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Chinese tech companies return to world's top AV fair in Barcelona

STORY: Chinese tech companies return to world's top AV fair in Barcelona DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fair 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LESLEY DONG, Marketing manager for Ledman based in China's Guangdong 3. various of booths 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FELIX WANG, Manager at touch screen technology company Micron based in China's Guangdong 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MIKE BLACKMAN, Managing director of the ISE STORYLINE: Chinese tech companies were celebrating the chance to return to Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) held in Spain's Barcelona between Jan. 31 and Feb. 3 after a three-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world's leading audiovisual (AV) systems integration show, the event attracted over 1,000 exhibitors and an estimated 52,000 visitors from around the world. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LESLEY DONG, Marketing manager for Ledman based in China's Guangdong "It's great. I didn't imagine that so many people c

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Yoko Ono joins UNICEF event for children's rights

NEW YORK, United States - Yoko Ono (front) participates in the event held by the United Nations Children's Fund at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Nov. 20, 2014, on the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The event marked the kickoff of a project using a famous song "Imagine" by her late husband and Beatles member John Lennon.

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S. Korea's Kim at Sochi figure skating exhibition

SOCHI, Russia - South Korean figure skater Kim Yu Na, the silver medalist in the women's singles competition at the Sochi Olympics, performs to "Imagine" written by John Lennon during the figure skating exhibition of the Winter Games in Russia on Feb. 22, 2014.

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Curtain drawn on London Games, passes baton to Rio

LONDON, Britain - A video of the late John Lennon singing "Imagine" is shown on stage at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics at the Olympic Stadium on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Legality of nukes 'difficult to imagine': Red Cross

GENEVA, Switzerland - International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the ICRC's headquarters in Geneva on April 20, 2010. Kellenberger said the compatibility of nuclear weapons with international law ''is very difficult to imagine.''

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Yoko Ono's peace monument installed in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Ringo Starr (L), Yoko Ono (C) and Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, attend an unveiling ceremony for ''Imagine Peace Tower'' in Reykjavik on Oct. 9. The monument, designed by Ono, the widow of John Lennon, is engraved with the message ''Imagine Peace'' in 24 languages and is filled with about 500,000 capsules containing messages of hope sent by people around the world.

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Beatles popular among people in wide ranging age groups in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ryuichi Kondo (R), 5, and 56-year-old musician Kaoru Takada play together and sing ''Imagine,'' on the stage of the John Lennon Museum in Saitama's Chuo Ward.

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New deal with Dodgers amazes Saito

KAWASAKI, Japan - Takashi Saito speaks with reporters on Dec. 6 on a new deal he has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, which tripled his salary from his rookie year in the major leagues. ''It's amazing. You can't imagine that you get such a raise after just one year in Japan,'' Saito said.

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Yoko Ono to create column of light for peace in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, attends a groundbreaking ceremony in Reykjavik on Oct. 9 for an ''Imagine Peace Tower'' she will construct there. The tower will be 20 to 30 meters high, with a radius of about a meter, and will have the lyrics of Lennon's song ''Imagine'' engraved on it.

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Yoko Ono sends message of peace with help from Lennon

NEW YORK, United States - The Sept. 25 edition of the New York Times carries a full-page advertisement paid for by Yoko Ono, which says ''Imagine all the people living life in peace,'' a lyric composed by her late husband, John Lennon. Asked why the advertisement was published anonymously, her spokesman said Ono felt the message would be more effective if she did not place her name in the ad.

