Chinese volunteers serve food to underprivileged Pakistanis during Ramadan

STORY: Chinese volunteers serve food to underprivileged Pakistanis during Ramadan SHOOTING TIME: March 28, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): MUHAMMAD SALMAN, Pakistani volunteer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG JING, Chinese volunteer STORYLINE: About a dozen volunteers associated with the China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community (CPYEC) and other Chinese charity organizations have been distributing food items and arranging iftar dinners for locals during Ramadan in Pakistan. Muhammad Salman, a Pakistani volunteer with the community, said they have been arranging dinners for about 200 people daily since the first day of Ramadan this year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): MUHAMMAD SALMAN, Pakistani volunteer "Considering the balance of nutrition, in addition to rice, we will also serve naan and other staples. There are also many kinds of fruits, such as bananas, apples, melons, strawberries, and so on. We also se

China's "Jiangnan" treasures on display at U.S. museum exhibition

STORY: China's "Jiangnan" treasures on display at U.S. museum exhibition DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: CLEVELAND, the United States CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping attending the event STORYLINE: Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. "This is the product of nearly a decade of research. It is the outcome of collaboration among the museums on three continents," said William Griswold, director and president of the CMA, at an opening ceremony held on Thursday for "China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta." The exhibition, which runs from Sept. 10, 2023 to Jan. 7, 2024, represents a "once in a lifetime opportunity" for Americans to see some of the "absolutely extraordinary" artworks from China, said Griswold.

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Clarissa von Spee (2nd R, Front), the exhibition's curator and chair of Asian art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, introduces an exhibit to Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (2nd L, Front) and other visitors during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 7, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (C) views an exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 7, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People talk in front of Chinese art exhibits during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2023 shows a bull-shaped bronze lamp dating back to the Han Dynasty during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of a Chinese art exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views a Chinese art exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views Chinese art exhibits during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views a Chinese art exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

Seven & I's private-brand clothing items

Seven & I's private-brand clothing items

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 27, 2012, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, shows clothing items Seven & I Holdings Co. plans to release under its Seven Premium private brand. The major Japanese retailer will sell about 200 items priced between 380 yen and 1,490 yen, including body-warming innerwear, from Aug. 29 under the brand.

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening.

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening. (Kyodo)

Belongings of persecuted Catholics loaned to Nagasaki for exhibition

Belongings of persecuted Catholics loaned to Nagasaki for exhibition

Members of the history committee of St. Mary's Cathedral in Nagasaki, better known in Japan as the Urakami Cathedral, observe a collection of rosaries during a private viewing of an exhibition at the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture in the southwestern Japanese city on Feb. 19, 2015. The rosaries, confiscated during Japan's persecution of Christians about 150 years ago, are among some 200 items on loan to the exhibition from the Tokyo National Museum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsunami aftermath in Ofunato

Tsunami aftermath in Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A man and his daughter look through the rubble of their home for their belongings and items with special significance in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on April 15, 2011. Their home was destroyed by the March 11 tsunami, which swept it about 200 meters from its original location. (Kyodo)