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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 8, 2023 shows a view of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 31, 2023 shows the Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui City, northwest China's Gansu Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)

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I hope relationship between Central Asian countries and China will get closer: Kyrgyz expat

STORY: I hope relationship between Central Asian countries and China will get closer: Kyrgyz expat DATELINE: May 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BAKTYGUL RAIMBEKOVA, Teacher, North Minzu University 2. various of Baktygul Raimbekova's daily life in Yinchuan STORYLINE: "I hope that the relationship between Central Asian countries and China will get closer and we will find more good projects for cooperation," says Baktygul Raimbekova, a Kyrgyz expat living in China. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): BAKTYGUL RAIMBEKOVA, Teacher, North Minzu University "Hello, my Chinese name is Bahe. I am from Kyrgyzstan and now I'm living in Yinchuan, capital of China's Ningxia. I teach Russian at North Minzu University. I remember when I began teaching in 2014, many students were afraid to greet others or express themselves. They might be very shy, and some students may be relatively traditional. But now, every student, wow, I can't imagine it, every student sta

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Midwestern U.S. city mayor eyes rebuilding strong economic partnership with China

STORY: Midwestern U.S. city mayor eyes rebuilding strong economic partnership with China DATELINE: May 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: DETROIT, the United States CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Detroit 2. various of the White House and U.S. Capitol building 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAEL E. DUGGAN, Mayor of Detroit 4. various of streets of America 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MICHAEL E. DUGGAN, Mayor of Detroit STORYLINE: Michael E. Duggan, mayor of Detroit, the largest city in the midwestern U.S. state of Michigan, said that Detroit is "very anxious" to rebuild "a strong economic partnership with the Chinese economy." Duggan, who has been the mayor of Detroit since 2014, made the remarks in response to a question by Xinhua at a recent Zoom briefing on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Transportation and Trade Ministerial Meetings. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MICHAEL E. DUGGAN, Mayor of Detroit "Our relationship with the Chinese is something that needs to be restarted. It was somethi

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Kamikaze pilot's last diary on display

FUKUOKA, Japan - The last diary written by 17-year-old kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Araki went on a suicide mission on May 27, 1945, a week after the diary was written.

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Man recalls brother's kamikaze mission

FUKUOKA, Japan - A photo of kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki in the final months of World War II is shown by his elder brother Seiichi in Kiriu, north of Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2014. Yukio went on a suicide mission at age 17 from a base in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in May 1945.

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Players of scandal-hit Zaragoza pose with supporter

ZARAGOZA, Spain - Players of Spanish First Division football club Real Zaragoza pose with a supporter (C) at an autographing session in Zaragoza on Dec. 17, 2014, amid a match-fixing scandal. Javier Aguirre, coach of Japan's national team, is one of several dozen individuals named in a prosecution complaint on the alleged game rigging in May 2011 as he was manager of Zaragoza when it won the match against Levante and avoided relegation to the Second Division.

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Visitors to Tokyo Skytree complex top 100 million

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to the Tokyo Skytree commercial complex pose for a commemorative photo as their number exceeded 100 million on Sept. 17, 2014, following its opening in May 2012. It was the 849th day since the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters opened on May 22, 2012, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.

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Dutchman makes replica of clock given to Japan leader in 1611

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Johan Ten Hoeve from the Netherlands works to make a replica of a clock presented in 1611 to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the feudal Tokugawa shogunate administration in Japan, by Spanish King Philip III in this file photo taken in Shizuoka, central Japan, on May 17, 2014. The original clock is kept at the Kunouzan Toshogu shrine in the Japanese city.

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Princess Noriko engaged

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Princess Noriko, second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, at a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 17, 2014. Princess Noriko has become engaged to Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, the Imperial Household Agency said May 27.

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Donetsk republic "prime minister" meets reporters

DONETSK, Ukraine - Alexander Borodai, "prime minister" of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, meets reporters in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on May 17, 2014.

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N. Korean police chief apologizes after fatal building mishap

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choi Bu Il, head of North Korea's Ministry of People's Security, apologizes to bereaved family members and local residents at a housing construction site in Pyongyang on May 17, 2014, after state media reports of a fatal accident.

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N. Korean officers grim at building site after reported mishap

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Senior North Korean construction division officers stand with stern looks at a housing construction site in Pyongyang on May 17, 2014, after state media reports of a fatal accident.

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Nadeshiko Japan beat Jordan

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Midfielder Emi Nakajima (L) scores Japan's second goal in the first half of a Women's Asian Cup Group A soccer match against Jordan at the Women's Asian Cup at Binh Duong Stadium in Vietnam on May 18, 2014. Jordan's Sama'a Khraisat (17) is seen behind Nakajima. Nadeshiko Japan won 7-0 to book a spot in the semifinals and an automatic berth at the 2015 World Cup in Canada.

