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China's isolated county sees a decade of transformation

STORY: China's isolated county sees a decade of transformation SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 10-15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the highway and Medog-related footage STORYLINE: This year marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the highway connecting Bome to Medog in China's Xizang Autonomous Region Before the opening of the highway, Medog residents had to rely on mountain trails, ziptreks, and wooden and rattan bridges Supplies, ranging from grain to medicine and textbooks, had to be transported to the county through human labor and by horseback The highway, which opened in 2013, brought many changes to the county Bananas, lemons, and other fruits produced in Medog could find markets far and wide The once-remote mountain county has also evolved into a thriving tourist destination, receiving about 348,000 tourists in first 9 months of this year According to official data, the local GDP increased from 260 million yuan (35.6 m

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Japanese rail car maker in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Workers inspect subway vehicles at a factory of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in New York state on Nov. 15, 2013. Kawasaki Heavy and other Japanese rail car makers are steadily making inroads into the U.S. market.

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Cats on island

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo shows cats on Ao Island in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2013. Cat lovers lately have begun flocking to the island with 15 residents and more than 100 cats in the Seto Inland Sea.

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2014 calendar

MORIOKA, Japan - Hitoshi Oita, a businessman in Morioka, Japan, shows the 2014 Iwate Sanriku Calendar that he planned. It features people in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Iwate Prefecture. Photo was taken Nov. 15, 2013.

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McCartney offers sumo prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows banners, each signifying a 60,000 yen prize, offered by singer Paul McCartney for the winner of the final bout of the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 21, 2013, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka Prefecture. The 71-year-old former Beatle, who was in Japan on a concert tour, sponsored five of the banners, which were also ads for his latest album NEW.

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McCartney offers sumo prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows banners, each signifying a 60,000 yen prize, offered by singer Paul McCartney for the winner of the final bout of the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 21, 2013, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka Prefecture. The 71-year-old former Beatle, who was in Japan on a concert tour, sponsored five of the banners, which were also ads for his latest album NEW.

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Family-oriented restaurant in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Photo taken Nov. 15, 2013, shows a restaurant catering to families in Kabul, that includes a miniature train to entertain children. The restaurant, which opened earlier in the year, is the first of its kind in Afghanistan.

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Life after typhoon in Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 15, 2013, shows the Philippine national flag and signs, surrounded by debris in Tacloban City on Leyte Island in the Philippines, devastated by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

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Family-oriented restaurant in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Photo taken Nov. 15, 2013, shows a restaurant catering to families in Kabul, that includes a miniature train to entertain children. The restaurant, which opened earlier in the year, is the first of its kind in Afghanistan.

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Life after typhoon in Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A boy washes in front of his destroyed house on Nov. 15, 2013, in Tacloban City on Leyte Island in the Philippines, devastated by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

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'Floor Chandelier' eyed at new bullet train gate

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 15, 2013 shows Takeyoshi Mitsui making a glass block to be used for a "Floor Chandelier" at Toyama Glass Studio in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture. Toyama City plans to build the floor chandelier -- 800 glass blocks embedded in the floor that will reflect red and blue lights on the ceiling -- in front of the bullet train ticket gate of JR Toyama Station.

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Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Nov. 15, 2013, shows traffic congestion in central Beijing in fog due to air pollution.

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Arms control meeting

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons holds a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 14, 2013. The meeting through Nov. 15 agreed to convene a meeting of experts in May 2014 to address the issue of so-called "killer robots."

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Hiroshima documentary screened in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - An audience gives a standing ovation after the screening of "Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard" at the All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington on Nov. 15, 2013. The documentary film is about the 2010 return of pictures to Hiroshima drawn by elementary school pupils in the city after the U.S. atomic bombing in appreciation of a donation from the church.

