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Bulgarian summer tourist season begins

STORY: Bulgarian summer tourist season begins SHOOTING TIME: May 17, 2024 DATELINE: May 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: NESSEBAR, BULGARIA CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: The summer tourist season in Bulgaria was officially opened at a ceremony on Friday, which was held in the Ancient City of Nessebar on the Black Sea coast. "There is hardly a better place for today's event than the Nessebar coast," Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said at the opening ceremony, which was attended by representatives of Bulgarian institutions and diplomatic corps in the country. "Here coexist the millennial history of our lands with the comfort of modern tourist services, the splendor of our nature with the famous hospitality of the local people," Radev said at the gates of the city, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Radev also said that Bulgaria had its place on the world tourist map as a year-round destination, adding that the state had to make efforts to utiliz

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China, France building up momentum for future-oriented cooperation

STORY: China, France building up momentum for future-oriented cooperation SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: May 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China and France 2. various of cooperation between China and France STORYLINE: This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and France, a milestone event in China-Western relations. Sixty years ago, the two countries broke through Cold War blocs and established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. Since then, the bilateral relations have always stayed abreast of China's relations with Western countries, setting a prime example for countries with different social systems to coexist in peace and pursue win-win cooperation. Over the past 60 years, bilateral trade between China and France has surged dramatically, increasing 800-fold to reach 78.9 billion U.S. dollars last year. From 2019 to 2023, China's imports and exports with France grew by 5.9 p

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Western interpretation of human rights in China's Xinjiang biased: Chilean expert

STORY: Western interpretation of human rights in China's Xinjiang biased: Chilean expert SHOOTING TIME: earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xinjiang 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MARCELA VERA, Economist and scholar of the University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) STORYLINE: Western countries opt to interpret the issues of human rights regarding China's Xinjiang in a biased way to weaken its economic status in the region, said a Chilean expert in a recent interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MARCELA VERA, Economist and scholar of the University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) "I think it is a very important problem that whenever an international opinion is issued regarding the human rights in China, there are related conceptual differences regarding how to interpret cultural phenomena. This is how this region (Xinjiang) has generated a series of policies to let different ethnic groups coexist with each other. Therefore, the way tha

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Exploring first tea culture world heritage in China's Yunnan | Sunny's Spotlight

STORY: Exploring first tea culture world heritage in China's Yunnan | Sunny's Spotlight DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 2. STANDUP 2 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NAN KANG, Local tea farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHOU TIANHONG, Deputy director of the Administration for the Conservation of the Ancient Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent "What comes to mind when you think of tea plantations? Tea bushes neatly pruned in rows with horticultural aesthetics? Not quite the case here at the forests in Jingmai, a mountainous border area of China's Yunnan, where ancient tea trees coexist with primary forests and age-old villages in harmony -- an impressive landscape." STANDUP 2 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent "A piece of good news from the Extended 45th session of the World

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer carries a floating plate used on water plating in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer checks water spinach planted on water in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 11, 2023 shows a farmer taking care of rice, vegetables and flowers planted on water in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farmers put rice seedlings into pots in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farmers put nutritional soil into pots in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer prepares to pick peppers planted on water in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer takes care of rice seedlings planted on water in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-WATER-PLANTING (CN)

(230512) -- CHANGSHA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer picks peppers planted on water in Xiangjiang Village of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2023. Local farmers in Xiangjiang Village have planted rice, vegetables and flowers on water to make them coexist and complement with fish and shrimp. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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Humans and robots will soon coexist in Japan

YACHIYO, Japan - A 1.3-meter-tall humanoid robot ''enon'' is surrounded by customers at Aeon Yachiyo Midorigaoka Shopping Center in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, in December 2005.

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Herdsman rescues little blue sheep in N China's Inner Mongolia

STORY: Herdsman rescues little blue sheep in N China's Inner Mongolia DATELINE: June 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the little blue sheep 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NARANDALAI, Herdsman STORYLINE: A lone little blue sheep, under the second-class state protection in China, recently came to the home of a herdsman and was taken good care of in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The herdsman, named Narandalai, fed it and carefully examined its health. Now, the little blue sheep is in good health. When it is weaned and able to survive on its own, Narandalai will release it back to the wild. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NARANDALAI, Herdsman "In recent years, as there is little human interference and hunting, the number of wild animals has increased. Packs of wild animals, from 20 to 70, can be seen frequently on the grassland. Herders' awareness of wildlife protection has raised, so people and wild animals can coexist in harmony." Xinhua New

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Israel celebrates 74th Independence Day

STORY: Israel celebrates 74th Independence Day DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of decorations of Israeli flag 2. various of flyby 3. various of people watching the flyby 4. various of flyby 5. various of people watching the flyby STORYLINE: Israelis joined a slew of national celebrations to mark the country's 74th Independence Day. This year's Independent Day began on Wednesday evening and will last till Thursday evening. A ceremony was held at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, Israel's national cemetery, on Wednesday evening, during which, Mickey Levy, the country's parliament speaker, delivered a keynote speech and called for national unity. "I believe that we can succeed every day to choose to see the good in each other... to choose togetherness over divisions, to coexist," he said. On Thursday morning, official celebrations started at President Isaac Herzog's official residence in Jerusalem, with the delivery of citations for the

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Whooper swans fly back to Siberia after wintering in China

STORY: Whooper swans fly back to Siberia after wintering in China DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: RONGCHENG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of swans STORYLINE: Migratory swans began to fly back to the Siberia region after wintering in the nature reserve for swans in Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province. Every year from November to March of the following year, these whooper swans fly from Siberia to Rongcheng. In order to protect swans, Rongcheng City has set up two swan managerial stations in the nature reserve. And Rongcheng's swan protection and management model based on community participation has formed an urban ecology in which people and nature harmoniously coexist. Swans are listed as a national second-level protected animal in China and a globally vulnerable species. There are three main migration routes for Siberian swans flying to China, and Rongcheng is considered as one of the favorable destinations for swans. Xinhua News Agency corres

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Nagasaki A-bombing sufferer speaks at U.S. A-bomb exhibition

Yoshitoshi Fukahori, an 86-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks at an opening ceremony for an A-bomb exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington on June 13, 2015. Fukahori, who lost his sister in the bombing, emphasized that nuclear weapons and human beings cannot coexist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean expert concerned about Japan's "militarization"

South Korean Yonsei University professor Moon Chung In says in an interview with Kyodo News in Seoul on Sept. 21, 2015, that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to show remorse as regards Japan's wartime past in his recent statement issued on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II is giving rise to concern in China and his country that Tokyo is heading for what he calls militarization. He said Japan's recent security-related legislation will contribute to wiping out a "hypocritical" situation in which war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan's pacifist Constitution and its powerful military coexist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Bear dogs" helping Japan resort town coexist with nature

Karelian Bear Dog puppies gather around their mother Tama (top) in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on May 16, 2018. Picchio, a nonprofit organization devoted to conserving bears, will raise and train the dogs to chase bears away from areas where people live, in an effort to promote coexistence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Bear dogs" helping Japan resort town coexist with nature

Bear dog handler Jumpei Tanaka holds a Karelian Bear Dog puppy in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on May 16, 2018. Picchio, a nonprofit organization devoted to conserving bears, will raise and train a total of six Karelian Bear Dog puppies born in April to chase bears away from areas where people live, in an effort to promote coexistence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Godzilla statue in Tokyo

A Godzilla statue is unveiled at a shopping mall in Tokyo on March 22, 2018. It carries a plaque (bottom L) inscribed with a quote from the film "Shin Godzilla," which says "The human race must coexist with Godzilla." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo