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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

SEOSAN, South Korea, May 5 Kyodo - Video taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner. (Kyodo)

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Cannes - Julian Assange's Statement T-Shirt At The Six Billion Dollar Man Photocall

Stella and Julian Assange at The Six Billion Dollar Man photocall during 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20, 2025. On the front of the T-shirt are the names of the 4,986 children under the age of 5 who have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli government's war in the territory, following the attacks of October 7, 2023, and on the back an inscription in large letters: “Stop Israel”. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Julian Assange's Statement T-Shirt At The Six Billion Dollar Man Photocall

Stella and Julian Assange at The Six Billion Dollar Man photocall during 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20, 2025. On the front of the T-shirt are the names of the 4,986 children under the age of 5 who have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli government's war in the territory, following the attacks of October 7, 2023, and on the back an inscription in large letters: “Stop Israel”. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Julian Assange's Statement T-Shirt At The Six Billion Dollar Man Photocall

Stella and Julian Assange at The Six Billion Dollar Man photocall during 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20, 2025. On the front of the T-shirt are the names of the 4,986 children under the age of 5 who have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli government's war in the territory, following the attacks of October 7, 2023, and on the back an inscription in large letters: “Stop Israel”. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Xinhua Headlines: China's foreign trade maintains momentum with fresh shifts

(240726) -- BEIJING, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on May 5, 2023 shows the venue for the First Hunan (Huaihua) RCEP Economic and Trade Expo in Huaihua City, central China's Hunan Province. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yu Chunsheng)

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang (2nd R) gives instructions as workers manage to transport a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 31, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making p

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Jianwei, a fourth-generation inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, wipes a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 31, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting r

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Jianwei, a fourth-generation inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, wipes a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 31, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materia

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang (2nd R) gives instructions as workers manage to transport a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 31, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting raw materials and in making procedures.

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Chinese solar products, technology benefit local hospital in Uganda

STORY: Chinese solar products, technology benefit local hospital in Uganda SHOOTING TIME: May 31, 2024 DATELINE: June 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hospital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EVELYNE NAMUYANJA, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABUBAKARI KALYESUBULA, Medical officer, Ndejje Health Center IV 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ESTHER MPIIRIRWE, Solar energy analyst 5. various of a solar product store STORYLINE: Power outages once plagued Ndejje Health Center IV, a hospital serving 40,000 people, in Uganda's central district of Wakiso. Now, the situation has improved, with solar panels ensuring uninterrupted services, vital for maternal care and vaccine storage. According to Ember, an energy think tank, China's solar exports to Africa surged by 187 percent in the first half of 2023. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EVELYNE NAMUYANJA, Local resident "I came the day before the operation. And all the time throughout the theater, power was on. It was succe

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Former Brazilian football star Kaka visits China's Village Super League

STORY: Former Brazilian football star Kaka visits China's Village Super League SHOOTING TIME: May 27, 2024 DATELINE: May 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: RONGJIANG, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of former Brazilian footballer Kaka visiting the Village Super League in Guizhou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAKA, Former Brazilian footballer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KAKA, Former Brazilian footballer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARCO SEGATTO, Italian student at Guizhou University 5. various of audience watching the game STORYLINE: Former Brazilian footballer Kaka paid a visit on Monday to the Village Super League in Rongjiang County in China's Guizhou Province. In 2023, the Village Super League (VSL), also dubbed "Cun Chao," featuring 20 teams, became a hit in China and the world for its popularity, down-to-earth nature and festive atmosphere. During his visit, Kaka received a warm welcome and gifts such as a batik scarf and a batik jacket, all handmade by local Miao people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Engli

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China-Central Asia cooperation yields mutual benefits

STORY: China-Central Asia cooperation yields mutual benefits SHOOTING TIME: May 22, 2024 DATELINE: May 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Xi'an (file footage) 2. various of China's Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU ZHE, Teacher at Northwestern Polytechnical University 4. various of Sahedov Begench, a businessman from Turkmenistan 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SAHEDOV BEGENCH, Turkmen businessmen 6. various of China-Europe Railway Express (file footage) STORYLINE: One year ago, the first China-Central Asia Summit held in China's Xi'an set a new platform for good neighborliness and win-win cooperation between China and five Central Asian countries. Over the past year, an increasing number of people have been involved in the growing wave of cooperation between China and Central Asia. In October 2023, China's Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) officially opened its campus in Kazakhstan. SOUNDBITE 1 (

