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Xi Jinping Attends 60th Anniversary Gathering in Lhasa - China

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attends a grand gathering at the Potala Palace square to mark the 60th founding anniversary of Xizang Autonomous Region in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 21, 2025. Around 20,000 local officials and people from all ethnic groups and all walks of life joined in the celebration. Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and head of the central delegation, attended the event and delivered a speech. Cai Qi, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, was also present at the gathering. Both Wang and Cai are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Photo by Yan Yan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taiwan: Rain And Winds Pick Up As Typhoon Krathon Approaches

Rain and winds started to pick up in Taipei on Monday, September 30 as Typhoon Krathon approached Taiwan.

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Designed cookware facilitates residents' daily life in China's Xizang

STORY: Designed cookware facilitates residents' daily life in China's Xizang SHOOTING TIME: March 9, 2024 DATELINE: March 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xizang 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHIDE, National lawmaker; Party chief of Pholrongthang Village, Nagqu 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHIDE, National lawmaker; Party chief of Pholrongthang Village, Nagqu STORYLINE: In China's Xizang, the high elevation, low air pressure and low boiling point of water make conventional cooking a time-consuming and laborious process. In Nagqu, a prefecture-level city in Xizang with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters, water boils at around 85 degrees Celsius. Pressure cookers address this problem, as they increase internal pressure through continuous heating, which raises boiling point of water, and hence, speeds up cooking process. In a meeting of deputies from the delegation of Xizang at the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), an NPC de

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Early voting begins at Turkish points of entry

STORY: Early voting begins at Turkish points of entry DATELINE: April 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul Airport in Türkiye 2. various of ballot boxes set up at Istanbul airport 3. various of Turkish citizens living abroad voting at the ballot boxes set up at Istanbul Airport 4. various of the ballot papers for voting Turkish presidential and parliamentary STORYLINE: Turkish citizens living abroad started to cast their ballots Thursday for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled on May 14 at Türkiye's airports and border gates. Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking a new five-year term against his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is running as the presidential candidate for an alliance of opposition parties. Recent polls suggest it will be a tight race between the two major candidates, who are both campaigning to improve the quality of life for

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China-Laos Railway changes people's life along "road to happiness"

STORY: China-Laos Railway changes people's life along "road to happiness" DATELINE: April 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: KUNMING, China/Vientiane CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO YINGJING, Train conductor of first cross-border passenger train of China-Laos Railway 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN YANNI, Tourist 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MA YONG, Head of Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Lao): VANXAY TAVINYAN, Official of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee STORYLINE: The China-Laos Railway started cross-border passenger services last Thursday, with the first passenger train departing from Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, and heading for the Lao capital Vientiane. The launch of the cross-border passenger services is a move expected to boost regional connectivity, as the China-Laos Railway is a docking project between the Belt and Road Initiative and Laos' strategy to con

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People's Life Party joined by independent

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 26, 2014, at the House of Councillors chamber shows Taro Yamamoto, who joined as the fifth member of the People's Life Party. By his joining, the party has regained a political party status, becoming eligible for next year's state subsidies just ahead of the year-end deadline.

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People's Life Party's Shuhama on lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Shuhama, vice president of the opposition People's Life Party, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on the results of the lower house election on the night of Dec. 14, 2014.

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties campaign across Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, a week before the Dec. 14 lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan; Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party; Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party; Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations; Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party; Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party; Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party; and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning starts for general election

UONUMA, Japan - People's Life Party President Ichiro Ozawa makes a speech in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Campaigning starts for general election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Yuko Mori, acting chief of the People's Life Party, makes a speech in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Leaders of Japan's political parties debate on Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties in Japan participate in a debate in Tokyo broadcast on a video-sharing website on Nov. 29, 2014, ahead of the start of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from L to R) Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, and Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party.

