China: Chimp Returns Kiss From Visitor at Heilongjiang Zoo

On October 13, 2022, in Qiqihar, located in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province, a heartwarming yet amusing scene unfolded at a zoo. A young woman leaned toward the glass enclosure and kissed a chimpanzee through the barrier. The chimp responded with excitement, pressing its lips to the same spot several times.

Demonstration Artists Against Precarity in Toulouse

Demonstration Artists Against Precarity in Toulouse

An artist with her placard, Less Cops (drawing of a mouth, red lips) More Sluts. Manifested works of art rally, organised by the collectif travailleureusesdelart31 led by the CGT. Manifested works = an exhibition + a demonstration, against the precariousness of art workers, to raise awareness of their status and working conditions, against budget cuts in culture, to share art with as many people as possible. France Toulouse on 5 April 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Demonstration Artists Against Precarity in Toulouse

Demonstration Artists Against Precarity in Toulouse

An artist with her placard, Less Cops (drawing of a mouth, red lips) More Sluts. Manifested works of art rally, organised by the collectif travailleureusesdelart31 led by the CGT. Manifested works = an exhibition + a demonstration, against the precariousness of art workers, to raise awareness of their status and working conditions, against budget cuts in culture, to share art with as many people as possible. France Toulouse on 5 April 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! rally in Kyiv

Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! rally in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 25, 2024 - An activist with her lips taped is outside the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre during the Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! rally held to remind about military personnel in Russian captivity, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! rally in Kyiv

Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! rally in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 25, 2024 - Demonstrators with placards with their lips sealed and hands tied stage the Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! rally outside the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre to remind about military personnel in Russian captivity, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Chinese musician plays tunes with leaves

STORY: Chinese musician plays tunes with leaves SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Chinese musician playing tunes STORYLINE: A musician in Shilin County, SW China's Yunnan, can blow out exquisite melodies by putting leaves between his lips. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

Art on the lips at hippiest cultural district in Hong Kong

STORY: Art on the lips at hippiest cultural district in Hong Kong SHOOTING TIME: April 11, 2024 DATELINE: April 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a coffee shop and a restaurant at M+ Museum in China's Hong Kong STORYLINE: Amazed by a Japanese avant-garde artist's rainbow-striped drape cascading from the ceiling of M+ Museum of visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District? If you also stop by for a latte from the museum coffee shop, you will find the design on top of your drink. Vincent Wu is the man behind the latte art. He is seeking to bring Hong Kong's vibrant art and culture scene to tables worldwide. Wu's company owns a coffee shop and a top-floor restaurant at M+ Museum, as well as a Chinese restaurant at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. While under construction in 2019, the West Kowloon Cultural District invited Wu to bid for the coffee shop. Wu's company won after three rounds of bidding. "We are able to update our menu to

PFW - Leonard Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 - Arrivals

PFW - Leonard Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 - Arrivals

Street style, Kseniya Lips arriving at Leonard Fall-Winter 2024-2025 show, held at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, on March 1st, 2024. Photo by Marie-Paola Bertrand-Hillion/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Leonard Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 - Arrivals

PFW - Leonard Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 - Arrivals

Street style, Kseniya Lips arriving at Leonard Fall-Winter 2024-2025 show, held at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, on March 1st, 2024. Photo by Marie-Paola Bertrand-Hillion/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW - Leonard Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 - Arrivals

PFW - Leonard Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 - Arrivals

Street style, Kseniya Lips arriving at Leonard Fall-Winter 2024-2025 show, held at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, on March 1st, 2024. Photo by Marie-Paola Bertrand-Hillion/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

Kseniya Lips attending the Leonard Paris Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on February 29, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

Kseniya Lips attending the Leonard Paris Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on February 29, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

Kseniya Lips attending the Leonard Paris Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on February 29, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

Kseniya Lips attending the Leonard Paris Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on February 29, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

Kseniya Lips attending the Leonard Paris Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on February 29, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

Kseniya Lips attending the Leonard Paris Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on February 29, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

PFW Leonard Paris Front Row

Kseniya Lips attending the Leonard Paris Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on February 29, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer a Yangtze porpoise to a section of Yangtze River and release it there in central China's Hubei Province, on April 25, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at t

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Three Yangtze finless porpoises swim at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 29, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Ele

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows researchers Chen Peixun, Liu Renjun, Wang Ding and Zhang Xianfeng (L to R), who were involved in the captive breeding, conservation and research of Baiji dolphin, and the Baiji dolphin they were taking care of. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to the

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows staff members of the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences working at the Yangtze River Swan Island Baiji Dolphin National Nature Reserve, central China's Hubei Province. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Yangtze finless porpoise swims at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleve

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Yangtze finless porpoise hunts for food in the section of Yangtze River in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 19, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at the Baiji

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangtze finless porpoise Tao Tao swims at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. El

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainer Wang Chaoqun feeds a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless por

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yujiang, an associate researcher of the the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), observes a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under his institute in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in the 1980s shows researchers of the Baiji dolphin research group under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences examining Baiji dolphin Qi Qi. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yan

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainer Deng Zhengyu observes a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finles

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- He Junyi, a science popularization lecturer, gives a lecture on Yangtze finless porpoise protection at the Hankou marshland by the Yangtze River in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 28, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoise

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members carry out observation work during the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Expedition 2022 in the Shishou section of Yangtze River, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 23, 2022. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze fi

