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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 13, 2023 shows the site of Talgar in Kazakhstan. 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. (Photo by Alisher Bayazitov/Xinhua)

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CHINA-AUSTRIA-MUSIC-CULTURE-EXCHANGE (CN)

(231013) -- BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members from the Vienna Boys' Choir perform at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 14, 2014. Austria, the birthplace of music masters such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert and Franz Haydn, has a music tradition attracting Chinese students who aspire to study music. Many Austrian music masters have gained great recognition in China, with their works incorporated into Chinese curriculum of music education institutions. The Belt and Road Initiative, introduced by China in 2013, has received positive responses and continued support from Austria. In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in cultural exchanges between the two countries, with music playing a crucial role in strengthening their mutual bond. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

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Leader of Okinawa independence drive holds banner

TOKYO, Japan - Chosuke Yara (C), a leader of the Kariyushi Club formerly called the Ryukyu Independence Party, and his supporters hold a banner calling for Okinawa's independence from Japan in Naha in the southernmost Japanese prefecture as seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 13, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

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Leaders of drive for Okinawa independence stand by U.S. base

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Matsushima (L) and Shinako Oyakawa, founders of a study group over Okinawa's independence from Japan, stand by the U.S. Kadena Air Base in the southernmost Japanese prefecture in this file photo taken on Oct. 13, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

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Japan donates 13 vehicles to Liberia, Sierra Leone

NARITA, Japan - A departure ceremony is held at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2014, for 13 used vehicles including ambulances and minibuses to be donated by the Japanese government to Liberia and Sierra Leone to fight an Ebola virus outbreak, attended by Liberian Ambassador to Japan Youngor Telewoda (3rd from front R) and other officials.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Combination photo shows Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo before (R) and after having his hair styled in a topknot for the first time in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo looks into a mirror after having his hair styled in a topknot for the first time in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo has his hair styled in a topknot in front of reporters in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Ichinojo wears topknot for 1st time

KOGA, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Ichinojo touches his topknot after having his hair styled in the symbolic form for sumo wrestlers for the first time in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 27, 2014. Ichinojo, who went 13-2 in his September debut in the elite makuuchi division, was officially promoted to the rank of sekiwake the same day, when the Japan Sumo Association announced its rankings for November's Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Royals beat Giants in World Series Game 2

KANSAS CITY, United States - The Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez (13) hits a two-run double in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 22, 2014, with Giants catcher Buster Posey behind the plate. The Royals won 7-2 to even the series at one game each.

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S. African rugby players coach Japanese high schoolers

NARA, Japan - Eight top rugby players from South Africa, ranked second in the world, visit Gosho in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, to coach top Japanese high school rugby teams on Oct. 13, 2014, as the young Japanese players are expected to be among leading players in the 2019 World Cup to be hosted in Japan.

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S. African rugby players coach Japan's high schoolers

NARA, Japan - South African international rugby players coach elite Japanese high school players in Gosho, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 13, 2014, to give the young Japanese firsthand knowledge of the top-notch players' techniques ahead of the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

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Slack real estate business takes toll on China's economy

BEIJING, China - A worker takes a break at a condominium complex construction site in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2014. Sluggish real estate business is viewed as a major culprit behind China's economic slowdown to a relatively low year-on-year growth rate of 7.3% in the July-September quarter.

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Condo complexes being built in Beijing amid low-key GDP data

BEIJING, China - Condominium complexes are under construction in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2014. Sluggish real estate investment sent China's year-on-year economic growth slowing to 7.3% in the July-September quarter.

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Ex-waitress participates in HK protest

HONG KONG, China - A 17-year-old former waitress pictured on Oct. 13, 2014, takes part in the student-led pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, camping out in the Kowloon area. She said that citizens are the ones to choose Hong Kong's top leader.

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Abductee's mother urges review of gov't stance at N. Korea talks

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (2nd from R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who remains missing after being abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 at age 13, speaks in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, at a meeting with a league of parliamentarians pressing for the abductees' safe return. Also pictured are Eriko Yamatani (R), state minister in charge of the abduction issue, and Teruaki Masumoto (2nd from L), secretary general of the Japanese Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea.

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Candidates for U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky hold TV debate

LEXINGTON, United States - Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Grimes (L) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) attend a debate at a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, as the respective Democratic and Republican candidates in the southern state's Senate race on Oct. 13, 2014, amid President Barack Obama's falling approval rates.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A police officer grabs the arm of a man wearing a mask and holding a metal tool, who is against protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014. About 1,000 people who support mainland China and are opposed to pro-democracy protests gathered in Admiralty, where the government headquarters is located, the same day.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Police officers stand guard near Central, the financial district of Hong Kong, on Oct. 13, 2014 after removing a barricade set up in the district by pro-democracy protesters.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A taxi driver who is against pro-democracy protests raises his fist to express his opposition to their continued road occupation in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Police officers stand guard in Central, the financial district of Hong Kong, on Oct. 13, 2014 after removing a barricade set up there by pro-democracy protesters.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters raise their hands in a sign of nonresistance as they face police officers in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A taxi driver who is against pro-democracy protests yells at such protesters in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - People opposed to protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens march in central Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters face off against people opposing their movement in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A man (L side) opposed to protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens tries to remove a barricade set up by such students in central Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A man is subdued by police officers in central Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014, after a scuffle between pro-democracy protesters and those against them.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

OSAKA, Japan - Employees at JR Osaka Station explain to passengers the cancellation of services by West Japan Railway Co. in Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe areas due to the approaching of Typhoon Vongfong on Oct. 13, 2014. The typhoon made landfall on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - People opposed to protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens gather in Admiralty, where the government headquarters is located, in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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Tokyo Fashion Week

TOKYO, Japan - Models wearing outfits of "HANAE MORI designed by Yu Amatsu" walk on a runway in Tokyo's Shibuya district as Tokyo Fashion Week begins Oct. 13, 2014.