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Precipitation measurement project

WASHINGTON, United States - Masahiro Kojima, project manager of the global precipitation measurement project at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks before the GPM mission's main satellite at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, the United States, on Nov. 15, 2013.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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Trophee Bompard figure skating

PARIS, France - Canada's Patrick Chan performs during the men's short program of the Trophee Bompard, the fifth of six events in the Grand Prix Series in Paris on Nov. 15, 2013. Chan set the world's highest score of 98.52 to take the lead in the short program.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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China to end forced labor, ease 1-child policy

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 13, 2013. On Nov. 15, China's Communist Party released a detailed version of its reform blueprint for the next five to 10 years, under which the country will abolish its controversial system of forced labor camps and ease its long-standing one-child policy. (Pool photo)

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SDF leaves Izu Oshima

OSHIMA, Japan - Residents wave to Self-Defense Forces members boarding a transport airplane at an airport on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013, after they wrapped up a search operation on the island, which was hit by typhoon-triggered mudslides nearly a month ago.

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Japan sets new greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013, on a new greenhouse gas emission reduction target. The Japanese government decided the same day to aim at a 3.8 percent reduction from fiscal 2005 in its greenhouse gas emissions target for fiscal 2020, assuming the country's nuclear power plants remain offline. The new target represents an increase of about 3 percent from the Kyoto Protocol base year of fiscal 1990.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Sisters wash clothing in front of their destroyed house in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines. They said they lost their elder brother in the disaster.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Children smile from a destroyed house in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Boys wash their bodies amid rubble in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A boy transports tanks of water amid rubble in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Members of a disaster relief team from Japan treat an injured person in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A boy carries lumber amid rubble in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A sign reading "HELP" is put up in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy waves at reporters after speaking before them at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post. (Pool photo)

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A woman stands amid rubble in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Nov. 15, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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IOC's Felli in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, shakes hands with Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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IOC's Felli in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli, the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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IOC's Felli in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, and Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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McDonald's president

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Co. (Japan) President Sarah Casanova, wearing the hamburger chain's uniform, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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Fuel removal from No. 4 unit to start Nov. 18

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 15 it plans to start removing spent nuclear fuel from the cooling pool at the No. 4 reactor building Nov. 18. (Pool photo)

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McDonald's president

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Co. (Japan) President Sarah Casanova, wearing the hamburger chain's uniform, points to an updated menu at one of its restaurant in the Harajuku area of Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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S. Korean student wins Japanese speech contest

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kim Nae Yong, a 17-year-old South Korean high school student, after winning the top award in a Japanese-language speech contest in Okayama, western Japan, on Nov. 15, 2013.

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Fuel removal from No. 4 unit to start Nov. 18

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel on the fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 15 it plans to start removing the spent fuel from the pool at the No. 4 reactor building Nov. 18. (Pool photo)

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post.

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks before reporters at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post. (Pool photo)

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks before reporters at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post. (Pool photo)

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Poodle in police dog test

TOTTORI, Japan - Toy poodle Karin jumps over a hurdle at an examination event to select police dogs in the city of Tottori on Nov. 15, 2013. Karin, a three-year-old female, and four-year-old female Fuga, began working as the first toy poodle police dogs in 2012 in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan.

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post.

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy smiles as she arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post.

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy smiles as she arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post.

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New U.S. envoy Kennedy arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy waves as she arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John F. Kennedy is the first woman to assume the post.

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Sony launches PlayStation 4

NEW YORK, United States - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. CEO Andrew House (L) hands the new PlayStation 4 game console to its first customer Joey Chiu (C) during an event in New York on Nov. 15, 2013.

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EV distance world record on single battery charge

OGATA, Japan - Members of a Japanese team, including Kenjiro Shinozuka (2nd from R), who became the first Japanese driver to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, pose in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 15, 2013, after the team set a new world record for distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single battery charge, running 1,300 kilometers on a course in the prefecture in northeastern Japan. The vehicle with which the team set the new world record is seen behind them.

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EV distance world record on single battery charge

OGATA, Japan - Members of a Japanese team, including Kenjiro Shinozuka (2nd from R), who became the first Japanese driver to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, pose in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 15, 2013, after the team set a new world record for distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single battery charge, running 1,300 kilometers on a course in the prefecture in northeastern Japan. The vehicle with which the team set the new world record is seen behind them.