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Turkish-Chinese letter-writing contest concludes in Istanbul

STORY: Turkish-Chinese letter-writing contest concludes in Istanbul DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of "Letters of the Silk Road" contest 2. various of Chinese song performed by the arts association 3. various of people practicing taichi organized by the Turkish Chinese Association 4. various of Zhu Fengye, who came 1st in the competition, reading her letter 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU JIAN, China's acting Consul General STORYLINE: A Turkish-Chinese letter-writing contest concluded Wednesday in Türkiye's largest city Istanbul. Organized by the Turkish-Chinese Cultural Association, the "Letters of the Silk Road" contest invited language students from China and Türkiye to write letters in each other's languages. "We organized the contest in order to raise awareness of the Silk Road and to create lasting friendships between Turkish and Chinese students," said Turkish-Chinese Cultural Association President Irfan Karsli in an online c

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after meeting with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties.

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after arriving in China for talks with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties.

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Japan-China friendship ceremony

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, lift their glasses during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2010, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo-based Japan-China Friendship Association.

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Hashimoto meets Chinese friendship group

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (front at L side), leading a group of prominent Japanese involved in Sino-Japanese relations, holds talks with Song Jian, head of the Chinese organization promoting China-Japan relations, and other Chinese at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31.

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Hashimoto meets Chinese friendship group

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L), who is leading a group of prominent Japanese involved in Sino-Japanese relations, poses for photos with Song Jian, head of the Chinese organization promoting China-Japan relations, ahead of their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31.

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Kyocera's Inamori honored by China

OSAKA, Japan - Kyocera Corp. said April 6 its honorary chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) was honored by China for his contribution to the development of Japan-China ties. Photo shows Inamori receiving an award from Song Jian (R), chairman of the China-Japan friendship association, in Beijing on April 5.

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Koizumi praises China's effort to realize 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Song Jian (L), head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for a photograph prior to their talks in Tokyo on Sept. 4. Koiuzumi thanked Song for Beijing's effort to realize the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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Friendship association head meets Mori in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) shakes hands with Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 28. Song visited Japan to attend a reception the following day marking 50 years since the establishment of its Japanese counterpart.

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Concert held in New Zealand featuring Chinese cultural elements

STORY: Concert held in New Zealand featuring Chinese cultural elements DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: Auckland CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the touring concert "East Meets West" in Auckland 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRISTINA ELLISON, New Zealand soprano 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LEONARD WEISS, Conductor 4. various of the audience STORYLINE: A concert held at Auckland Town Hall on Thursday night impressed the New Zealand audience with classic Chinese musical works. The "East meets West" orchestral concert featured the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and its Assistant Conductor-In-Residence Leonard Weiss, New Zealand soprano Christina Ellison and Chinese tenor Jiang Bo from the New Zealand Opera, and Chinese pianist Liu Jian. Several traditional Chinese musical works were presented, including The Torch Festival in the fourth movement of the orchestral suite Poems of Yunnan by Chinese composer Wang Xilin and the folk song-themed orchestral suite Chinese Sights and Sou

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GLOBALink | Volunteers consolidate grassroots anti-epidemic forces in NE China

STORY: Volunteers consolidate grassroots anti-epidemic efforts in NE China DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of volunteers working 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SONG JIAN, Volunteer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG JINGWEN, Volunteer and head of a primary school, Shenyang 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIANG QUANFENG, Official of Taoxian community, Shenyang STORYLINE: To curb the latest COVID-19 rebound, massive nucleic acid testing campaigns have been launched in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. In the fight against pandemic, many local residents have volunteered to help with prevention and control measures. Some of them engage in scanning health codes and entering information in multiple rounds of testing. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SONG JIAN, Volunteer "I'm still young and physically capable of doing it. I often do exercises. Long-time volunteer work is not a problem for me." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG JINGWEN, Volu

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Hashimoto meets Chinese friendship group

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (front at L side), leading a group of prominent Japanese involved in Sino-Japanese relations, holds talks with Song Jian, head of the Chinese organization promoting China-Japan relations, and other Chinese at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31. (Kyodo)

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Hashimoto meets Chinese friendship group

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (L), who is leading a group of prominent Japanese involved in Sino-Japanese relations, poses for photos with Song Jian, head of the Chinese organization promoting China-Japan relations, ahead of their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 31. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after meeting with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after arriving in China for talks with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China friendship ceremony

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (R) and Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, lift their glasses during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2010, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo-based Japan-China Friendship Association. (Kyodo)

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Kyocera's Inamori honored by China

OSAKA, Japan - Kyocera Corp. said April 6 its honorary chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) was honored by China for his contribution to the development of Japan-China ties. Photo shows Inamori receiving an award from Song Jian (R), chairman of the China-Japan friendship association, in Beijing on April 5. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi praises China's effort to realize 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Song Jian (L), head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for a photograph prior to their talks in Tokyo on Sept. 4. Koiuzumi thanked Song for Beijing's effort to realize the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo)

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Friendship association head meets Mori in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) shakes hands with Song Jian, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 28. Song visited Japan to attend a reception the following day marking 50 years since the establishment of its Japanese counterpart.