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Fiji high school students compete in Chinese proficiency

STORY: Fiji high school students compete in Chinese proficiency SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Suva CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 17th "Chinese-Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for foreign high school students in Fiji STORYLINE: The Fiji finals of the 17th "Chinese-Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for foreign high school students were held Saturday at the China Cultural Center in Fiji. The competition, which focused on written test, video shows, speech and talent shows, was hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Fiji, Yat Sen School and the China Cultural Center in Fiji. A total of eight Fijian students participated in the final contest, with diplomats, industry executives and students attending the half-day event. Leilah Chung, a student from Yat Sen School, emerged as the overall winner of the competition themed "Fly High with Chinese." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Suva. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-FREE HALF-DAY TOUR-INT'L TRANSIT PASSENGERS (CN)

(240429) -- SHANGHAI, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken by a mobile phone shows international tourists posing for photos at Yuyuan Garden in east China's Shanghai, April 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Free half-day tour provided for int'l transit passengers in Shanghai" (Xinhua/Chen Aiping)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-FREE HALF-DAY TOUR-INT'L TRANSIT PASSENGERS (CN)

(240429) -- SHANGHAI, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken by a mobile phone shows a staff member introducing tour itineraries for international tourists before the half-day tour at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai, April 28, 2024. TO GO WITH "Free half-day tour provided for int'l transit passengers in Shanghai" (Xinhua/Chen Aiping)

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Cambodia-China paintings exhibition held in Cambodian capital

STORY: Cambodia-China paintings exhibition held in Cambodian capital SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024 DATELINE: April 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): PHAL SREYMEAN, Visitor 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): BO SREYNICH, Visitor 3. various of the opening ceremony of Cambodia-China paintings exhibition 4. various of visitors and exhibits STORYLINE: A Cambodia-China paintings exhibition opened in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Friday, attracting scores of visitors. Jointly organized by the Royal Academy of Cambodia and China's Jiujiang University, the half-day event displayed dozens of paintings featuring scenery, culture and tradition of both countries as well as Chinese calligraphy. Speaking at the event, Sok Touch, president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, said the exhibition was part of the joint activities organized to celebrate the Cambodia-China People-to-People Exchange Year 2024. "Through this painting exhibition, I believe that

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINA-PAINTINGS EXHIBITION

(240426) -- PHNOM PENH, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit a Cambodia-China paintings exhibition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 26, 2024. A Cambodia-China paintings exhibition opened in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Friday, attracting scores of visitors. Jointly organized by the Royal Academy of Cambodia and China's Jiujiang University, the half-day event displayed dozens of paintings featuring scenery, culture and tradition of both countries as well as Chinese calligraphy. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINA-PAINTINGS EXHIBITION

(240426) -- PHNOM PENH, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit a Cambodia-China paintings exhibition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 26, 2024. A Cambodia-China paintings exhibition opened in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Friday, attracting scores of visitors. Jointly organized by the Royal Academy of Cambodia and China's Jiujiang University, the half-day event displayed dozens of paintings featuring scenery, culture and tradition of both countries as well as Chinese calligraphy. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINA-PAINTINGS EXHIBITION

(240426) -- PHNOM PENH, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sok Touch (2nd R), president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, looks at a Chinese painting at a Cambodia-China paintings exhibition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 26, 2024. A Cambodia-China paintings exhibition opened in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Friday, attracting scores of visitors. Jointly organized by the Royal Academy of Cambodia and China's Jiujiang University, the half-day event displayed dozens of paintings featuring scenery, culture and tradition of both countries as well as Chinese calligraphy. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-CHINA-PAINTINGS EXHIBITION

(240426) -- PHNOM PENH, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People pose for photos at a Cambodia-China paintings exhibition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 26, 2024. A Cambodia-China paintings exhibition opened in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Friday, attracting scores of visitors. Jointly organized by the Royal Academy of Cambodia and China's Jiujiang University, the half-day event displayed dozens of paintings featuring scenery, culture and tradition of both countries as well as Chinese calligraphy. (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

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Weather supercomputer to forecast linear rain bands

Photo taken in Kiyose, western Tokyo, on Feb. 19, 2024, shows a supercomputer that the Japan Meteorological Agency will start operating on March. 5. With a computing capability twice that of conventional ones, the new computer can locate linear rain bands, which can bring torrential downpours, a half day ahead of their approach.

