Chinese expedition back on world's highest peak for scientific inquiry

STORY: Chinese expedition back on world's highest peak for scientific inquiry DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mt. Qomolangma 2. STANDUP (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of the 2023 Mt. Qomolangma comprehensive scientific expedition 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAO HUABIAO, Researcher with Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), CAS 5. various of the 2023 Mt. Qomolangma comprehensive scientific expedition 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KANG SHICHANG, Researcher with Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), CAS 7. various of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent "The Chinese scientific expedition team reached the summit of Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on Tuesday, to carry out scientific missions above an altitude of 8,000 meters once again since last year. Expeditionists departed the assault camp at 8,300 meters at 3 a.m. Tuesday and arri

Vlog: One night in Mt. Qomolangma base camp

STORY: Vlog: One night in Qomolangma base camp DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:57 LOCATION: Mt. Qomolangma base camp CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of starry night above Mt. Qomolangma STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent "Hello, this is Zhu Cong with Xinhua News Agency. I'm now at the Mt. Qomolangma base camp for mountaineering and scientific expeditions. And now, it's about 9:00 p.m. It is snowing so heavily that I can hardly open my eyes. And in today's vlog, I will show you how I spend one night in the base camp. And now it's about 10 p.m. The snow turns small. It is really cold outside. Right now I'm sitting in the Xinhua work tent. And it's about 11 p.m. And from the small window of our work tent, we can see that the snow has stopped. It's about -8 degrees Celsius outside. It is quite cold. Four hours later, at about 3:00 a.m., the expeditionists will depart the assault camp at 8,300 meters, heading for the summ

Chinese expedition reaches world's highest peak for scientific research

STORY: Chinese expedition reaches world's highest peak for scientific research DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:24 LOCATION: MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese expedition team reaching the summit of Mount Qomolangma STORYLINE: A Chinese expedition team reached the summit of Mount Qomolangma on Tuesday, as they look to carry out scientific research on the world's highest peak. The expeditionists departed the assault camp at an altitude of 8,300 meters at 3 a.m. Tuesday and arrived at the 8,830-meter weather station -- the highest of its kind in the world -- after eight hours of arduous climbing. After affixing steel ropes, replacing batteries and installing wind speed and direction sensors, they completed the upgrades to the weather station. They then climbed to the summit of 8,848.86 meters. The expeditionists also collected ice and snow samples, which will be used for the research of air pollutants, especially new pollutants. The 2023 Mt. Qomolangm