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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-BEIJING-PALACE CARPET-INHERITOR-STUDIO (CN)

(240629) -- BEIJING, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ji Yu's husband Li Dongyang (1st L) repairs a palace carpet while Wang Guoying (2nd L), Ji Yu (1st, R) and Ji Yu's daughter look on in Beijing, capital of China, June 27, 2024. Beijing palace carpet is a splendid example of China's traditional carpet weaving techniques. Known for its intricate production processes and beautiful patterns, the palace carpet represents the pinnacle of Chinese weaving artistry. The production involves four main steps: dyeing with traditional Chinese herbs, pattern design, weaving and shaping, and finally, finishing touches. As one of the "Beijing Eight Imperial Handicrafts," the art of palace carpet was designated a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Ji Yu, born in 1971 in central China's Henan Province, has dedicated over 30 years to the repair and creation of traditional palace carpets. In 1995, along with her husband Li Dongyang, she moved to Beijing to specialize in restoring ancient carpets. Ov

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-JADE CARVING-INHERITOR-STUDIO (CN)

(240625) -- BEIJING, June 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Zhang Tiecheng checks the quality of a jade carving work at his studio in Beijing, capital of China, June 15, 2024. China's Jade carving art, which can date back to the Neolithic Age, reached its peak time in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). The art was inscribed into the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. Selecting materials, designing and carving are the three major steps involved in jade carving. The craftsmen should have mastery in painting, carving and literature in order to complete an artwork, which is designed and carved according to the material itself and the aspiration of the artist. Most of the jade carving artworks convey auspicious meanings. Zhang Tiecheng, a master of the jade carving art born in Beijing in 1967, has devoted his love to traditional Chinese paintings since childhood. In 1987, he was enrolled in the Beijing Jade Articles Factory and became an apprentice of master Wang Yaotang. In his ov

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CHINA-SHANXI-YUNGANG GROTTOES-DOCTORS FOR RELICS (CN)

(240301) -- DATONG, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Jianguo, a staff member of the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, restores a mural at a studio of the institute in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 27, 2024. Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring over 50,000 stone Buddhist sculptures in Datong, was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). It is considered a pinnacle of Chinese Buddhist art and represents the highest level of sculptural artistry in the world during the 5th century. The Yungang Grottoes Research Institute boasts a relics protection and restoration team mainly consisting of professionals in their 20s and 30s, who are trying their very best to keep these statues in their prime condition as long as possible. Dubbed doctors for relics, these young souls armed with modern technologies have gone beyond fundamental protection and restoration, and walked the extra mile to present these statues in a much more vivid way before tourists and learners from all ov

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(FOCUS)CHINA-XINJIANG-YUMIN COUNTY-NOMADS-WINTER LIFE (CN)

(231208) -- YUMIN, Dec. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Habudelashen Nusupbek making grazing tools for sale at home on Feb. 11, 2023 (above) and herders asking the price of the grazing tools at Baht's shop on Nov. 30, 2023 (bottom) in Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Baht Turlksi, a 53-year-old herder, lives near the majestic Baluke Mountain, which lies in the south of Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Every year between late November and early December is the time for Kazak herders to stock meat for winter. During the traditional festive practice, herders share the fruits of their work and replenish energy for the winter. It is also the time for family gathering and relationship strengthening. Baht and her husband Habudelashen Nusupbek invited family members, neighbors and friends in the festive practice this year. Each person was assigned with specific tasks, such as preparing, cleaning and filling the beef sausages. After ov

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-JIANGXI-GUIXI-COPPER ENGRAVING-INHERITOR (CN)

