Chinese language proficiency competition held in Croatia

STORY: Chinese language proficiency competition held in Croatia DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony 2. Croatian students speaking Chinese 3. competitors showing skills STORYLINE: The "Chinese Bridge", a Chinese language proficiency competition, was held at the Confucius Institute of the University of Zagreb on Saturday and Sunday, featuring Chinese speeches, Chinese knowledge quizzes, and talent shows. Six college students, four middle school students, and 10 primary school students from all over Croatia participated in the annual competition. During the talent shows, the contestants performed Chinese dance, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese songs, flute playing, and Chinese crosstalk. Teresia Brezaric from the University of Zagreb, Dora Soklic from the Sesvete Middle School in Zagreb, and Ema Dujmovic from the Milana Langa Primary School in Samobor won the competition for the respective groups. Qi Jinjin, Chinese

Fukushima students see Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony

Fukushima students see Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony

HIROSHIMA, Japan - High school student Maya Fukuda (far R) from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, and four other middle and high school students from the northeastern Japanese prefecture lay paper cranes and flowers before the Children's Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2014.

Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

CARY, United States - Scott Waddle, a former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville that was involved in a collision with the Japanese fisheries school boat Ehime Maru, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Cary, North Carolina, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Feb. 9, 2001, collision off Hawaii killed nine people on the Ehime Maru -- four middle school students, two teachers and three crew members.

Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

CARY, United States - Scott Waddle, a former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville that was involved in a collision with the Japanese fisheries school boat Ehime Maru, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Cary, North Carolina, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Feb. 9, 2001, collision off Hawaii killed nine people on the Ehime Maru -- four middle school students, two teachers and three crew members. (Kyodo)