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Weather supercomputer to forecast linear rain bands

Photo taken in Kiyose, western Tokyo, on Feb. 19, 2024, shows a supercomputer that the Japan Meteorological Agency will start operating on March. 5. With a computing capability twice that of conventional ones, the new computer can locate linear rain bands, which can bring torrential downpours, a half day ahead of their approach.

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Kenya holds promotion forum for China's Canton Fair targeting entrepreneurs

STORY: Kenya holds promotion forum for China's Canton Fair targeting entrepreneurs DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:18 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the promotion forum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GAO WEI, Managing director, China Information & Culture Communication Kenya Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AGNES MATURA, Entrepreneur STORYLINE: A promotion forum for the upcoming 133rd China Import and Export Fair, also known as Canton Fair, was held in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Wednesday, attracting many participants, including senior policymakers and budding entrepreneurs. Held concurrently with a match-making session for 20 local firms that will send delegations to the Canton Fair, the half-day forum took place against a backdrop of concerted efforts to deepen Sino-Kenyan economic and trade ties. Pius Rotich, general manager of investment promotion and business development at the Kenya Investment Authority, said the government was keen to leverage the Canton Fai

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Cambodian, Chinese business executives meet to explore trade, investment opportunities

STORY: Cambodian, Chinese business executives meet to explore trade, investment opportunities DATELINE: Jan. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cambodia-China business forum 2. various of Chinese commerce official Fu Jinming speaking 3. various of Cambodian commerce official Kao Kosal speaking 4. various of Cambodian and Chinese company representatives signing cooperation agreements 5. various of people taking group photos STORYLINE: A business forum was held in Phnom Penh on Friday, aimed at promoting trade and investment ties between Cambodia and China. Approximately 150 officials and business executives, including those from Cambodia and south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, attended the half-day event. Fu Jinming, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said the forum was a platform for entrepreneurs to seek opportunities for business partnerships. He also encouraged the entrepreneurs to l

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(2)Tokyo stocks open lower on 1st trading day of 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange employees clap their hands at the opening of the New Year's first trading on Jan. 4. Stock prices opened lower but rallied later with the benchmark Nikkei stock index finishing at its highest closing since mid-July at the end of the half-day session.

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Nikkei tops 9,000 for 1st time in 2 months

TOKYO, Japan - Officials dressed in traditional kimono at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other officials, including from brokerage houses, applaud during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the TSE on Jan. 5. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 183.56 points, or 2.07 percent, to close the half-day session at 9,043.12, topping the 9,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months.

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Tokyo stocks rise on final day, but suffer record loss

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese badminton pair Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota ring the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30. Tokyo stocks rose in the year's final, half-day session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2008 with its steepest one-year percentage drop of 42.1 percent, reflecting investor sentiment battered by a string of macroeconomic and corporate woes.

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Tokyo stocks start 2008 sharply lower

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Yoshimi Watanabe rings the bell during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Jan. 4. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 616.37 points, or 4.03 percent, to close the half-day session at 14,691.41, its lowest finish since July 19, 2006.

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Tokyo stocks start 2008 sharply lower

TOKYO, Japan - Female officials, dressed in traditional kimono, at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other officials, including from brokerage houses, clap their hands during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the TSE on Jan. 4. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 616.37 points, or 4.03 percent, to close the half-day session at 14,691.41, its lowest finish since July 19, 2006.

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Tokyo stocks get strong start in 2006, indexes hit 5-year highs

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony marking the start of this year's trading is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Jan. 4. Tokyo stocks rose sharply in the half-day session on hopes of brighter prospects for Japan's economy. (Pool photo)

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73rd anniversary of Japanese invasion marked

BEIJING, China - Scholars from Japan, China and the United States sit on the rostrum for a half-day symposium on Sino-Japanese relations held at the Anti-Japanese War Memorial in south Beijing on Sept. 18, the 73rd anniversary of the start of Japan's occupation of northeast China.

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(1)Tokyo stocks end higher on hopes for firm economic growth

TOKYO, Japan - Kimono-clad women at the Tokyo Stock Exchange participate in a traditional handclapping ceremony marking the start of this year's trading on Jan. 5. Tokyo stocks closed a half-day session higher on optimism about firm global economic growth.