(230815) -- NANCHANG, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 9, 2023 shows Huang Junjun's copper engraving artwork, inlaid with colorful metals, displayed at an exhibition hall of his company in Guixi City, east China's Jiangxi Province. Copper engraving, or copper carving, a craft of using knives to carve patterns on copper wares, has a history of about 1,000 years. In 2021, Guixi copper engraving was listed as one of the national-level intangible cultural heritages. The craft needs over 150 different kinds of knives and a dozen of carving skills to create a complete artwork, and the copper ware has to go through over 100,000 times of hammering before being turned into an exquisite artwork. Huang Junjun, 55 years old, is a representative inheritor of Guixi copper engraving, who has been taking the work for 36 years. "My grandpa was a copper ware craftsman, for whom I often acted as an assistant during childhood. I was fascinated with the ancient art," said Huang. As from 1989, he travelled all ov

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Iraq exports over 106 mln barrels of crude oil in July

STORY: Iraq exports over 106 mln barrels of crude oil in July DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi oil fields STORYLINE: Iraq exported about 106.75 million barrels of crude oil in July, generating 8.29 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, the country's Oil Ministry announced on Tuesday. The average price of Iraqi crude oil in July was 77.69 dollars per barrel, the ministry said in a statement, citing statistics from the State Organization for Marketing of Oil, an Iraqi company. About 105.48 million barrels were exported from oil fields in central and southern Iraq via the port of Basra, and 922,755 barrels from the Qayyara oilfield in the northern province of Nineveh, and 344,804 barrels were sent to neighboring Jordan during the month, the statement said. Oil exports from the northern province of Kirkuk via the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean were suspended after Baghdad won an arbitration case against Türkiye in late March ov

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

(L-R) Family photo, in the first row, the First Vice-President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño; the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen; the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez and the Second Vice-President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, and in the second row, the Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez (1l); the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Frande-Marlaska (c) and the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Pilar Alegría (2r), and in the third row, the Minister of Culture and Sport, Miquel Iceta (1l); the Minister of Health, José Miñones (3r) and the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant (1r), pose at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed ov

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Dragon Boat Festival celebration offers taste of Chinese culture on Danube river

STORY: Dragon Boat Festival celebration offers taste of Chinese culture on Danube river DATELINE: June 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:21 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese culture performances at a pier in Bratislava, Slovakia 2. various of Chinese Ambassador to Slovakia, Sun Lijie, at a pier in Bratislava, Slovakia 3. various of guests boarding the cruise 4. various of the river Danube 5. various of activities on the cruise 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Slovak): MARTINA SLIACKA, Cruise guest 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (Slovak): DANIEL BIDELNICA, Slovak painter STORYLINE: One of Bratislava's most frequented piers on the river Danube turned into a festival venue on Friday last week, as visitors from various sphere of life were treated to a taste of Chinese culture in the celebration of Dragon Boat Festival. The Confucius Institute in Bratislava organized an introductory performance on the bank and then a culture-laden boat trip along the river to mark the traditional Chinese festival with a history of ov

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Le Temps des Hélices Air Show

OV-10 Bronco during the 'Le Temps des Hélices' Air Show, in La Ferté-Alais, France, on May 30, 2023. Le Temps des Hélices celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese Lunar New Year celebrated in Myanmar

STORY: Chinese Lunar New Year celebrated in Myanmar DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: Yangon CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebration event STORYLINE: Myanmar people and the overseas Chinese community in Yangon welcomed the Year of the Rabbit on Saturday, the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Representatives from the two countries including Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC) Chairman Min Aung Hlaing and Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai participated in the celebration. In his speech at the event, Min Aung Hlaing said that he was very happy to participate in the celebration. Myanmar and China have the "Paukphaw" (fraternal) friendship, he said. Myanmar is a true-hearted neighbor of China and the Chinese people, and China is an important neighbor and a comprehensive strategic cooperative partner of Myanmar, he said. He also extended the new year's greetings, wishing the overseas Chinese in Myanmar and the Chinese people in China and all ov

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New high-speed railway enters operation in China's Yunnan

