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US: Three Arrested as Clashes Erupt Outside TPUSA Event at UC Berkeley

At UC Berkeley, at least three people were arrested during clashes outside the Turning Point USA event at Zellerbach Hall on Monday, November 10. Tensions escalated when protesters surrounded an attendee at a TPUSA table, leading to verbal altercations and a physical fight.

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Residents Protest Against Trump - Washington

Staff Sergeant Sydenstricker comforts his family after breaking ranks to protect his wife from a verbal altercation with a Washington D.C. resident protesting Pres. Donald Trump's use of federal agents and the National Guard to perform basic policing actions throughout the city, Aug. 30, 2025. Photo by Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hindu Community Protests Against Violence - Dhaka

A Bangladeshi Hindu protestor verbal altercation with members of the Bangladesh Army as Bangladeshi Hindus are blocking Shahbag area to protest against the persecution of the Hindu community in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 10, 2024. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Türkiye ready to act as guarantor in resolving Gaza conflict: Erdogan

STORY: Türkiye ready to act as guarantor in resolving Gaza conflict: Erdogan SHOOTING TIME: March 5, 2024 DATELINE: March 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the bilateral meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President STORYLINE: Türkiye is ready to assume its responsibilities within the framework of the guarantor mechanism as part of its efforts to end the Israel-Hamas conflict, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. "It is obvious that a just peace with guarantees is needed instead of just verbal peace efforts," Erdogan said at a joint press conference attended by visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Turkish capital Ankara. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President "It is obvious that a just peace with guarantees is nee

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The First Responsive Drop-off Bus in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 26, 2023 - Passengers ride the first responsive drop-off bus in Chongqing, China, May 26, 2023. "Responsive" signs are posted on every bus in this line, and there are conspicuous prompt slogans such as "If you need to get off, please ring the bell in advance or give a verbal notification" on the station map, handrail and disembark.

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The First Responsive Drop-off Bus in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 26, 2023 - Passengers ride the first responsive drop-off bus in Chongqing, China, May 26, 2023. "Responsive" signs are posted on every bus in this line, and there are conspicuous prompt slogans such as "If you need to get off, please ring the bell in advance or give a verbal notification" on the station map, handrail and disembark.

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The First Responsive Drop-off Bus in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 26, 2023 - Passengers ride the first responsive drop-off bus in Chongqing, China, May 26, 2023. "Responsive" signs are posted on every bus in this line, and there are conspicuous prompt slogans such as "If you need to get off, please ring the bell in advance or give a verbal notification" on the station map, handrail and disembark.

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The First Responsive Drop-off Bus in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 26, 2023 - Passengers ride the first responsive drop-off bus in Chongqing, China, May 26, 2023. "Responsive" signs are posted on every bus in this line, and there are conspicuous prompt slogans such as "If you need to get off, please ring the bell in advance or give a verbal notification" on the station map, handrail and disembark.

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The First Responsive Drop-off Bus in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 26, 2023 - Passengers ride the first responsive drop-off bus in Chongqing, China, May 26, 2023. "Responsive" signs are posted on every bus in this line, and there are conspicuous prompt slogans such as "If you need to get off, please ring the bell in advance or give a verbal notification" on the station map, handrail and disembark.

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Judo federation to form independent committee

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Saito, who is in charge of team development for the All Japan Judo Federation, apologizes for an abuse scandal, during a Japanese Olympic Committee emergency meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013 of national sporting bodies' coaches responsible for team development. The AJJF announced the same day formation of a third-party advisory committee to handle crises management in the wake of a scandal in which 15 top female judo wrestlers accused their former coach of physical and verbal abuse.

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Consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2012. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura gave Yamaoka a verbal warning the same day over remarks he made on the possible collapse of the euro and the bursting of the Chinese economic ''bubble.''