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Ozawa loses to computer software in game of go

TOKYO, Japan - People's Life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa (L) plays a game of go against the "Zen" computer software in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2014. Ozawa, one of the most prominent go players in Japanese political circles, lost to the software.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, China - A police officer stands guard at the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling sentencing him to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, Japan - Police officers stand guard at the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling in which he was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentence upheld

BEIJING, Japan - Photo shows the Higher People's Court of Shandong Province in China on Oct. 25, 2013. The court rejected an appeal the same day by Bo Xilai, a former top member of China's Communist Party, against a lower court ruling in which he was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes, embezzling public funds and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province, eastern China, shows Bo Xilai (C), one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, standing during his trial at the court on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo was sentenced the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong Province, on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo Xilai, one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, was sentenced by the court the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province, eastern China, shows Bo Xilai (C), one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, standing during his trial at the court on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo was sentenced the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Japan upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition People's Life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa holds a press conference in Tokyo on the House of Councillors election on July 21, 2013.

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Upper house election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo series shows leaders of Japanese political parties campaigning on July 20, 2013, the day before the upper house election. They are (top row, from L) Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the New Komeito party; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who leads the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan; (middle row, from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii; Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the People's Life Party; Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe; (bottom row, from L) Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party; Kuniko Tanioka, leader of the Green Wind party; and Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party.

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Upper house election in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Katsumasa Suzuki, secretary general of the People's Life Party, makes a stump speech in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Party leaders' debate

TOKYO, Japan - Political party chiefs join hands before a debate on their policies in Tokyo on July 3, 2013, ahead of the July 21 House of Councillors election. From left are Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima, People's Life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa, New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi, Democratic Party of Japan leader Banri Kaieda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe, Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Green Wind party head Kuniko Tanioka.

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Party leaders' debate

TOKYO, Japan - Political party chiefs join hands before a debate on their policies in Tokyo on July 3, 2013, ahead of the July 21 House of Councillors election. From left are Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima, People's Life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa, New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi, Democratic Party of Japan leader Banri Kaieda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe, Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Green Wind party head Kuniko Tanioka.

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Online debate between party leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the opposition People's Life Party, takes part in a debate, broadcast by the Nico Nico Douga live streaming website, in Tokyo's Roppongi area on the night of June 28, 2013, ahead of the July 21 House of Councillors election.

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Ozawa heads small party

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa (C) and his party colleagues pump their fists during the inaugural convention of the People's Life Party in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Ozawa was selected head of the small opposition party.

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Ozawa heads small party

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013, after he was selected head of the People's Life Party, a small opposition party officially launched the same day.

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Ozawa, Kada hold open dialogue

TOKYO, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R), leader of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, and Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the People's Life First party, shake hands after holding an open dialogue in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2012.

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Ozawa to join hands with Shiga governor

TOKYO, Japan - Influential politician Ichiro Ozawa tells reporters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on the night of Nov. 27, 2012, that the People's Life First party, led by Ozawa, will merge with a new party to be established by Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada. Both parties are against nuclear energy.

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Policy goals of Ozawa's new party announced

TOKYO, Japan - Political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, held to announce the policy goals of the political party, People's Life First, that Ozawa established in July.

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Policy goals of Ozawa's new party announced

TOKYO, Japan - Political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa (L) holds up a logo of his new party People's Life First at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, held to announce the new party's policy goals. To the right is Ryoko Tani, a two-time Olympic judo gold medalist and a member of the House of Councillors.

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CPC successful in improving people's life: Turkish expert

STORY: CPC successful in improving people's life: Turkish expert DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of Istanbulvarious of Chinese villagesSOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): AKKAN SUVER, Head of Marmara Group Strategic and Social ResearchSOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): AKKAN SUVER, Head of Marmara Group Strategic and Social Researchvarious of Chinese people STORYLINE: A Turkish expert on international relations has said the Communist Party of China (CPC) has achieved success in the development of China and the improvement of people's lives. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): AKKAN SUVER, Head of Marmara Group Strategic and Social Research "The growth of the Chinese economy and the development of China, in other words, for China to become the world's second-largest economy, is the result of the steady and productive efforts of the Communist Party of China. China ensured that the poor people evolved into the humble middle-class. That is a huge success. This success is t

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Co-leaders of People's Life Party at press conference