STORY: New high-speed railway enters operation in China's Yunnan DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Mile-Mengzi high-speed railway 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI WEIXIANG, Villager in Mengzi 3. various of the Mile-Mengzi high-speed railway STORYLINE: A 106-km high-speed railway, linking the cities of Mengzi and Mile in China's Yunnan Province, was put into operation on Friday. With a designed speed of 250 km per hour, the new railway has slashed the travel time between Mengzi and Kunming, the provincial capital, to 69 minutes. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI WEIXIANG, Villager in Mengzi "It is very convenient for us villagers to go to other places for work, or go to the provincial capital since the high-speed railway is in operation. It will be easier for us to sell the loquats and jujubes we planted, and our income will increase." The construction of this railway started in June 2018. A total of 52 bridges and ten tunnels were built to ov

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U.S. CPI surges 8.3 pct in August, warranting Fed's big rate hike

STORY: U.S. CPI surges 8.3 pct in August, warranting Fed's big rate hike DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of the U.S. Labor Department 2. shots of a petrol station 3. shots of a grocery store STORYLINE: The U.S. Labor Department reported Tuesday the country's consumer inflation in August surged 8.3 percent from a year ago, slightly down from the previous month but still at an elevated level, warranting another big rate hike by the Federal Reserve. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) ticked up 0.1 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis after being unchanged in July, according to the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The June CPI of 9.1 percent marks the largest 12-month increase since the period ending November 1981. In July, the CPI soared 8.5 percent. The latest data indicates that inflation might be easing amid the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes. Despite that, the CPI has remained ov

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Global auto companies eye opportunities in China's market

STORY: Global auto companies eye opportunities in China's market DATELINE: July 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the expo 2. various of manufacture of vehicles STORYLINE: As China's automobile market recovers gradually from a slump earlier this year, global auto companies are ramping up investment to grasp opportunities in the world's largest auto market. The ongoing 19th China (Changchun) International Automobile Expo held in Changchun, the capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, sees a total of 155 domestic and overseas automobile brands and 128 enterprises register for the exhibition. Leading auto companies and more than 10 new energy vehicle (NEV) brands are displaying their latest and highlighted models. Since the beginning of this year, global auto companies including Audi, BMW, and Volkswagen have been speeding up their expansion in China and launching a number of large NEV projects. Audi FAW NEV project, with an investment of ov

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Firefighters in Shanghai stick to posts during Labor Day holiday

STORY: Firefighters in Shanghai stick to their position during Labor Day holiday DATELINE: May 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU YI, Firefighter SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN YANG, Firefighter STORYLINE: In Shanghai's Changning District, firefighters stick to their posts during the Labor Day holiday, helping disinfect communities in the district amid the COVID-19 resurgence. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU YI, Firefighter "We routinely maintain the fire-fighting trucks and equipment, patrol areas under quarantine to ensure that all the fire hydrants are working well and the trash dumping sites are without any fire safety hazards." "How's today's patrol? Tell me briefly." "We've checked fire hydrants, safe evacuation signs, and the fire hydrants outside are working well..." "Roger that. Mind your safety." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YUAN YANG, Firefighter "Our mission now is to disinfect this area in this community. Then we will carry out an ov

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Co-stars ANNA MAGNANI and BURT LANCASTER greet each other ov

Co-stars ANNA MAGNANI and BURT LANCASTER greet each other over the VISTAVISION CAMERA which has painted on it the emblem of THE ROSE TATTOO which they Co-stars ANNA MAGNANI and BURT LANCASTER greet each other over the VISTAVISION CAMERA which has painted on it the emblem of THE ROSE TATTOO

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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (US1994)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles INDRA OVɬ TOM CRUISE WARNER BROS. Date: 1994

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ZDENEK CAP, RYAN LASCH, MAREK MAZANEC

From left ZDENEK CAP of Hradec Kralove, RYAN LASCHof Frolunda and MAREK MAZANEC ov Hradec Kralove in action during the Ice hockey Champions League playoff final: Hradec Kralove vs Frolunda (Sweden) in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, February 4, 2020. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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rent OV-fiets

Cyclist ride rent city bike OV-fiets in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Saturday, April 6, 2019. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)