo dated March 5, 2013 shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Jolly Rogers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea. The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Schneider via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese company increases overseas investments, achieving win-win results

STORY: Chinese company increases overseas investments, achieving win-win results DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Wellhope Foods Co., Ltd. 2. various of Golden Harvesta INC. 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Filipino): EUNICE HILARIO, Local farmer 4. various of production 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PRAJAYA, Joint venture partner of PT Mulia Harvest Agritech in Indonesia 6. various of production 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIN WEIDONG, Chairman of Wellhope Foods Company Limited STORYLINE: Headquartered in northeast China's Shenyang, Wellhope Foods Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise mainly focusing on fodder trade, pig raising, and food processing. Since 2013, Wellhope has invested and built factories in the Philippines, Indonesia and other Belt and Road countries, bringing win-win results. Golden Harvesta INC. in the Philippines is one of the companies Wellhope has invested in. It has brought tangible benefits to local farmers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Filip

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I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman

STORY: I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen 2. various of Marcos's business 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman STORYLINE: Marcos Caldeira, a Brazilian who has lived in east China's coastal city of Xiamen for 10 years, said that he has good expectations for his business in China, a place he takes as his second hometown. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman "I came to China in 2013, so this year celebrates my 10-year anniversary of coming to China. I'd like to say these 10 years have been like 'crazy 10 years,' in a good way, because we started our business in 2015 and after that it just keeps growing and growing and gro

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Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

SENDAI, Japan - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings (from foreground) are seen (L) from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 3, 2013. The other photo, taken on Sept. 5, 2014, shows work is under way to build underground ice walls around the basements of the buildings to prevent groundwater from seeping into them and becoming contaminated with radioactive substances.

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World's oldest person turns 116

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa (L), recognized as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, is congratulated by an employee at a nursing home in Osaka on March 5, 2014, as she turns 116. She became the oldest living person in the world in June 2013.

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World's oldest person turns 116

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, recognized as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, smiles with a birthday cake at a nursing home in Osaka on March 5, 2014, as she turns 116. She became the oldest living person in the world in June 2013.

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World's oldest person turns 116

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, recognized as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, eats birthday cake at a nursing home in Osaka on March 5, 2014, as she turns 116. She became the oldest living person in the world in June 2013.

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Fallout from U.S. nuke tests continues to take toll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows Masatoshi Yamashita, a former high school teacher, giving an interview at his home in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture. Yamashita, together with his students, confirmed after 30 years of studies that some 1,000 Japanese fishing boats were exposed to "death ash" caused by a series of U.S. nuclear tests in the central Pacific Ocean around 60 years ago, in addition to the Fukuryu Maru No. 5 tuna fishing boat that was exposed to fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954.

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Indonesian workers rally

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Tens of thousands of workers from Jakarta and surrounding cities march in the capital on Sept. 5, 2013, demanding a 50 percent wage hike from 2014.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit cement plant

OFUNATO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are seen during their visit to a plant that uses rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and disaster to produce cement in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2013.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit cement plant

OFUNATO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (far L, front) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) visit a plant that uses rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and disaster to produce cement in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2013.

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Ernst wins Wells Fargo

CHARLOTTE, United States - Derek Ernst of the United States holds the victor's trophy after defeating Britain's David Lynn in a playoff to win the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 5, 2013.

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Workers at Kochi animal culling center seeking solace

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken March 5, 2013 shows a device to cull cats at the Small Animal Management Center in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture.

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Japanese astronomers at Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Photo taken at dusk on March 15, 2013, shows some of the Alma telescope antennas set up on the Atacama Plateau, Chile, against the backdrop of the Licancabur volcano on the border with Bolivia. The telescope was built at an altitude of around 5,000 meters on the Atacama Plateau to explore cosmic mysteries.

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Japanese astronomers at Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Shinya Komugi (L), a researcher at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, talks with colleagues on March 12, 2013, in an operation center located at an altitude of 2,900 meters, where they remotely control the antennas of the Alma telescope. The telescope was built at an altitude of around 5,000 meters on the Atacama Plateau in Chile to explore cosmic mysteries.

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Otani makes successful pro debut

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Shohei Otani hits an RBI single during the sixth inning of a game against the Seibu Lions at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on March 29, 2013. Otani made a successful pro debut with two hits and an RBI in the Fighters' 5-3 win as Nippon Professional Baseball opened its 2013 season.

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Alma telescope inaugurated

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C) attends the ceremony on March 13, 2013 marking the inauguration of the state-of-the-art Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau 5,000 meters above sea level in northern Chile.

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Nagoya Women's Marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Mizuki Noguchi of Japan finishes third in a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 5 seconds, in the Nagoya Women's Marathon at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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2 years after quake

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show the Haramachi thermal power plant in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same plant on March 5, 2013.

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Chavez's death

CARACAS, Venezuela - Supporters, holding the national flags of Venezuela and Cuba, wait for a vehicle carrying the coffin of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on March 6, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 at the age of 58 after a long struggle with cancer.