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U.S., ASEAN to push for FTAs to up trade, investment

MANILA, Philippines - Trade ministers from the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet the press in Manila on Nov. 20 after the end of their half-day informal consultations. They agreed to push for a U.S. initiative to create a network of free trade agreements (FTAs).

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Smaller Pacific states voice concern over climate change

SUVA, Fiji - Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoaga (L) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Robert Woontonm speaks to reporters in the Fijian capital on Aug. 15 after the end of a half-day Smaller Islands Summit. The leaders of the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu voiced concern over current and potential adverse impacts of climate change.

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Farm ministers inspect rice paddy farming in Japan

NARA, Japan - Japanese agriculture minister Tsutomu Takebe (L) and his counterparts from Australia, Canada, the European Union and the United States visit the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, on a half-day trip on July 26, where rice paddy farming has roots from ancient times.

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Bank gains send Tokyo stocks higher in year's final session

TOKYO, Japan - Stock dealers clap their hands to mark the end of this year's trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on Dec. 28. Share prices on the TSE closed higher in the half-day session, with the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average up 85.01 points, or 0.81%, to 10,542.62. But it was the lowest year-end closing price since 1983, when it ended at 9,893.82.

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Tokyo stocks decline in year's 1st trading day

TOKYO, Japan - A woman in a kimono rings a bell to mark the start of the year's first trading day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Nihombashi-Kabutocho district on Jan. 4. The Nikkei Stock Average closed lower in the half-day trading as the outlook for the Japanese economy remained bleak.

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Japan's Prime Minister Mori arrives in India

BANGALORE, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) arrives in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Aug. 21 at the start of a five-day visit to the country, the third leg of his weeklong tour of four South Asian countries. Mori, the first Japanese prime minister to visit India in a decade, was greeted by Kartanaka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna at the airport after arriving from Pakistan aboard a government jet. He will make a half-day trip to Nepal on Aug. 25 before returning to Japan.

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Megawati makes campaigning visit to E. Timor

Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri makes a speech at a rally of some 3,000 supporters in East Timor's capital Dili on June 1. She appealed for peace and urged East Timorese to remain part of the Indonesian ''family'' despite their sufferings during former President Suharto's rule. Megawati made the half-day visit to East Timor four days before the close of campaigning in Indonesia's June 7 House of Representatives elections.

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Cambodian, Chinese entrepreneurs explore business opportunities

STORY: Cambodian, Chinese entrepreneurs explore business opportunities DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:12 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2022 Cambodia-China Trade and Investment Forum 2. various of Seang Thay speaking 3. various of Qian Keming speaking 4. various of the trade fair STORYLINE: The 2022 Cambodia-China Trade and Investment Forum was convened in a hybrid format on Wednesday, exploring ways to further boost business relations between the two countries. Held under the theme "Share Development Opportunities and Create Regional Prosperity," the half-day forum was attended by some 100 business executives in person and dozens of others via video link. Speaking at the event, Cambodian Ministry of Commerce's Secretary of State Seang Thay said China is the largest investor and top trading partner of Cambodia. The Southeast Asian country attracted fixed asset investment of 2.32 billion U.S. dollars from China in 2021, up 67 percent from 1.39 billion dol

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS-SPRING FESTIVAL-EVENT

(220110) -- PHNOM PENH, Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Participants write calligraphy to cheer for the Beijing Winters Olympics at an event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Jan. 10, 2022. The Chinese community in Cambodia on Monday held an event to cheer for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Spring Festival. The event was co-organized by the Federation of Khmer-Chinese in Cambodia and the Cambodian Chinese Calligraphers Association and attended by nearly 100 people. During the half-day event held in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, participants wrote Chinese calligraphy to voice their support for the Beijing Winter Olympics and offer best wishes for the Spring Festival. (Photo by Bunseng/Xinhua)

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Tokyo stocks get strong start in 2006, indexes hit 5-year highs

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony marking the start of this year's trading is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Jan. 4. Tokyo stocks rose sharply in the half-day session on hopes of brighter prospects for Japan's economy. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks start 2008 sharply lower

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Yoshimi Watanabe rings the bell during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Jan. 4. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 616.37 points, or 4.03 percent, to close the half-day session at 14,691.41, its lowest finish since July 19, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks start 2008 sharply lower