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Raising pigs in a 26-story building in central China

STORY: Raising pigs in a 26-story building in central China DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: EZHOU, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of the 26-story pig farm 2. various of interior of the building 3. various of the building's central control system 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN LIN, General manager, Zhongxinkaiwei Modern Farming Co. Ltd. 5. various of pigs 6. various of a delivery room 7. various of an elevator 8. aerial view of the building STORYLINE: Can you imagine what a pig farm in the future would be like? A company in Ezhou city, central China's Hubei Province, is raising pigs in a 26-story building. Advanced technologies are adopted and operation is carried out through a central control system. The annual output can reach 600,000 heads of pigs. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN LIN, General manager, Zhongxinkaiwei Modern Farming Co. Ltd. "From the 3rd to 26th floor, water, electricity, methane and ventilation can all be controlled and monitored by the central control sys

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RCEP to have strong bargaining power over other economies: Indonesian economist

STORY: RCEP to have strong bargaining power over other economies: Indonesian economist DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jakarta 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MOHAMMAD FAISAL, Executive director, Center of Reform on Economics Indonesia STORYLINE: An Indonesian economist said in a recent interview with Xinhua that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will soon have stronger bargaining power over other economic powers. SOUNDBITE (English): MOHAMMAD FAISAL, Executive director, Center of Reform on Economics Indonesia " The RCEP has become the largest trading block, the largest regional economic block in the world. And it will, I think, soon have stronger bargaining power over other economic powers, including the U.S. and also the European Union. You can imagine in terms of the population, it consists of 30 percent of the world's population. And also GDP, it is about 30 percent of the (global) GDP. Then it means that with stronger ba

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CHINA-BEIJING-20TH CPC NATIONAL CONGRESS-DELEGATE-CHEMIST (CN)

(221001) -- CHANGCHUN, Oct. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yu Jihong works in a laboratory at Jilin University in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 16, 2022. Yu Jihong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, showed a thin "card" with high flexibility. It may be hard to imagine that it is a new type of lithium(Li)-air battery. TO GO WITH "Profile: Diligent female chemist steeps in scientific innovation" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-BEIJING-20TH CPC NATIONAL CONGRESS-DELEGATE-CHEMIST (CN)

(221001) -- CHANGCHUN, Oct. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yu Jihong works in a laboratory at Jilin University in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 16, 2022. Yu Jihong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, showed a thin "card" with high flexibility. It may be hard to imagine that it is a new type of lithium(Li)-air battery. TO GO WITH "Profile: Diligent female chemist steeps in scientific innovation" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-BEIJING-20TH CPC NATIONAL CONGRESS-DELEGATE-CHEMIST (CN)

(221001) -- CHANGCHUN, Oct. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yu Jihong (C) discusses with her students at Jilin University in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 16, 2022. Yu Jihong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, showed a thin "card" with high flexibility. It may be hard to imagine that it is a new type of lithium(Li)-air battery. TO GO WITH "Profile: Diligent female chemist steeps in scientific innovation" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-BEIJING-20TH CPC NATIONAL CONGRESS-DELEGATE-CHEMIST (CN)

(221001) -- CHANGCHUN, Oct. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yu Jihong (2nd, L) instructs her students at Jilin University in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 16, 2022. Yu Jihong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, showed a thin "card" with high flexibility. It may be hard to imagine that it is a new type of lithium(Li)-air battery. TO GO WITH "Profile: Diligent female chemist steeps in scientific innovation" (Xinhua)

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UN Climate Change Conference must make progress: UN chief

STORY: UN Climate Change Conference must make progress: UN chief DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt (COP27) must make broad progress in a video message for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) leaders' breakfast. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General "COP27 must demonstrate that the world is making progress on all pillars of the Paris Agreement. We urgently need to address loss and damage in a meaningful and credible way. Loss and damage are happening now -- at 1.1 degrees of warming. The floods in Pakistan have inundated a third of the country. We can only imagine the fate of small islands if we go beyond 1.5 degrees. Two degrees of warming is unthinkable and must be avoided at all costs. We need a targeted, ambitious global r

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Canadian YouTuber marvels at smart life in China's Chongqing

