Dutch football enthusiast pursues dream in China's Tianjin

STORY: Dutch football enthusiast pursues dream in China's Tianjin DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of training 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): EELCO VAN KUILENBURG, General Manager of Momentum Sports Information Consulting (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 3. various of training 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): EELCO VAN KUILENBURG, General Manager of Momentum Sports Information Consulting (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 5. various of Tsinghua University 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): EELCO VAN KUILENBURG, General Manager of Momentum Sports Information Consulting (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Member of Tianjin Laowai United 8. various of training STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): EELCO VAN KUILENBURG, General Manager of Momentum Sports Information Consulting (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. "I'm Eelco van Kuilenburg from Holland. I came to China when the 2008 Beijing Olympics were held. I have a passion for football." Eelco van Kuilenburg has a football dream. Since the age

CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-BORDER PATROLMAN-LEGACY (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-BORDER PATROLMAN-LEGACY (CN)

(230913) -- TAXKORGAN, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 7, 2008 shows Bayika Kalidibek taking a rest during patrol in Khunjerab, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, located in China's far west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, usually sees a surge in tourism in September. For many tourists from across the country, the house where the "role model of the times" Laqini Bayika lived is a place they must pay a visit. Bayika Kalidibek, Laqini's 71-year-old father, always tell them about the life of his son. Born in a small village in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Laqini grew up tough on the Pamir Plateau in a harsh environment. With an average elevation of over 4,000 meters, his hometown borders Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Patrolling the border has been a tradition for many locals. Laqini's father and grandfather were both border patrolmen, and he started to carry on the mission in 2004. His job was by no means easy. The bo

Films by young directors shed new light on A-bomb survivors

Films by young directors shed new light on A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuko Thurlow (R) and her fellow atomic-bomb survivors pose at Yokohama port Sept. 7, 2008, before their global voyage. Two documentaries on their voyage as members of a group of 103 such survivors invited by the nongovernmental group Peace Boat are being shown around Japan prior to a U.N. conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in May 2010.

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHAOHU LAKE-CHANGES (CN)

CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHAOHU LAKE-CHANGES (CN)

(220921) -- HEFEI, Sept. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a view of a wetland around the Chaohu Lake on July 9, 2021 (upper, Photo by Ye Yuting/Xinhua) and a view of the Chaohu Lake in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, April 7, 2008 (Photo by He Xibin/Xinhua). As the fifth-largest freshwater lake in China, Chaohu Lake is known as the "kidney" of the Yangtze River. In recent years, Hefei City, where Chaohu Lake is located, has taken a slew of measures to strengthen the protection of wetlands around the lake, including banning fishing, land reclamation and waste dumping in designated protected zones. Changes are happening around this freshwater lake, with more rare and endangered species inhabiting its surrounding wetlands. (Xinhua)

Films by young directors shed new light on A-bomb survivors

Films by young directors shed new light on A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuko Thurlow (R) and her fellow atomic-bomb survivors pose at Yokohama port Sept. 7, 2008, before their global voyage. Two documentaries on their voyage as members of a group of 103 such survivors invited by the nongovernmental group Peace Boat are being shown around Japan prior to a U.N. conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in May 2010. (Kyodo)