Stone settlement 4,000 years ago reveals early architectural history of China

STORY: Stone settlement 4,000 years ago reveals early architectural history of China DATELINE: March 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: LYULIANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial view of the Bicun Site STORYLINE: A stone city settlement over 4,000 years ago in north China's Shanxi Province has shown the early architectural history of China. Archaeologists have released some new discoveries at the Bicun Site. The site is a huge stone city settlement of the Longshan Period around 4,000 years ago. Covering an area of 750,000 square meters, the site has double city walls and a city defense system. It's located in the north of Bicun Village, where the Yellow River and its tributary Weifen River meet. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lyuliang, China. (XHTV)

China's manned space program: Year in Review #China2022

STORY: China's manned space program: Year in Review #China2022 DATELINE: Dec. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of spaceships and China's space station 2. STANDUP 1 (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of Chinese astronauts 4. various of extravehicular activities 5. STANDUP 2 (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent 6. various of the return of the Shenzhou-13 crew 7. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG WEIFEN, Chief designer of the astronaut system in China's manned space program 8. various of Wentian lab module docking with the combination of the Tianhe core module 9. various of Tianzhou-5 docking with the Tiangong space station 10. various of the in-orbit rotation between Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 crew members 11. STANDUP 3 (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent 12. various of the "Tiangong Class" series 13. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDI KUMSA, Student in Ethiopia 14. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARON NICHOLAS, Student in the Philippines 15.

China launches crewed mission to complete space station construction

STORY: China launches crewed mission to complete space station construction DATELINE: June 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:02 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of astronauts 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DENG XIAOJUN, Code zero commander, Shenzhou-14 crewed space mission 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN DONG, Shenzhou-14 crew member 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU YANG, Shenzhou-14 crew member 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CAI XUZHE, Shenzhou-14 crew member 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): HUANG WEIFEN, Chief designer, China manned space program's astronaut system 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): LIN XIQIANG, Deputy director, China Manned Space Agency STORYLINE: China on Sunday launched the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14, sending three astronauts to its space station combination for a six-month mission. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DENG XIAOJUN, Code zero commander, Shenzhou-14 crewed space mission "When the 30-minute countdown began, all commands would come from code zero. During the last five minutes prior

Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship: Mission complete

STORY: Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship: Mission complete DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:33 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY STORYLINE: 52 years ago, this landing site in Inner Mongolia was where China's first manmade satellite Dongfanghong-1 was launched. In April 2022, when China's Shenzhou-13 astronauts return from their space station mission, the Dongfeng site was also where the crew members landed. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG WEIFEN, Chief designer of the astronaut system in China's manned space program "The Shenzhou-13 mission marks that China has completed the verification of key technologies of its space station. Later on, after assessment of the mission, we will move to in-orbit construction of the space station." Oct. 15, 2021 See-off ceremony The Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship has three crew members -- Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG YAPING, Chinese astronaut "I'm proud of my great motherland. We are aiming for the stars!" Oct. 16, 2021