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A trainer feeds baby finless porpoise F9C22 at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Ele

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainers feed Yangtze finless porpoises at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer Yangtze porpoises to a section of Yangtze River and release them there in central China's Hubei Province, on April 25, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Yangtze finless porpoise swims in the section of Yangtze River in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 27, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at the Baiji Dolphin H

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members from the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences monitor the Yangtze finless porpoises growing in a cage at the Yangtze River Swan Island Baiji Dolphin National Nature Reserve, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken in the 1980s shows Chen Peixun, a researcher of the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences at work. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at the Ba

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hao Yujiang, an associate researcher of the the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), conducts an observation of the Yangtze finless porpoise at the Shishou section of Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province, Sept 23, 2022. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Ba

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 11, 2021 shows three Yangtze finless porpoises swimming in the section of Yangtze River in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangtze finless porpoise Tao Tao swims at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. El

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainer Wang Chaoqun trains a Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless po

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tang Bin (L) and Feng Yuanze, members of the cetacean conservation biology group under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), give a B-ultrasound examination to Yangtze finless porpoise Fu Jiu at the Baiji Dolphin House under the CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two Yangtze finless porpoises swim at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on July 12, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. El

U.S. should face up to its own police brutality, racism: Chinese FM spokesperson

STORY: U.S. should face up to its own police brutality, racism: Chinese FM spokesperson DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): MAO NING, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): MAO NING, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "With George Floyd's desperate plea 'I cannot breathe' still ringing in our ears, police brutality in the U.S. has claimed yet another victim. According to data released by Mapping Police Violence, a non-profit organization, U.S. police killed 1,186 people in 2022, which averaged to 3.2 per day, more than any other year since the record began in 2013. Black people were 26 percent of those killed despite being only 13 percent of the population. We often hear the words democracy, freedom and human rights from the lips of U.S. officials and see how these concepts are being used to justify U.S. interference in other countries' internal affair

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

(230111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lion dance balloon sculptures are seen in Syndy Tan Sing Yit's workshop near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 31, 2022. Syndy Tan Sing Yit is a Malaysian balloon stylist who has been working on balloon modeling for more than a decade. She has created lion dance balloon sculptures by referring to lion dance graphics and pictures. According to Tan, making a lion dance balloon sculpture needs more than 500 balloons, during which it's important to adjust the color of eyes and the proportion of lips and chin in order to highlight the charm of the lion. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

(230111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Syndy Tan Sing Yit adjusts a lion dance balloon sculpture in her workshop near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2023. Syndy Tan Sing Yit is a Malaysian balloon stylist who has been working on balloon modeling for more than a decade. She has created lion dance balloon sculptures by referring to lion dance graphics and pictures. According to Tan, making a lion dance balloon sculpture needs more than 500 balloons, during which it's important to adjust the color of eyes and the proportion of lips and chin in order to highlight the charm of the lion. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

(230111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Syndy Tan Sing Yit makes lion dance balloon sculptures in her workshop near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 31, 2022. Syndy Tan Sing Yit is a Malaysian balloon stylist who has been working on balloon modeling for more than a decade. She has created lion dance balloon sculptures by referring to lion dance graphics and pictures. According to Tan, making a lion dance balloon sculpture needs more than 500 balloons, during which it's important to adjust the color of eyes and the proportion of lips and chin in order to highlight the charm of the lion. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

(230111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Syndy Tan Sing Yit poses for a photo with the lion dance balloon sculptures in her workshop near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 31, 2022. Syndy Tan Sing Yit is a Malaysian balloon stylist who has been working on balloon modeling for more than a decade. She has created lion dance balloon sculptures by referring to lion dance graphics and pictures. According to Tan, making a lion dance balloon sculpture needs more than 500 balloons, during which it's important to adjust the color of eyes and the proportion of lips and chin in order to highlight the charm of the lion. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

(230111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Syndy Tan Sing Yit polishes a lion dance balloon sculpture in her workshop near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2023. Syndy Tan Sing Yit is a Malaysian balloon stylist who has been working on balloon modeling for more than a decade. She has created lion dance balloon sculptures by referring to lion dance graphics and pictures. According to Tan, making a lion dance balloon sculpture needs more than 500 balloons, during which it's important to adjust the color of eyes and the proportion of lips and chin in order to highlight the charm of the lion. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

(230111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Syndy Tan Sing Yit (R) and her colleagues polish a lion dance balloon sculpture in her workshop near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 11, 2023. Syndy Tan Sing Yit is a Malaysian balloon stylist who has been working on balloon modeling for more than a decade. She has created lion dance balloon sculptures by referring to lion dance graphics and pictures. According to Tan, making a lion dance balloon sculpture needs more than 500 balloons, during which it's important to adjust the color of eyes and the proportion of lips and chin in order to highlight the charm of the lion. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-LION DANCE-BALLOON SCULPTURE

(230111) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Syndy Tan Sing Yit introduces the making of lion dance balloon sculptures in her workshop near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 31, 2022. Syndy Tan Sing Yit is a Malaysian balloon stylist who has been working on balloon modeling for more than a decade. She has created lion dance balloon sculptures by referring to lion dance graphics and pictures. According to Tan, making a lion dance balloon sculpture needs more than 500 balloons, during which it's important to adjust the color of eyes and the proportion of lips and chin in order to highlight the charm of the lion. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)