STORY: Canadian YouTuber marvels at smart life in China's Chongqing DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of Chongqingvarious of technologiesSOUNDBITE (English): ALEX REPORTERFY, Canadian YouTuber STORYLINE: Urban management, self-driving taxis and smart hospitals... A Canadian YouTuber shows how artificial intelligence makes life smarter and more convenient in China's Chongqing. SOUNDBITE (English): ALEX REPORTERFY, Canadian YouTuber "Each year Chongqing hosts the Smart China Expo. It has been a promoter of the construction of the smart manufacturing powerhouse and renowned smart city. The mega city is showing its ambition in every aspect. Imagine being responsible for a district in a mega city like Jiangbei here with 925,000 residents that live here. With the Smart Data Management System like you see behind me, and that improves the safety of the people that live in this district. This is using a video system that actually identifies t

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U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas a "total, absolute failure": Venezuela's ruling party

STORY: U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas a "total, absolute failure": Venezuela's ruling party DATELINE: June 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Caracas CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Diosdado Cabello in a conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DIOSDADO CABELLO, First vice president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela 3. various of general views of the ninth Summit of the Americas STORYLINE: Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, said on Monday that the ninth Summit of the Americas, held in the United States last week, was a "total and absolute failure." "The summit collapsed," Cabello added during the party's weekly press conference in the capital Caracas. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DIOSDADO CABELLO, First vice president of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela "Imagine what you would have to say about that misnamed summit: a total and absolute failure. The summit collapsed, and it collapsed from the beginning because of its

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Chinese scientists find potential in lunar soil to generate oxygen and fuel

STORY: Chinese scientists find potential in lunar soil to generate oxygen and fuel DATELINE: May 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondentvarious of China's Chang'e-5SOUNDBITE (English): YAO YINGFANG, Professor with Nanjing Universityvarious of the lab in Nanjing University STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent "Can you imagine living in a vacuum environment, for example, on the moon? You got one step closer now. A group of Chinese researchers have found that the lunar sample brought back by China's Chang'e-5 probe contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuel. So today, we paid a visit to Nanjing University in east China's Jiangsu Province and invited one of the finders to give us more details." SOUNDBITE (English): YAO YINGFANG, Professor with Nanjing University "In 2021, we received the Chang'e-5 lunar soil, and we used it as the catalyst

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GLOBALink | Discovering Anhui: U.S. expat experiences "Buddhist life" on Jiuhua Mountain

STORY: GLOBALink | Discovering Anhui: U.S. expat experiences "Buddhist life" on Jiuhua Mountain DATELINE: March 31, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:16 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPHER LANE DAVIES, U.S. expat in China 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIEWEI, Student of Mount Jiuhua Buddhist College 3. SOUNDBITE (English): FEI YECHAO, English teacher of Mount Jiuhua Buddhist College STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPHER LANE DAVIES, U.S. expat in China "Hi, I'm Chris from America. Here is Jiuhua Mountain, famous for its Buddhist culture. Can you imagine where I am? I'm standing in front of the Buddhist college. It is the place where they train and educate monks. Want to go inside? Let's go!" SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPHER LANE DAVIES, U.S. expat in China "Hello." SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIEWEI, Student of Mount Jiuhua Buddhist College "Hi." SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTOPHER LANE DAVIES, U.S. expat in China "So you are reading." SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIEWEI, Student of Mo

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Pakistani expert slams U.S. black jails for torturing detainees

STORY: Pakistani expert slams U.S. black jails for torturing detainees DATELINE: March 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. screen shot of the Guardian's report 2. various of the Pentagon 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMINA MASOOD JANJUA, Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights and Public Service in Pakistan 4. various of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMINA MASOOD JANJUA, Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights and Public Service in Pakistan STORYLINE: British media the Guardian reported Monday that at a secret CIA detention site in Afghanistan, a Pakistani citizen was used as a living prop to teach interrogators torture techniques. A Pakistani expert has slammed the U.S.'s appalling atrocity in torturing detainees in its black jails around the world, saying "you can't even imagine what methods were used in prisons." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMINA MASOOD JANJUA, Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights and Public Service in Pakistan "When the U

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