China's electric supercar Hyper SSR makes 1st overseas test drive in Thailand

STORY: China's electric supercar Hyper SSR makes 1st overseas test drive in Thailand SHOOTING TIME: March 16, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Hyper SSR 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETE THONGCHUA, Thai professional racing driver 3. various of the Hyper SSR 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WAROTE NGUITRAGOOL, Thai customer 5. various of GAC Aion vehicles STORYLINE: The Hyper SSR, a pure electric supercar produced by the Chinese carmaker GAC Aion, recently held a track day at Bira Circuit in Thailand's Chonburi province. It was Hyper SSR's first overseas test drive event. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETE THONGCHUA, Thai professional racing driver "The car is so amazing. First impression is the acceleration. It's so good, so fast, so claiming 1,200 horsepower is right and perfect. And it's like nothing I ever experienced before. Secondly, the braking. It's a ceramic brake. It's a very high performance." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WAROTE

CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists watch performance at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 22, 2023. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Actress Godai wants to convey war tragedy in NY

Actress Godai wants to convey war tragedy in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Japanese "rokyoku" storyteller to perform in N.Y.

Japanese "rokyoku" storyteller to perform in N.Y.

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 24, 2013, shows "rokyoku" storyteller Keiko Haruno, who will make her first overseas performance in New York in March 2014 with money raised on an online crowdfunding platform.

Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Finalists for JKT48, the first overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, sing and dance during a performance class in Jakarta on Oct. 4, 2011.

China's NCPA performs in Berlin during first overseas visit since outbreak of epidemic

STORY: China's NCPA performs in Berlin during first overseas visit since outbreak of epidemic DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Berlin CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG NING, NCPA president 2. various of performance STORYLINE: China National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) held a performance at the China Cultural Center on Friday in Berlin, Germany during their first overseas tour since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG NING, NCPA president "Art transcends borders. Music has a strong power. With this power, artists and cultural institutions around the world will be able to join hands and unite for a bright and promising future." The group had visited Switzerland and Austria before its Berlin stop. The NCPA expects more exchanges and closer cooperation in performing arts between China and Europe. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Berlin. (XHTV)

Chinese engineering equipment manufacturer sees export increase amid gloomy global trade environment

STORY: Chinese engineering equipment manufacturer sees export increase amid gloomy global trade environment DATELINE: May 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of factory 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG ZHIGUO, General manager of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (CREG), an underground solutions provider for mechanized tunneling technology and services, has seen a large increase in exports in the first quarter of 2022. In the first three months this year, the company completed more than 44 million dollars of new overseas contracts, with a year-on-year growth of 209 percent. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHANG ZHIGUO, General manager of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. "That's a good performance in this gloomy global trade environment. The company's new contracts this year are mainly from Italy, South Korea and Turkey. The products of our group have been sold to

Actress Godai performs one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in New York

Actress Godai performs one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in New York

Actress Michiko Godai performs the one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" at the Japan Society in New York on April 25, 2015, in its first overseas performance. The play portrays the real life of a Japanese woman who had to work as a prostitute in Yokohama for officers of the U.S.-led occupation forces after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

Indonesian girls vie to become S.E. Asian twins of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Finalists for JKT48, the first overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, sing and dance during a performance class in Jakarta on Oct. 4, 2011. (Kyodo)