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-VILLAGE-ETHNIC YOUTH-ENTREPRENEUR (CN)

(240520) -- NANNING, May 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- He Yuqing and her son learn Miao ethnic songs at a night school in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 5, 2023. In 2007, Wu Xinren, a 28-year-old Miao ethnic youth, ended his ten-year working life in a city and returned, with his 22-year-old wife He Yuqing, to his hometown Wuying Village, a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guizhou Province. Since then, Wu and his wife have attempted to start there a business ranging from farming, transportation to running grocery and home-stay as well as selling local specialties. Their cultural life also flourished as their business gained them a better living condition. Over the years, they have witnessed the development of the village towards rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Palestinian death toll nears 35,000 as Israel ramps up strikes

STORY: Palestinian death toll nears 35,000 as Israel ramps up strikes SHOOTING TIME: May 11, 2024 DATELINE: May 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Rafah after Israeli attacks 2. various of wounded Palestinians being transferred to a local hospital 3. various of the rescue site in Gaza 4. various of Israeli troops preparing to enter Gaza Strip 5. various of forced displacement of Palestinian civilians STORYLINE: The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 34,971 and injuries to 78,641 since the current conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Hamas-run health authorities on Saturday. A statement said, during the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 28 Palestinians and wounded 69 others in the coastal enclave. Israel has ramped up strikes on the Palestinian city of Rafah after the talks on the Israel-Hamas truce held in Egypt's Cairo collapsed on Thursday. Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli a

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BMW Brilliance rolls off 6 millionth vehicle

STORY: BMW Brilliance rolls off 6 millionth vehicle SHOOTING TIME: May 8, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: MARKET/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the roll-off ceremony 2. various of the production line 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI KAI, Vice President, China Academy of Northeast Revitalization STORYLINE: A BMW i5 electric car rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday in northeast China's Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning Province. It marked the 6 millionth car produced by BMW Group's joint venture in China, BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA). This came just 15 months after the joint venture produced its 5 millionth car. In April, the BMW Group announced an additional investment of 20 billion yuan (about 2.8 billion U.S. dollars) in the Shenyang production base. The German carmaker said that the investment will be used for upgrading and innovating BBA's Dadong plant, which was founded in 2003. In 2023, the BMW Group delivered a total of more

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Conference held in Lebanon to address journalist safety amid conflicts

STORY: Conference held in Lebanon to address journalist safety amid conflicts SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:42 LOCATION: ALMA EL SHAAB & AITA EL SHAAB, Lebanon CATEGORY: MILITARY & SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the war area in south Lebanon 2. various of smoke resulting from Israeli shelling on the outskirts of the border town of Alma el Shaab 3. various of pictures of martyr Lebanese and Palestinian journalists 4. various of the conference 5. various of smoke resulting from Israeli shelling on Lebanese border town of Aita el Shaab STORYLINE: The Lebanese Order of Press Editors convened a conference in Lebanon on Thursday to devise strategies to enhance journalists' safety in conflict zones. Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southe

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Toyota logs record net profit in fiscal 2023

STORY: Toyota logs record net profit in fiscal 2023 SHOOTING TIME: May 8, 2024 DATELINE: May 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a press conference held by Toyota Motor Corp. STORYLINE: Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it saw a record net profit of 4.94 trillion yen (31.82 billion U.S. dollars) for the fiscal year of 2023, citing robust demand and the yen's depreciation. The figure doubled from the previous fiscal year, while the operating profit almost doubled from a year earlier to 5.35 trillion yen during the fiscal period from April 2023 to March 2024, the company said in its latest financial results. According to local media reports, Toyota became the first Japanese company to top the 5-trillion-yen mark in operating profit for fiscal 2023. The Japanese automaker reported a record 45.1 trillion yen in sales, up 21.4 percent from a year ago. Citing the popularity of hybrid cars, the company said its group vehicle sales, including those of its subsidia

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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Retail Catering Sales Increased During May Day Holiday

YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 5, 2024 - Tourists dine at a restaurant in Wanda Plaza commercial Street during the May Day holiday in Yichang, Hubei province, China, May 5, 2024. According to the Commerce Big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in the country during the "May Day" holiday in 2024 increased by 6.8% over the same period last year (April 29 to May 3, 2023).

