Xinjiang, My home: Veteran Uygur worker and his apprentice

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: Veteran Uygur worker and his apprentice DATELINE: May 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: HAMI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of Hupurjan Abduxukur and his apprentice 2 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUPURJAN ABDUXUKUR and his apprentice, Maintenance workers in Xinjiang, China STORYLINE: Hupurjan Abduxukur is a veteran maintenance worker at a photovoltaic power plant in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He has been tutoring his apprentice with patience. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUPURJAN ABDUXUKUR and his apprentice, Maintenance workers in Xinjiang, China "First check the multimeter and resistors, making sure they are all working well. They are all in good condition. I'm Hupurjan Abduxukur. I'm from Kashgar in Xinjiang and now a maintenance worker in the Shichengzi photovoltaic park in Hami City. I can earn over 6,500 yuan (about 930 U.S. dollars) per month. You don't have to be anxious to begin your work. You need to do the safety checkup before work. Let's check

A visit to an atmospheric background station in China's Xinjiang

STORY: A visit to an atmospheric background station in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YUYANG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of surveyors working at the Akedala national atmosphere background station STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG YUYANG, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now at the Akedala national atmosphere background watch station in Fuhai County. In the Kazakh language, Akedala means "Gobi Desert." True to its meaning, it's located in the desert in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Among the seven atmosphere background watch stations in China, it's the one at the northwesternmost." Surveyors at the station start working at 7 each morning. Their job is like a health checkup for the atmosphere. China is one of the first countries in the world to carry out the background observation of greenhouse gases. China's first regional atmospheric background monitoring station was put

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) arrive at the National Diet Library in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011, in the emperor's first official outing since he was hospitalized the previous week to undergo a checkup on his heart. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) visit the National Diet Library in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011, in the emperor's first official outing since he was hospitalized the previous week to undergo a checkup on his heart. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Crown princess visits hospital for pregnancy checkup

Crown princess visits hospital for pregnancy checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako (R), accompanied by Crown Prince Naruhito, on June 21 leaves the Togu Palace in Tokyo to visit the Hospital of the Imperial Household for her first checkup there since her pregnancy was announced in May. The princess, 37, is about four months pregnant and said to be in good condition. (Pool photo)

Chinese researchers performing "physical checkup" on Mount Qomolangma glacier

STORY: Chinese researchers performing "physical checkup" on Mount Qomolangma glacier DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese scientific expedition team 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENQIANG, PhD, Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University STORYLINE: Chinese scientific researchers are performing a "physical checkup" of the East Rongbuk glacier at 6,350 meters above sea level on Mount Qomolangma. The checkup will provide first-hand data for the study of glacier changes on Qomolangma, ranging from visible glacier changes to high precision 3D laser scanning at the millimeter level, as well as more microscopic scientific observations. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENQIANG, PhD, Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University "We will collect ice and snow samples of the East Rongbuk glacier, as well as soil samples and runoff samples along the way. We will take these samples back to analy

Quake-hit Japan airport reopens, death toll rises to 45

Quake-hit Japan airport reopens, death toll rises to 45

Eiko Masuoka, 87, receives a medical checkup on so-called economy-class syndrome at an evacuation center in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 19, 2016, as the first death from the syndrome was reported the same day with a number of survivors having spent nights in their vehicles since a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) arrive at the National Diet Library in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011, in the emperor's first official outing since he was hospitalized the previous week to undergo a checkup on his heart. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) visit the National Diet Library in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011, in the emperor's first official outing since he was hospitalized the previous week to undergo a checkup on his heart. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)