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Toyota unveils tour-guide robot at exhibition hall

NAGOYA, Japan - A robot, developed by Toyota Motor Corp., begins escorting visitors around the various displays at Toyota Kaikan Exhibition Hall in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 27. The new tour-guide robot, called TPR-Robina, is equipped with autonomous movement capabilities for avoiding obstacles and with jointed fingers, allowing it to sign autographs using the Roman alphabet. The 120-centimeter-tall Robina is also able to interact with visitors through a combination of verbal communication and gestures.

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Panasonic develops verbally controllable 4K TV

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. announces in Osaka on Sept. 25, 2014, the launch of a new 4k ultra high-definition LCD TV set which a user can control by verbal commands such as "switch on."

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Open-top double-decker officially launched in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Bus Co.'s open-top double-decker "OSAKA SKY VISTA," officially launched on July 10, 2014, is equipped with an automatic verbal guide system in English, Chinese and Korean.

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Open-top double-decker bus to debut in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, is seen ahead from the open top of Kintetsu Bus Co.'s double-decker in Osaka, western Japan, on July 2, 2014. The sightseeing bus, equipped with an automated verbal guide system in English, Chinese and Korean, starts running from July 10.

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Judo scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Former world judo champion Kaori Yamaguchi, chairman of a special committee on women's sports of the Japanese Olympic Committee, answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2013, after its meeting on the issue of top female judoka having been subjected to alleged physical and verbal abuse by coaching staff. The special committee, which received the athletes' complaint in December, reported on some of the details in the document.

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Japan judo athletes leave for Paris

NARITA, Japan - Akari Ogata (far L), member of London Olympics, and other judo athletes are pictured at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, before departing for the Paris Grand Slam. Their departures came amid revelations that top female judoka had been subjected to physical and verbal abuse by coaching staff. Masaru Tanabe, who has temporarily replaced then head coach Ryuji Sonoda, is seen 4th from left front.

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Japan judo athletes leave for Paris

NARITA, Japan - Hitoshi Saito (R), in charge of team development at the All Japan Judo Federation, is pictured at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, before departing for the Paris Grand Slam, with nine women athletes. Their departures came amid revelations that top female judoka had been subjected to physical and verbal abuse by coaching staff. Japan men's head coach Kosei Inoue (behind Saito) is about to leave for Europe on the same flight.

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Japan, China in verbal war at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Li Baodong (L), Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, 2012, as part of a verbal war between top officials from Japan and China. After Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Kazuo Kodama, the Japanese deputy ambassador to the United Nations, exchanged words over the sovereignty of a cluster of islands in the East China Sea, Li said in his subsequent rebuttal, "The recent so-called island purchase by the Japanese government is nothing different from money laundering."

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Japan, China in verbal war at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Combination photo shows Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) and Kazuo Kodama, the Japanese deputy ambassador to the United Nations, addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. Yang accused Japan of stealing a cluster of islands in the East China Sea and "grossly" violating Chinese sovereignty in the process, while the Japanese envoy said in a rebuttal session following Yang's speech that the Senkaku Islands are "clearly an inherent territory of Japan based on historical facts and international law."

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Anti-N. Korea rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A member of a South Korean conservative body slaps a mask of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-Pyongyang rally in Seoul on April 24, 2012, amid intensifying verbal threats of an attack on South Korea by North Korea.

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Anti-N. Korea rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative body burn an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-Pyongyang rally in Seoul on April 24, 2012, amid intensifying verbal threats of an attack on South Korea by North Korea.

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Police officers patrolling in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Police officers patrol near a newspaper company (shown in the background) in central Seoul on April 23, 2012, amid intensifying verbal threats of an attack on South Korea by North Korea.

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat.

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka raises his hand to speak during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat.

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Yellow card for golf

NANJO, Japan - Yoko Ema, Japan LPGA Tour official in charge of rules and scoring, holds a soccer-like yellow card during a press conference in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 1, 2012. The tour has decided to use the cards for slow play to avoid confusion caused by verbal warnings.