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(SP)XINHUA SPORTS PHOTO OF THE WEEK (CN)

(240506) -- BEIJING, May 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- XINHUA SPORTS PHOTO OF THE WEEK (from April 29 to May 5, 2024) TRANSMITTED on May 6, 2024. Hu Mingxuan (2nd R) of Guangdong Southern Tigers goes for a lay up and falls during the play-off semifinal first leg match between Liaoning Flying Leopards and Guangdong Southern Tigers at the 2023-2024 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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Journey to France: closer ties bolster China-France bond

STORY: Journey to France: closer ties bolster China-France bond SHOOTING TIME: May 4, 2024 DATELINE: May 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: POLITICS/CULTURE/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of France 2. various of China-France cooperation 3. various of France 4. various of China's Yiwu 5. various of France STORYLINE: In 1964, France became the first major Western nation to formalize diplomatic relations with China. It is also the first major Western country to form a comprehensive strategic partnership with China. Bilateral trade between China and France has grown 800-fold in the past 60 years, reaching 78.9 billion U.S. dollars last year. From 2019 to 2023, China's imports and exports with France grew by 5.9 percent annually. China is now France's largest trading partner in Asia, while France ranks as China's third-largest trading partner and the third-largest source of investment in real terms within the European Union. East Chinese city of Yiwu, a world's production hub for small commodi

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Xinhua Headlines: China, France building up momentum for future-oriented cooperation

(240506) -- PARIS, May 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023 shows new products of French company L'Oreal at the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza climbs to 34,683: authorities

STORY: Palestinian death toll in Gaza climbs to 34,683: authorities SHOOTING TIME: May 5, 2024 DATELINE: May 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of wounded Palestinians being transferred to a local hospital 2. various of Rafah after Israeli attacks STORYLINE: The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 34,683, said the Hamas-run health authorities in a press statement on Sunday. It added that the Israeli army killed 29 people and wounded 110 during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 34,683 and injuries to 78,018 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last October. The statement noted that some victims remained under the rubble amid heavy bombardment and a lack of civil defense and ambulance crews. Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, durin

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- TIANJIN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Young people practice dancing during a night class at the Tianjin Youth Palace in north China's Tianjin, April 26, 2024. As night falls, the classrooms of the Tianjin Youth Palace are brightly lit. A group of young people dressed in sportswear are practicing Baduanjin, an ancient Chinese qigong exercise combining movement. Next door, the melodious tunes of ethnic dances can be heard. In the painting classroom, everyone is holding brushes and listening to the teacher's guidance in front of their canvases. Night school, as an educational form, is "breaking" into the view of young people in a brand-new way. For Lyu Xinlei, the youth night school has become an important destination for her after work. "In the past, I would mostly dine out or go shopping with friends after work. Participating in the youth night school not only helps me relax and enrich my life, but also gives me an opportunity to make new friends," Lyu said. At the end of 2023, a branded event

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- TIANJIN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lyu Xinlei (front) practices dancing during a night class at the Tianjin Youth Palace in north China's Tianjin, April 23, 2024. As night falls, the classrooms of the Tianjin Youth Palace are brightly lit. A group of young people dressed in sportswear are practicing Baduanjin, an ancient Chinese qigong exercise combining movement. Next door, the melodious tunes of ethnic dances can be heard. In the painting classroom, everyone is holding brushes and listening to the teacher's guidance in front of their canvases. Night school, as an educational form, is "breaking" into the view of young people in a brand-new way. For Lyu Xinlei, the youth night school has become an important destination for her after work. "In the past, I would mostly dine out or go shopping with friends after work. Participating in the youth night school not only helps me relax and enrich my life, but also gives me an opportunity to make new friends," Lyu said. At the end of 2023, a brande

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- TIANJIN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A teacher instucts a student in playing flag football during a night class at a club in north China's Tianjin, April 25, 2024. As night falls, the classrooms of the Tianjin Youth Palace are brightly lit. A group of young people dressed in sportswear are practicing Baduanjin, an ancient Chinese qigong exercise combining movement. Next door, the melodious tunes of ethnic dances can be heard. In the painting classroom, everyone is holding brushes and listening to the teacher's guidance in front of their canvases. Night school, as an educational form, is "breaking" into the view of young people in a brand-new way. For Lyu Xinlei, the youth night school has become an important destination for her after work. "In the past, I would mostly dine out or go shopping with friends after work. Participating in the youth night school not only helps me relax and enrich my life, but also gives me an opportunity to make new friends," Lyu said. At the end of 2023, a branded