TOKYO, Japan - Female officials, dressed in traditional kimono, at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other officials, including from brokerage houses, clap their hands during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the TSE on Jan. 4. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 616.37 points, or 4.03 percent, to close the half-day session at 14,691.41, its lowest finish since July 19, 2006. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks rise on final day, but suffer record loss

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese badminton pair Kumiko Ogura (L) and Reiko Shiota ring the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30. Tokyo stocks rose in the year's final, half-day session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2008 with its steepest one-year percentage drop of 42.1 percent, reflecting investor sentiment battered by a string of macroeconomic and corporate woes. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei tops 9,000 for 1st time in 2 months

TOKYO, Japan - Officials dressed in traditional kimono at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other officials, including from brokerage houses, applaud during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the TSE on Jan. 5. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 183.56 points, or 2.07 percent, to close the half-day session at 9,043.12, topping the 9,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks get strong start in 2006, indexes hit 5-year highs

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony marking the start of this year's trading is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Jan. 4. Tokyo stocks rose sharply in the half-day session on hopes of brighter prospects for Japan's economy. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)Tokyo stocks open lower on 1st trading day of 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange employees clap their hands at the opening of the New Year's first trading on Jan. 4. Stock prices opened lower but rallied later with the benchmark Nikkei stock index finishing at its highest closing since mid-July at the end of the half-day session. (Kyodo)

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Japan's game creator raises $2 mil. in half-day crowd-funding

Japanese game creator Yu Suzuki (L) appears at an event in Los Angeles, the United States, on June 15, 2015. He solicited funds for making the game "Shenmue 3" (background image), a sequel to "Shenmue 2," raising $2 million in half a day through crowd-funding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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73rd anniversary of Japanese invasion marked

BEIJING, China - Scholars from Japan, China and the United States sit on the rostrum for a half-day symposium on Sino-Japanese relations held at the Anti-Japanese War Memorial in south Beijing on Sept. 18, the 73rd anniversary of the start of Japan's occupation of northeast China. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tokyo stocks end higher on hopes for firm economic growth

TOKYO, Japan - Kimono-clad women at the Tokyo Stock Exchange participate in a traditional handclapping ceremony marking the start of this year's trading on Jan. 5. Tokyo stocks closed a half-day session higher on optimism about firm global economic growth. (Kyodo)

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U.S., ASEAN to push for FTAs to up trade, investment

MANILA, Philippines - Trade ministers from the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet the press in Manila on Nov. 20 after the end of their half-day informal consultations. They agreed to push for a U.S. initiative to create a network of free trade agreements (FTAs). (Kyodo)

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Smaller Pacific states voice concern over climate change

SUVA, Fiji - Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoaga (L) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Robert Woontonm speaks to reporters in the Fijian capital on Aug. 15 after the end of a half-day Smaller Islands Summit. The leaders of the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu voiced concern over current and potential adverse impacts of climate change. (Kyodo)

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Farm ministers inspect rice paddy farming in Japan

NARA, Japan - Japanese agriculture minister Tsutomu Takebe (L) and his counterparts from Australia, Canada, the European Union and the United States visit the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, on a half-day trip on July 26, where rice paddy farming has roots from ancient times. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks decline in year's 1st trading day

TOKYO, Japan - A woman in a kimono rings a bell to mark the start of the year's first trading day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Nihombashi-Kabutocho district on Jan. 4. The Nikkei Stock Average closed lower in the half-day trading as the outlook for the Japanese economy remained bleak.

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Japan's Prime Minister Mori arrives in India

BANGALORE, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) arrives in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Aug. 21 at the start of a five-day visit to the country, the third leg of his weeklong tour of four South Asian countries. Mori, the first Japanese prime minister to visit India in a decade, was greeted by Kartanaka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna at the airport after arriving from Pakistan aboard a government jet. He will make a half-day trip to Nepal on Aug. 25 before returning to Japan.

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Megawati makes campaigning visit to E. Timor

Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri makes a speech at a rally of some 3,000 supporters in East Timor's capital Dili on June 1. She appealed for peace and urged East Timorese to remain part of the Indonesian ''family'' despite their sufferings during former President Suharto's rule. Megawati made the half-day visit to East Timor four days before the close of campaigning in Indonesia's June 7 House of Representatives elections. ==Kyodo