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Former reconstruction minister Matsumoto hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Japanese reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto, who Democratic Party of Japan sources said July 12, 2011, has been hospitalized in Fukuoka Prefecture. Matsumoto resigned a week after assuming the newly created post over his verbal gaffes, which angered victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (L) announces his resignation during a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after coming under fire for a verbal gaffe. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament.

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Japan justice minister resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida (L) announces his resignation during a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010, after coming under fire for a verbal gaffe. Yanagida said Prime Minister Naoto Kan told him to step down so the government could deflect criticism by the opposition camp and enlist its help in a bid to have an extra budget clear the parliament.

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Ex-transport minister Nakayama not to run in next election

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nariaki Nakayama of the Liberal Democratic Party speaks at a news conference about his intention not to run in the next House of Representatives election at a news conference in Miyazaki on Oct. 4. Nakayama resigned as transport minister on Sept. 28 following a series of comments generally regarded as verbal gaffes.

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Nakayama resigns as transport minister following gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Nariaki Nakayama speaks about his resignation at a news conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Nakayama stepped down just days after assuming the post on Sept. 24, following a series of verbal gaffes.

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Nakayama resigns as transport minister following gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Nariaki Nakayama speaks about his resignation at a news conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 28. Nakayama stepped down just days after assuming the post on Sept. 24, following a series of verbal gaffes.

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Nakayama calls schoolteachers' union 'cancer'

TOKYO, Japan - New Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Nariaki Nakayama speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 27 after returning from Miyazaki. Nakayama said he will ''decide on his own whether to resign.'' Nakayama is embroiled in fallout from a series of comments seen as verbal gaffes he has made since his appointment on Sept. 24.

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Nakayama resigns as transport minister following gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Nariaki Nakayama (C) leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 28 after submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Taro Aso. Nakayama stepped down just days after assuming the post on Sept. 24, following a series of verbal gaffes.

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Nakayama says schoolteachers' union should be disbanded

MIYAZAKI, Japan - New transport minister Nariaki Nakayama, embroiled in fallout from a series of verbal gaffes he made since his appointment this week, renews an attack on a teachers' union at a meeting in Miyazaki organized by the prefectural chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 27 by saying that it should be disbanded.

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Woman in wheelchair sues Osaka over refusal to let her on buses

OSAKA, Japan - Fatihi Manami Amina, a wheelchair-bound woman, meets the press in Osaka on Feb. 2 after suing the Osaka city government for 2 million yen in compensation. She said she had been prevented from getting on city-operated buses and hurt by verbal abuse from bus drivers. The woman is a Japanese national who has converted to Islam and uses an Islamic name.

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Embattled Mori survives no-confidence motion

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L), who is under mounting pressure to resign over a string of verbal blunders and scandals, survived a no-confidence motion against his cabinet March 5 by a majority vote of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its allies. During the House of Representatives plenary session, Yukio Hatoyama (foreground), leader of the Democratic party of Japan, explained why the motion was tabled by his party, the Liberal Party, the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan sings a Hezhe song at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Town of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My dream i

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan displays a fish-skin handicraft to children in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 7, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My drea

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan spends time with local children at a flower field in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Town of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My dr

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (1st R) performs a dance with other performers at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture,

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan, dressed in folk costume, poses for photos in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My dream

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (1st L) performs a Hezhe dance at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Town of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (2nd R) rehearses a dance with other performers in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (1st L) performs a Hezhe dance in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Town of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My dream is to contribut

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (R) performs a Hezhe dance at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Town of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (2nd L) spends time with local children at a flower field in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Town of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (2nd R) rehearses a dance with other performers in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (1st R) performs a dance with other performers at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture,

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HEZHE ETHNIC GROUP (CN)

(220915) -- HARBIN, Sept. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shang Meihan (L) learns to make a traditional fish-skin handicraft from an experienced artisan in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Town of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 7, 2022. The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Town, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village. Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans. "We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the cul