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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-advanced zero-carbon building" tiered battery energy storage system stores the excess electricity generated by photovoltaic glass curtain walls and uses it during peak power supply and consumption periods in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji celebrates 3rd birthday at U.S. zoo

STORY: Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji celebrates 3rd birthday at U.S. zoo DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the panda cub 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAMIE QUICK, Visitor from Virginia Beach 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRANDIE SMITH, Director of Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute 4. various of the panda cub STORYLINE: Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji celebrated his third birthday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Animal care staff presented Xiao Qi Ji with a special panda-friendly fruitsicle cake made by the zoo's nutritionists in the morning. Keepers crafted the multi-tiered cake and "3" topper using frozen diluted apple and pineapple juices and decorated the tiers with apples, sweet potatoes, carrots and bamboo sprigs. Many visitors came to the giant panda habitat early in the morning for Xiao Qi Ji's birthday celebration and sang the birthday song together as the male cub ate the cak

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Giant panda Mei Xiang's 25th birthday celebrated at U.S. zoo

STORY: Giant panda Mei Xiang's 25th birthday celebrated at U.S. zoo DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: Giant panda Mei Xiang's 25th birthday was celebrated at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. In the morning, animal care staff presented Mei Xiang, a female, with a special panda-friendly fruitsicle cake made by the zoo's nutritionists. Commissary keepers crafted the multi-tiered cake and "25" topper using frozen diluted apple juice. Mashed sweet potatoes, mashed carrots, apple slices and bamboo added a decorative flair to the festive treat. "Happy 25th birthday, Mei Xiang," the zoo tweeted. "Join us in wishing her a happy birthday!" Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

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Lanterns lit up in Malaysia's Thean Hou Temple to celebrate Chinese New Year

STORY: Lanterns lit up in Malaysia's Thean Hou Temple to celebrate Chinese New Year DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:03 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Thean Hou Temple 2 various of the lanterns 3 various of the Auspicious Rabbit Theme Park STORYLINE: Some 6,000 red lanterns are lit up in Malaysia's iconic Thean Hou Temple to usher in the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. The stunning glow of the lanterns glitters up against the grand architecture that boasts traditional Chinese style. The 6-tiered temple is a key venue for the Chinese Malaysians to embrace Chinese culture. This year marks the Year of the Rabbit on the Chinese lunar calendar. Thean Hou Temple has also built an Auspicious Rabbit Theme Park. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kuala Lumpur. (XHTV)

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GLOBALink | Tiered treatment better serves COVID-19 patients in China's Hunan

In Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, a tiered diagnosis and treatment system is helping local residents get timely treatment and fast-track referral to upper-level hospitals. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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Tiered treatment better serves COVID-19 patients in China's Hunan

STORY: Tiered treatment better serves COVID-19 patients in China's Hunan DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:40 LOCATION: XIANGTAN, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a community healthcare center 2. various of the First People's Hospital of Xiangtan City 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TANG YUFENG, Doctor 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TANG YUFENG, Doctor 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Medical worker STORYLINE: China's health authorities have coordinated medical resources and rolled out targeted response measures to prevent severe illnesses and treat COVID-19 patients in critical conditions. In Xiangtan City, central China's Hunan Province, a tiered diagnosis and treatment system is helping local residents get timely treatment and fast-track referral to upper-level hospitals. 72-year-old Liu Huaying suffered from recurring fever, vomiting and shortness of breath. She first came to a nearby community healthcare center to seek help. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TANG YUFENG, Doctor "Symptoms like shortness of breat

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'Hina' doll festival in Tokushima, Japan

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Children from a nursery carry a miniature "mikoshi" portable shrine in front of a tiered platform of some 30,000 dolls on display ahead of a "hina" doll festival in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 23, 2014. The event, a precursor to the March 3 Girls' Day festival, will run through April 6.

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20,000 dolls displayed at Big Doll Festival in Katsuura

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Some 20,000 ''hina'' dolls are displayed on a 5.5-meter-high pyramid-style tiered platform at Big Doll Festival in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 20. The festival will run until April 3.

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Biden arrives in Israel, starting Middle East trip

STORY: Biden arrives in Israel, starting Middle East trip DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:54 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent 2. plane carrying U.S. President Joe Biden on the air 3. U.S. President Biden's welcome ceremony at the airport (From Xinhua and Government Press Office) 4. U.S. President Biden inspects Israeli multi-tiered air defense equipment (From Government Press Office) 5. U.S. President Biden visits Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem (From Government Press Office) STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent "Joe Biden's visit to Israel, the first stop of his very first Middle East trip started on Wednesday. He will touch upon key regional issues, including the Iran nuclear deal, the Palestinian issue, and the relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel." U.S. President Joe Biden landed in Israel on Wednesday afternoon, opening his first visit to the Middle East as president, du