Co-leaders of People's Life Party -- Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Taro Yamamoto -- attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2016, following voting in the upper house election the previous day. The party won one seat in the election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, gives his first stump speech in official campaigning for the House of Councillors election, which started on June 22, 2016, in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district. Yamamoto said it is necessary to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots in society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, gives his first stump speech in official campaigning for the House of Councillors election, which started on June 22, 2016, in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district. Yamamoto said it is necessary to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots in society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition bloc presents united front

People's Life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii take to a street in the northeastern Japan city of Nagaoka on June 8, 2016, ahead of a House of Councillors election, seeking public support for the opposition bloc's joint policy plan to abolish controversial security legislation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 opposition parties set to submit no-confidence motion vs. Abe

The leaders of four Japanese opposition parties -- Ichiro Ozawa (L) of the People's Life Party, Katsuya Okada (2nd from L) of the Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii (2nd from R) of the Japanese Communist Party and Tadatomo Yoshida (R) of the Social Democratic Party -- meet at the Diet building in Tokyo on May 30, 2016. They confirmed plans to submit a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet later in the day because of his economic and security policies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition parties consider no-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet

The leaders of four Japanese opposition parties -- Katsuya Okada (4th from L) of the Democratic Party, Ichiro Ozawa (3rd from L) of the People's Life Party, Kazuo Shii (3rd from R) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Tadatomo Yoshida (2nd from R) of the Social Democratic Party -- hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on May 19, 2016. The parties decided to consider jointly submitting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet by June 1, the end of the current Diet session, due mainly to the failure of the government's economic policies, dubbed "Abenomics." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition parties consider election cooperation

Ichiro Ozawa (L), head of the People's Life Party, and Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japanese Communist Party, talk at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2015, about possible cooperation in the upcoming national election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition lawmaker Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, puts his hands together after voting in support of a censure motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L bottom) in the House of Councillors in Tokyo during a plenary session on Sept. 18, 2015. Yamamoto, dressed in black, acted as if he was at a funeral after holding a placard saying "the day the Liberal Democratic Party died" the previous day to protest the approval of controversial security bills by an upper house panel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition lawmaker Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, puts his hands together before voting in support of a censure motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the House of Councillors in Tokyo during a plenary session on Sept. 18, 2015. Yamamoto, dressed in black, acted as if he was at a funeral after holding a placard saying "the day the Liberal Democratic Party died" the previous day to protest the approval of controversial security bills by an upper house panel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 Japan opposition party chiefs agree to resist security bills

The leaders of five Japanese opposition parties hold talks in Tokyo on July 10, 2015: (from L to R sitting) Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Katsuya Okada of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yorihisa Matsuno of the Japan Innovation Party and Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party. They agreed to oppose a vote on security bills submitted by the government that would expand the overseas role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese opposition lawmaker Tamaki meets press in Washington

Denny Tamaki, secretary general of Japan's opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, speaks to the press in Washington on April 22, 2015. Tamaki has handed Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga's letter, opposing the planned relocation of a U.S. airbase within the island prefecture, to staff of the U.S. Senate armed services committee members during his visit to the U.S. capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People's Life Party joined by independent

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 26, 2014, at the House of Councillors chamber shows Taro Yamamoto, who joined as the fifth member of the People's Life Party. By his joining, the party has regained a political party status, becoming eligible for next year's state subsidies just ahead of the year-end deadline. (Kyodo)

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People's Life Party's Shuhama on lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Shuhama, vice president of the opposition People's Life Party, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on the results of the lower house election on the night of Dec. 14, 2014. (Kyodo)

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties campaign across Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, a week before the Dec. 14 lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan; Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party; Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party; Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations; Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party; Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party; Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party; and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning starts for general election

UONUMA, Japan - People's Life Party President Ichiro Ozawa makes a speech in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election. (Kyodo)

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Leaders of Japan's political parties debate on Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties in Japan participate in a debate in Tokyo broadcast on a video-sharing website on Nov. 29, 2014, ahead of the start of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from L to R) Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, and Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party. (Kyodo)