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- TIANJIN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Young people attend an archery night class at a club in north China's Tianjin, April 25, 2024. As night falls, the classrooms of the Tianjin Youth Palace are brightly lit. A group of young people dressed in sportswear are practicing Baduanjin, an ancient Chinese qigong exercise combining movement. Next door, the melodious tunes of ethnic dances can be heard. In the painting classroom, everyone is holding brushes and listening to the teacher's guidance in front of their canvases. Night school, as an educational form, is "breaking" into the view of young people in a brand-new way. For Lyu Xinlei, the youth night school has become an important destination for her after work. "In the past, I would mostly dine out or go shopping with friends after work. Participating in the youth night school not only helps me relax and enrich my life, but also gives me an opportunity to make new friends," Lyu said. At the end of 2023, a branded event of youth night school org

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- TIANJIN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lyu Xinlei (C) attends a painting class at the Tianjin Youth Palace in north China's Tianjin, April 26, 2024. As night falls, the classrooms of the Tianjin Youth Palace are brightly lit. A group of young people dressed in sportswear are practicing Baduanjin, an ancient Chinese qigong exercise combining movement. Next door, the melodious tunes of ethnic dances can be heard. In the painting classroom, everyone is holding brushes and listening to the teacher's guidance in front of their canvases. Night school, as an educational form, is "breaking" into the view of young people in a brand-new way. For Lyu Xinlei, the youth night school has become an important destination for her after work. "In the past, I would mostly dine out or go shopping with friends after work. Participating in the youth night school not only helps me relax and enrich my life, but also gives me an opportunity to make new friends," Lyu said. At the end of 2023, a branded event of youth n

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- TIANJIN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Young people play flag football during a night class at a club in north China's Tianjin, April 25, 2024. As night falls, the classrooms of the Tianjin Youth Palace are brightly lit. A group of young people dressed in sportswear are practicing Baduanjin, an ancient Chinese qigong exercise combining movement. Next door, the melodious tunes of ethnic dances can be heard. In the painting classroom, everyone is holding brushes and listening to the teacher's guidance in front of their canvases. Night school, as an educational form, is "breaking" into the view of young people in a brand-new way. For Lyu Xinlei, the youth night school has become an important destination for her after work. "In the past, I would mostly dine out or go shopping with friends after work. Participating in the youth night school not only helps me relax and enrich my life, but also gives me an opportunity to make new friends," Lyu said. At the end of 2023, a branded event of youth night

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(ChineseToday)New lifestyle gains popularity among young Chinese

(240505) -- TIANJIN, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Young people practice dancing during a night class at the Tianjin Youth Palace in north China's Tianjin, April 23, 2024. As night falls, the classrooms of the Tianjin Youth Palace are brightly lit. A group of young people dressed in sportswear are practicing Baduanjin, an ancient Chinese qigong exercise combining movement. Next door, the melodious tunes of ethnic dances can be heard. In the painting classroom, everyone is holding brushes and listening to the teacher's guidance in front of their canvases. Night school, as an educational form, is "breaking" into the view of young people in a brand-new way. For Lyu Xinlei, the youth night school has become an important destination for her after work. "In the past, I would mostly dine out or go shopping with friends after work. Participating in the youth night school not only helps me relax and enrich my life, but also gives me an opportunity to make new friends," Lyu said. At the end of 2023, a branded event

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Xinhua Headlines: China-EU green energy partnership drives sustainable development across borders

(240505) -- BRUSSELS, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man checks Chinese-made solar-powered equipment installed at his house in Schwarzenbek, Germany, May 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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Xinhua Headlines: China-EU green energy partnership drives sustainable development across borders

(240505) -- BRUSSELS, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A herd of sheep take a rest under solar panels at the Francisco Pizarro photovoltaic power plant in Caceres, Spain, on March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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Xinhua Headlines: China-EU green energy partnership drives sustainable development across borders

(240505) -- BRUSSELS, May 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Sept. 8, 2023 shows wind turbine blades ready for transportation at a port in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Li Bo)