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New Kimono style in summer

New way to wear yukata Ayame. Yukata is a traditional Japanese costume that was born in the Heian period (794-1192) and is also a type of kimono. Unlike a full-dress kimono, it is attractive that you can wear it freely. The number of places to wear it has expanded, and the number of people who wear it from festivals and fireworks venues to the live venues of V-kei bands has increased, which is increasing the demand for these special yukatas. August 5, 2011 , Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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New Kimono style in summer

New way to wear yukata Ayame. Yukata is a traditional Japanese costume that was born in the Heian period (794-1192) and is also a type of kimono. Unlike a full-dress kimono, it is attractive that you can wear it freely. The number of places to wear it has expanded, and the number of people who wear it from festivals and fireworks venues to the live venues of V-kei bands has increased, which is increasing the demand for these special yukatas. August 5, 2011 , Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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New Kimono style in summer

New way to wear yukata Ayame. Yukata is a traditional Japanese costume that was born in the Heian period (794-1192) and is also a type of kimono. Unlike a full-dress kimono, it is attractive that you can wear it freely. The number of places to wear it has expanded, and the number of people who wear it from festivals and fireworks venues to the live venues of V-kei bands has increased, which is increasing the demand for these special yukatas. August 5, 2011 , Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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New Kimono style in summer

New way to wear yukata Ayame. Yukata is a traditional Japanese costume that was born in the Heian period (794-1192) and is also a type of kimono. Unlike a full-dress kimono, it is attractive that you can wear it freely. The number of places to wear it has expanded, and the number of people who wear it from festivals and fireworks venues to the live venues of V-kei bands has increased, which is increasing the demand for these special yukatas. August 5, 2011 , Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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New Kimono style in summer

New way to wear yukata Ayame. Yukata is a traditional Japanese costume that was born in the Heian period (794-1192) and is also a type of kimono. Unlike a full-dress kimono, it is attractive that you can wear it freely. The number of places to wear it has expanded, and the number of people who wear it from festivals and fireworks venues to the live venues of V-kei bands has increased, which is increasing the demand for these special yukatas. August 5, 2011 , Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Steampunk Fashion

Steampunk event "STEAM GARDEN" visitor J'zk (Chazuke). Steampunk is a science-fiction 19th-century worldview in creation. Since then, it has been popular as fashion since around 2006, ,mainly in Europe and the United States. In Japan, steampunk fashion is still an undeveloped. It will expand steadily in the future in connection with Gothic & Lolita and Kawaii culture. September 29, 2012, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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20,000 dolls displayed at Big Doll Festival in Katsuura

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Some 20,000 ''hina'' dolls are displayed on a 5.5-meter-high pyramid-style tiered platform at Big Doll Festival in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 20. The festival will run until April 3. (Kyodo)

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Lunch uses foodstuffs from disaster-hit northeast Japan town

A restaurant in Tokyo shows on Feb. 27, 2015, a lunch set in a three-tiered wooden box using foodstuffs from Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, and other places in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. The Watasu Cafe restaurant is housed in a building formally opened by Mitsui Fudosan Co. on March 3 to contribute to the reconstruction of Tohoku devastated by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China battling air pollution

Armed police officers wear masks while standing guard at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Dec. 21, 2016, after a red alert for air pollution, the highest level in China's four-tiered warning system, was issued in the capital for the first time in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A three-story pagoda

This photograph is identical to that in the Ishiguro Collection, which was compiled in 1875. A large roof is visible to the far left of the three-tiered pagoda. It appears to be a temple structure. Since no hills are visible, the surrounding area must be flat. However, the exact location is unknown. Taken in 1868.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐4‐0]

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Five-tiered pagoda at Toji Temple

The five-story pagoda of Nin'naji Temple is seen from the west. Tall pine and cherry trees reach into the sky. The road in the foreground connects Niohmon Gate and Kondo Hall. The pagoda was built in 1637 by the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Each side is approximately 5.5m wide. The pagoda is 33m tall and is painted red.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐14‐0]

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Three-tiered pagoda at Kiyomizudera Temple

Three-tiered pagoda at Kiyomizudera Temple==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Sakashitamon gate of the imperial palace and threefold turret in southeast of main building

The Sakashita Gate of Edo Castle can be seen to the left over the moat, and to the right is the three-tiered Tatsumi turret in the castle tower. The moat with many gates and the turret were lost in an explosion of gunpowder storage in 1870, one year after this photo was taken.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐23‐0]

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The Kaizando of Kofukuji Temple and Kojiya-machi

Tera-machi is viewed from the street of Koji-machi. The tiered building in the center is the Kannon-do at Kofukuji Temple, built beside the former founder's hall in 1825. Felix Beato took a photograph from the same angle 1864, but this photograph was taken in the mid-Meiji Period with many rickshaws visible.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐23‐0]