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Apple opens largest retail store on Chinese mainland in Shanghai

STORY: Apple opens largest retail store on Chinese mainland in Shanghai SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the store 2. various of Apple CEO Tim Cook 3. various of customers STORYLINE: Smartphone maker Apple on Thursday inaugurated its largest retail store on the Chinese mainland in Shanghai, with Apple CEO Tim Cook opening the doors of the new store and welcoming Chinese consumers. The eighth Apple store in Shanghai is located in Jing'ansi Square in a central business district of the metropolis. It is the company's second-largest retail store globally. The flagship store boasts more than 150 employees who can communicate with customers in English, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish and Malay, in addition to the Chinese language in 25 varieties of Chinese dialects, according to Apple. Diana Chou, market director for East China, Apple Retail, said that Apple values Chinese consumers, and Appl

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Unique culture attracts tourists to villages in SW China

STORY: Unique culture attracts tourists to villages in SW China SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20-22, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:28 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of villages 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XUE XUCHU, Tourist 3. various of tourists 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TEO KOK SEONG, Tourist STORYLINE: In Anshun City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, ancient stone buildings and unique local traditions have made a cluster of villages popular tourist destinations for many. The stone-structured Tunpu residential buildings were built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when some troops were sent to Anshun, where they built villages and turned the neighborhood into farmland for growing crops. Tunpu culture, which is unique to Anshun, features distinctive costumes, dialects, architecture, religion, arts and lifestyles. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XUE XUCHU, Tourist "Tunpu culture is a kind of culture that tourists are interested in. It's a place that I always take my friends

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BREAKFAST-SPECIALTY (CN)

(230712) -- TIANJIN, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman makes fried cakes at her stall in the Northwest Corner of Tianjin, north China, July 10, 2023. The Northwest Corner is named due to its location in the northwest corner of the old city of Tianjin. In the morning, many tourists who speak various dialects drag their suitcases here to have breakfasts with Tianjin characteristics. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BREAKFAST-SPECIALTY (CN)

(230712) -- TIANJIN, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People line up at a breakfast shop in the Northwest Corner of Tianjin, north China, July 11, 2023. The Northwest Corner is named due to its location in the northwest corner of the old city of Tianjin. In the morning, many tourists who speak various dialects drag their suitcases here to have breakfasts with Tianjin characteristics. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BREAKFAST-SPECIALTY (CN)

(230712) -- TIANJIN, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff worker prepares Guoba dish ingredients at a breakfast shop in the Northwest Corner of Tianjin, north China, July 11, 2023. The Northwest Corner is named due to its location in the northwest corner of the old city of Tianjin. In the morning, many tourists who speak various dialects drag their suitcases here to have breakfasts with Tianjin characteristics. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BREAKFAST-SPECIALTY (CN)

(230712) -- TIANJIN, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People have breakfast at a breakfast shop in the Northwest Corner of Tianjin, north China, July 10, 2023. The Northwest Corner is named due to its location in the northwest corner of the old city of Tianjin. In the morning, many tourists who speak various dialects drag their suitcases here to have breakfasts with Tianjin characteristics. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BREAKFAST-SPECIALTY (CN)

(230712) -- TIANJIN, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People line up at a breakfast shop ahead of its opening in the Northwest Corner of Tianjin, north China, July 10, 2023. The Northwest Corner is named due to its location in the northwest corner of the old city of Tianjin. In the morning, many tourists who speak various dialects drag their suitcases here to have breakfasts with Tianjin characteristics. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-BREAKFAST-SPECIALTY (CN)

(230712) -- TIANJIN, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A seller makes tea soup in the Northwest Corner of Tianjin, north China, July 11, 2023. The Northwest Corner is named due to its location in the northwest corner of the old city of Tianjin. In the morning, many tourists who speak various dialects drag their suitcases here to have breakfasts with Tianjin characteristics. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Woman offers English info on local life via YouTube

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Satoko Kamada works on her "Sanuk-English" program, as seen in this file photo taken on Nov. 18, 2014, to provide information in English on life in Kagawa Prefecture, a western Japan region known as Sanuki, via the YouTube video-sharing website. Information includes the meaning of local dialects and how to ride trains with electronic cards.

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Linguist Haruhiko Kindaichi dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese linguist Haruhiko Kindaichi (in file photo taken in April 2003) died of a stroke May 19 at a hospital in the city of Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, his family said. He was 91. Kindaichi, son of well-known linguist Kyosuke Kindaichi, graduated from the University of Tokyo and was professor at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Sophia University. He was known for his research into dialects and accents.

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Woman offers English info on local life via YouTube

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Satoko Kamada works on her "Sanuk-English" program, as seen in this file photo taken on Nov. 18, 2014, to provide information in English on life in Kagawa Prefecture, a western Japan region known as Sanuki, via the YouTube video-sharing website. Information includes the meaning of local dialects and how to ride trains with electronic cards. (Kyodo)

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Linguist Haruhiko Kindaichi dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese linguist Haruhiko Kindaichi (in file photo taken in April 2003) died of a stroke May 19 at a hospital in the city of Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, his family said. He was 91. Kindaichi, son of well-known linguist Kyosuke Kindaichi, graduated from the University of Tokyo and was professor at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Sophia University. He was known for his research into dialects and accents. (Kyodo)