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Apartment building collapses in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Gen. Choe Pu Il, the North Korean minister of people's security, apologies to bereaved families and residents in Pyongyang on May 17, 2014, after an apartment building under construction collapsed May 13 and claimed the lives of an unspecified number of people. The country's state media reported the accident on May 18.

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Apartment building collapses in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean people listen as an official in charge of the construction of an apartment building apologizes to bereaved families and residents in Pyongyang on May 17, 2014, after the building under construction collapsed May 13 and claimed the lives of an unspecified number of people. The country's state media reported the accident on May 18.

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Apartment building collapses in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean official (R front) in charge of the construction of an apartment building apologizes to bereaved families and residents in Pyongyang on May 17, 2014, after the building under construction collapsed May 13 and claimed the lives of an unspecified number of people. The country's state media reported the accident on May 18.

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Apartment building collapses in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean women listen as an official in charge of the construction of an apartment building apologizes to bereaved families and residents in Pyongyang on May 17, 2014, after the building under construction collapsed May 13 and claimed the lives of an unspecified number of people. The country's state media reported the accident on May 18.

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Ishikawa in 3rd round of HP Byron Nelson golf

IRVING, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa releases his club after his tee shot on the 18th hole in the third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship at the TPC Four Seasons Resort on May 17, 2014 in Irving, Texas.

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Red Sox's Uehara pitches against Tigers

BOSTON, United States - Japanese right-hander Koji Uehara of the Boston Red Sox allows only one hit and pitches a scoreless ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers in the Red Sox's 6-1 loss to the Tigers in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 17, 2014.

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Japan HS awarded at Model U.N. conference in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Ayana Takasa (L) and Nae Itagaki, students at Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen Makuhari Senior High School in Chiba, pose for photos at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on May 17, 2014, after the school received the highest award in the U.N. Human Rights Council category of the Global Classrooms Model U.N. conference, modeled after the U.N. conference.

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Nago mayor in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Susumu Inamine (R), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at a gathering in New York on May 17, 2014. Inamine reiterated his opposition to the planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in his city from a densely populated residential area in Ginowan, also Okinawa.

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Nago mayor in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, holds a newspaper during a gathering in New York on May 17, 2014. Inamine reiterated his opposition to the planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in his city from a densely populated residential area in Ginowan, also Okinawa.

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Azaleas at peak at Hakone hotel

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Azaleas are now at their peak, shown against a backdrop of Mt. Fuji, in this photo of the garden at Hotel de Yama in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, taken on May 17, 2014.

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Memorial rally for sunken ferry victims

SEOUL, South Korea - People march in Seoul on May 17, 2014, after participating in a memorial rally for the victims of a ferry sinking on April 16 that left over 300 dead or missing.

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Japan trade minister speaks after talks with China official

QINGDAO, China - Japanese trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks to the press after his talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng in Qingdao, China, on May 17, 2014.

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Giants' Cepeda hits 1st home run in Japan game

TOKYO, Japan - Cuban slugger Frederich Cepeda of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball team responds to the audience at Tokyo Dome on May 17, 2014, after hitting his first home run in Japan.

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Mourners hold candles at ferry disaster memorial event

SEOUL, South Korea - People hold candles at a memorial service in the South Korean capital of Seoul on May 17, 2014, for the victims of last month's ferry disaster.

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Memorial service for ferry disaster held in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - People gather at a memorial service in Seoul, South Korea, on May 17, 2014, to remember the victims of last month's ferry disaster.

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Koreans gather to commemorate ferry disaster victims

SEOUL, South Korea - People participate in a memorial service in Seoul on May 17, 2014, for the victims of South Korea's ferry disaster last month.

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Hula dance performance at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura

YOKOHAMA, Japan - People from the Hawaiian island of Kauai dance a hula on the Maiden, a stage for dance and music performances, at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on May 17, 2014.

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Hula dance performance at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura

YOKOHAMA, Japan - People from the Hawaiian island of Kauai dance a hula on the Maiden, a stage for dance and music performances, at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on May 17, 2014.

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Yokozuna Hakuho unbeaten at summer sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (R) forces out third-ranked maegashira Kyokutenho of Mongolia on the seventh day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 17, 2014, remaining unbeaten.

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Yokozuna Kakuryu suffers 2nd loss at summer sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia (R) is pushed out of the ring by komusubi Chiyootori in the Summer Grand Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 17, 2014, suffering his second loss in the 15-day competition.

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Yokozuna Kakuryu suffers 2nd loss at summer sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia (L) is pushed out of the ring by komusubi Chiyootori in the Summer Grand Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 17, 2014, suffering his second loss in the 15-day competition.