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Chavez's death

CARACAS, Venezuela - Supporters hold posters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on March 6, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 at the age of 58 after a long struggle with cancer.

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Dow hits record high

NEW YORK, United States - Applause rings out as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at a record high of 14,253.77 points in New York on March 5, 2013.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans line up in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on March 5, 2013, to take part in a rehearsal for a public event.

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Venezuelan president Chavez dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2009 shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso shaking hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Chavez died March 5, 2013, at the age of 58 at a Venezuelan hospital after a long battle with cancer.

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Antinuclear demonstration in Paris

PARIS, France - French people demonstrate in central Paris on March 5, 2013, for the abolition of nuclear power. Some 25 conservation groups in France are scheduled to jointly demonstrate in Paris on March 9 ahead of the March 11 anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Dow ends at all-time high

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York on March 5, 2013, shortly after the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at a record high. The Dow gained 0.89 percent to 14,253.77, closing at a record high for the first time in five years and five months.

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Japanese crown prince arrives in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito arrives in New York on March 5, 2013, to attend a special U.N. session on water and disasters the following day and talk about Japan's experience of the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He will be the first member of the Japanese imperial family to deliver a speech at the U.N. headquarters, the government said.

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Stalin anniversary

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov (R) bows his head after laying flowers at the tomb of Josef Stalin in Moscow's Red Square on March 5, 2013, the 60th anniversary of the death of the Soviet leader.

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Sharp in alliance talks with Samsung Electronics

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The struggling company is in talks with Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea on concluding a capital and business alliance, industry sources said March 5, 2013.

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China vs. Brazil in WBC

FUKUOKA, Japan - China players celebrate after beating Brazil 5-2 in their World Baseball Classic first-round Pool A game at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 5, 2013.

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Geneva motor show

GENEVA, Switzerland - Photo shows Japanese automakers' models on the opening day of the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland on March 5, 2013.

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Geneva motor show

GENEVA, Switzerland - Toyota Motor Corp. displays its Toyota i-Road prototype electric two-seater on the opening day of the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland on March 5, 2013.

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IOC inspections in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sports Association President Fujio Cho, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2013. Cho gave a presentation on Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics earlier the same day, the second day of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission's visit to the city.

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China parliament

BEIJING, China - (from L in front) Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice President Xi Jinping, Communist Party head, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice Premier Li Keqiang leave after a plenum of an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, which began at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2013.

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Japan air pollution from China

ARAO, Japan - Photo shows an area of the city of Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on March 5, 2013. The prefecture's residents were urged to avoid going outdoors that day after the pollution level of so-called PM2.5 particulate matters reached 90 to 101 micrograms per cubic meter in an hour in Arao.

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Japan air pollution from China

ARAO, Japan - Photo shows a woman wearing a mask in the city of Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on March 5, 2013. The prefecture's residents were urged to avoid going outdoors that day after the pollution level of so-called PM2.5 particulate matters reached 90 to 101 micrograms per cubic meter in an hour in Arao.

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China parliament

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R), Communist Party head, after speaking during an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, which began at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2013. At left is Chinese President Hu Jintao.

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IOC inspections in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sports Association President Fujio Cho, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2013. Cho gave a presentation on Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics earlier the same day, the second day of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission's visit to the city.

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World's oldest woman turns 115

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, the world's oldest living woman, as recognized by Guinness World Records, receives flowers in Osaka on March 5, 2013, when she turned 115.

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Hearing on BOJ deputy nomination

TOKYO, Japan - Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata, one of the government's nominees for Bank of Japan deputy governor, speaks at a confirmation hearing at a lower house panel in Tokyo on March 5, 2013, held to determine whether he is qualified for one of the two posts. To the right is the other nominee Hiroshi Nakaso, an executive director of the central bank.

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China parliament

BEIJING, China - Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan (center L) attends an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, which began at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2013.

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Hearing on BOJ deputy nomination

TOKYO, Japan - Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata, one of the government's nominees for Bank of Japan deputy governor, speaks at a confirmation hearing at a lower house panel in Tokyo on March 5, 2013, held to determine whether he is qualified for one of the two posts.

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Hearing on BOJ deputy nomination

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Nakaso, an executive director of the Bank of Japan, who is one of the government's nominees for the central bank's deputy governor, speaks at a confirmation hearing at a lower house panel in Tokyo on March 5, 2013, held to determine whether he is qualified for one of the two posts.

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China's parliament opens

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is projected on a large screen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, which began on March 5, 2013.

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China's parliament opens

BEIJING, China - (Front, from L to R) Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice President Xi Jinping, Communist Party head, and Premier Wen Jiabao, and (behind) Vice Premier Li Keqiang take part in an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, which began at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2013.

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China's parliament opens

BEIJING, China - An annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, begins at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2013.

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China's parliament opens

BEIJING, China - (Front, from L to R) Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice President Xi Jinping, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice Premier Li Keqiang sing the national anthem during an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, which began at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2013.

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China's parliament opens

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, which began at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2013.