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - People opposed to protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens gather in Admiralty, where the government headquarters is located, in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014.

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Tokyo Fashion Week

TOKYO, Japan - Models wearing outfits of "HANAE MORI designed by Yu Amatsu" walk on a runway in Tokyo's Shibuya district as Tokyo Fashion Week begins Oct. 13, 2014.

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Tokyo Fashion Week

TOKYO, Japan - Models wearing outfits of "HANAE MORI designed by Yu Amatsu" walk on a runway in Tokyo's Shibuya district as Tokyo Fashion Week begins Oct. 13, 2014.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

KOCHI, Japan - A woman struggles with an umbrella broken by strong winds in the city of Kochi on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku on Oct. 13, 2014. Typhoon Vongfong made landfall on Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Typhoon Vongfong hits Shikoku

KOCHI, Japan - High waves pound the coast in the city of Kochi on the Japanese western main island of Shikoku on Oct. 13, 2014. Typhoon Vongfong made landfall on Shikoku the same day and is likely to sweep through the Japanese archipelago during the next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Mazda Demio wins Japan car of year award

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp.'s recently restyled Demio compact car is named the Car of the Year for 2014 by the nonprofit Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan on Oct. 13, 2014.

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H5 series for Hokkaido shinkansen arrives at Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Part of the H5 series trainset for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is delivered to Hakodate port in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct 13, 2014. The shinkansen line is scheduled to operate between Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures from spring 2016.

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Japan's naval training squadron arrives at Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships -- Setoyuki (L), Asagiri (R) and Kashima (foreground) -- arrive at the Port of Manila on a training mission on Oct. 13, 2014. The squadron will observe a memorial service on Oct. 17 for the war dead of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea during World War II ahead of its 70th anniversary in late October.

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Actress Igawa's bar used in TV CM opens in Tokyo, Osaka

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Haruka Igawa talks about how to make good highball in Tokyo on Oct.8, 2014, as Suntory Liquors Ltd. opened the virtual bar "Lantern" used in her television commercial for a limited run through Oct. 13 at Tokyo's Roppongi Hills and Osaka's Grand Front Osaka.

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Fiat Chrysler stock begins trading on NYSE

KINGSTON, Canada - The showroom of a Chrysler dealer in Ontario, Canada, is photographed in July 2014. Shares of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 13.

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Torch relay for Asian Games starts in S. Korea's Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong Bok (L) and Kim Young Soo, executive president of the Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, put together torches lit in New Delhi, India, and in Incheon during a ceremony in the South Korean city on Aug. 13, 2014, before the start of the torch relay for the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Asian Games. The Olympic Council of Asia picked New Delhi for the occasion because it hosted the inaugural Asian Games in 1951.

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Xinhua Headlines: China -- Ten perspectives on a remarkable decade

(221013) -- BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 24, 2014 shows the Jinpingshan tunnel, where the Jinping Underground Laboratory is located, in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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4th World Nomad Games concludes in Türkiye

STORY: 4th World Nomad Games concludes in Türkiye DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:39 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony (Ihlas news agency) 2. various of the 4th World Nomad Games 3. hundreds of people who come to watch nomad games (Ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: The 4th World Nomad Games where international teams competed in traditional nomadic sports under the motto "We are One: From Tradition to Future!" concluded in Türkiye on Sunday. According to the state-run Anadolu agency, over 3,000 athletes from more than 100 countries and regions competed in 13 ethnic sports native to Central Asia in the fourth edition of the bi-yearly festival. Initially organized in 2014 by Kyrgyzstan, the event kicked off in the lake-side town of Iznik in the northwestern province of Bursa on Sept. 29. The athletes participated in a series of different types of hunting sports, traditional archery, horse games and races, wrestling, and martial arts. Apa

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Average gasoline price rises to 7-year high in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 13, 2021, shows a gas station in Tokyo. The average price for regular gasoline stood at 162.10 yen ($1.4) per liter in Japan on Oct. 11, hitting its highest level since October 2014 amid a recent global surge in crude oil prices.

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Leaders of drive for Okinawa independence stand by U.S. base

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Matsushima (L) and Shinako Oyakawa, founders of a study group over Okinawa's independence from Japan, stand by the U.S. Kadena Air Base in the southernmost Japanese prefecture in this file photo taken on Oct. 13, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino) (Kyodo)

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Japan donates 13 vehicles to Liberia, Sierra Leone

NARITA, Japan - A departure ceremony is held at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2014, for 13 used vehicles including ambulances and minibuses to be donated by the Japanese government to Liberia and Sierra Leone to fight an Ebola virus outbreak, attended by Liberian Ambassador to Japan Youngor Telewoda (3rd from front R) and other officials. (Kyodo)

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S. African rugby players coach Japanese high schoolers

NARA, Japan - Eight top rugby players from South Africa, ranked second in the world, visit Gosho in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, to coach top Japanese high school rugby teams on Oct. 13, 2014, as the young Japanese players are expected to be among leading players in the 2019 World Cup to be hosted in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Slack real estate business takes toll on China's economy

BEIJING, China - A worker takes a break at a condominium complex construction site in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2014. Sluggish real estate business is viewed as a major culprit behind China's economic slowdown to a relatively low year-on-year growth rate of 7.3% in the July-September quarter. (Kyodo)

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People against pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - People opposed to protests by pro-democracy students and other citizens march in central Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Candidates for U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky hold TV debate

LEXINGTON, United States - Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Grimes (L) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) attend a debate at a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, as the respective Democratic and Republican candidates in the southern state's Senate race on Oct. 13, 2014, amid President Barack Obama's falling approval rates. (Kyodo)