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Japan's Ikeyama wins WBO Atomweight women's title

OSAKA, Japan - Nao Ikeyama of Japan celebrates after beating Jessebelle Pagaduan of the Philippines in their WBO women's Atomweight world title match in Osaka, Japan, on May 17, 2014. The 44-year-old Ikeyama won the title with a 3-0 unanimous decision.

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Yokozuna Harumafuji beats Endo at summer sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji of Mongolia (L) slaps down No. 4 maegashira Endo at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 17, 2014, day seven of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Vietnamese shop refuses to sell Chinese goods

HANOI, Vietnam - A signboard saying no Chinese goods are on sale is set up at the entrance to a grocery store in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 17, 2014, apparently in protest against China's aggressive move in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

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Signboards in Vietnam protest China's oil hunt in disputed sea

HANOI, Vietnam - Signboards seen at the entrance to a building in Hanoi on May 17, 2014, say Vietnam protests China's oil drilling in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

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Japan's Ikeyama wins WBO Atomweight women's title

OSAKA, Japan - Nao Ikeyama of Japan (L) lands a punch to Jessebelle Pagaduan of the Philippines in the fourth round of their WBO women's Atomweight world title match in Osaka, Japan, on May 17, 2014. The 44-year-old Ikeyama won the title with a 3-0 unanimous decision.

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S. Leeper speaks in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - American Steven Leeper, former chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation in Hiroshima, delivers a speech at a meeting against nuclear weapons in Osaka, Japan, on May 17, 2014, emphasizing Japan's role in resolving nuclear weapons issues.

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Japan's Ikeyama wins WBO Atomweight women's title

OSAKA, Japan - Nao Ikeyama of Japan (R)delivers a punch to Jessebelle Pagaduan of the Philippines in the second round of their WBO women's atomweight world title match in Osaka, Japan, on May 17, 2014. The 44-year-old Ikeyama won the title with a 3-0 unanimous decision.

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Paul McCartney postpones Tokyo concert due to ill health

TOKYO, Japan - A man holds up a sign board about an abrupt cancellation of a concert by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney at National Stadium in Tokyo on May 17, 2014. McCartney said in a Twitter message, "I came down with a virus on Friday (May 17) and following a visit from doctors, I've been told not to perform tonight."

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Paul McCartney postpones Tokyo concert due to ill health

TOKYO, Japan - The area around an entry gate to the National Stadium in Tokyo is crowded with music fans on May 17, 2014, for an evening concert by Paul McCartney that was postponed due to the ex-Beatle's ill health. McCartney said in a Twitter message, "I came down with a virus on Friday (May 17) and following a visit from doctors, I've been told not to perform tonight."

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Triathlon medalists celebrate at Yokohama ceremony

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Medalists of the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama Elite Women stand on the podium -- (from L to R) Ai Ueda of Japan, Gwen Jorgensen of the United States and Agnieszka Jerzyk of Poland -- to celebrate their silver, gold and bronze honors, respectively, in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, on May 17, 2014.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - Local people carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) through the Nakamise Dori shopping street in Tokyo's Asakusa district on May 17, 2014, the second day of the annual Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival), which has a history of about 700 years and is one of the three-biggest festivals in Japan. Some 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were paraded in the district.

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Paul McCartney postpones Tokyo concert due to ill health

TOKYO, Japan - The area around an entry gate to the National Stadium in Tokyo is crowded with music fans on May 17, 2014, for an evening concert by Paul McCartney that was postponed due to the ex-Beatle's ill health. McCartney said in a Twitter message, "I came down with a virus on Friday (May 17) and following a visit from doctors, I've been told not to perform tonight."

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - A mikoshi (portable shrine) carried by local people is paraded under the Kaminari Gate of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa in central Tokyo on May 17, 2014, during the annual Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival) on May 17, 2014. About 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were carried through the area on the second day of the three-day festival, which has a history of about 700 years and is one of the three-biggest festivals in Japan.

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Sanja Festival in Tokyo's Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - The Nakamise Dori shopping street in Tokyo's Asakusa is packed with local people carrying mikoshi (portable shrines) and visitors during the annual Sanja Matsuri (Sanja Festival) on May 17, 2014. About 100 portable shrines from the district's 44 neighborhoods were carried on the second day of the three-day festival, which has a history of about 700 years and is one of the three-biggest festivals in Japan.

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Popular duo's Aska arrested for stimulant possession

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters and photographers gather in front of a house of singer-songwriter Aska, half of the well-known musical duo Chage and Aska, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on May 17, 2014, after Aska, whose real name is Shigeaki Miyazaki, was arrested by police on suspicion of possessing stimulant drugs.