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Turning mine site into green cultural park

STORY: Turning mine site into green cultural park DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: HUANGSHI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of miners planting trees 2. various of the Huangshi National Mine Park 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIAO MENG, Security staff of Huangshi National Mine Park 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIAO MENG, Security staff of Huangshi National Mine Park STORYLINE: China's Tree-Planting Day falls on Sunday. In Huangshi City of central China's Hubei Province, nearly 100 people went to the Huangshi National Mine Park to plant trees. This park is built on the site of a century-old iron ore mine called Daye Iron Mine. It was Asia's biggest opencast mine. After 1958, over 360 million tonnes of waste rocks were dumped at the mine site. After decades of rapid economic development and resource exploitation, Huangshi was listed as a resource-exhausted city in 2009. To improve the environment, local people started to plant trees here in the 1980s. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese)

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A glimpse of Mulun National Nature Reserve in China's Guangxi

STORY: A glimpse of Mulun National Nature Reserve in China's Guangxi DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mulun National Nature Reserve STORYLINE: Mulun National Nature Reserve in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is famous for its karst forest. It has a forest coverage rate of over 90 percent. Many trees are grown through rocks. It is home to more than 1,700 kinds of vascular plants and over 140 rare and endangered plant species. As part of the Huanjiang Karst cluster, the nature reserve is included in South China Karst which was inscribed in the World Natural Heritage List by UNESCO in 2007. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MISSION-COMPLETION (CN)

(230311) -- SANYA, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers present samples of abyssal macroorganisms, rocks, concretions, sediments in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, March 11, 2023. China's scientific research ship Tansuo-1 returned to the city of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province on Saturday, after completing its first international manned deep-diving scientific research mission in waters surrounding Oceania. The vessel, carrying the deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver), began its mission in October 2022. It traveled for 157 days and sailed more than 22,000 nautical miles around Oceania, according to the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A total of 10 domestic and international organizations participated in the voyage. During the expedition, the Fendouzhe successfully completed 63 dives, four of which exceeded a depth of 10,000 meters. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)

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CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MISSION-COMPLETION (CN)

(230311) -- SANYA, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Samples of abyssal macroorganisms, rocks, concretions, sediments are presented in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, March 11, 2023. China's scientific research ship Tansuo-1 returned to the city of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province on Saturday, after completing its first international manned deep-diving scientific research mission in waters surrounding Oceania. The vessel, carrying the deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver), began its mission in October 2022. It traveled for 157 days and sailed more than 22,000 nautical miles around Oceania, according to the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A total of 10 domestic and international organizations participated in the voyage. During the expedition, the Fendouzhe successfully completed 63 dives, four of which exceeded a depth of 10,000 meters. (Xinhua/Chen Kaizi)

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Motorbike bombing rocks Afghanistan's Maimana city

STORY: Motorbike bombing rocks Afghanistan's Maimana city DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: MAIMANA, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site in Maimana city, capital of northern Afghanistan's Faryab province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: A motorbike bomb exploded close to a mosque in Maimana city, capital of northern Afghanistan's Faryab province, on Wednesday, causing no loss of life, provincial director of information and culture Mawlawi Shamsudin Mohammad said. "Terrorists placed an explosive device in the cavities of a motorbike and the device exploded in front of Imam Abu Hanifa mosque in Maimana city at around 1:00 p.m. local time today but fortunately left no casualties," Mohammadi told Xinhua. Without providing more details, the official noted that the concerned authorities had begun investigations to identify the culprits and bring them to justice. In the meantime, eyewitnesses who declined to be named said six people including three security personnel wer

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CHINA-SICHUAN-LUDING-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

(230126) -- CHENGDU, Jan. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fallen rocks after a landslide are seen on a road to Moxi Township in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, early Jan. 26, 2023. An earthquake measuring 5.6-magnitude hit Sichuan in the early morning of Thursday, with no casualties reported yet, according to local authorities. The quake occurred at 3:49 a.m., with its epicenter at the Luding County of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The tremor was sent from a depth of 11 kilometers, it said. (Xinhua)

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Attendees of int'l tourism fair seek to tap Chinese market

STORY: Attendees of int'l tourism fair seek to tap Chinese market DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of International Tourism Fair (Fitur) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ALEJANDRINA GARRIDO CUNHA, Deputy director general, Tourism promotion institute of Angola 3. various of International Tourism Fair (Fitur) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AISHATH NOOREEN MOOSA, Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation 5. various of Chinese tourists in Maldives STORYLINE: The International Tourism Fair FITUR 2023 is being held in the Spanish capital Madrid from Jan. 18 to 22. Many attendees have been seeking to tap the Chinese market as China eased its travel restrictions. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ALEJANDRINA GARRIDO CUNHA, Deputy director general, Tourism promotion institute of Angola "We would very much like to receive the Chinese people. It would be a pleasure for us. We have everything, beaches, deserts, mountains, big rocks." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AISHATH NO

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U.S.-NEW YORK-TIMES SQUARE-NEW YEAR CELEBRATION-HONG KONG-ARTISTS

(230101) -- NEW YORK, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An artist from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region performs during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration in Manhattan, New York, the United States, Dec. 31, 2022. Artists from Hong Kong kicked off the countdown celebration on the eve of 2023 in Times Square. The performance with the theme of "Fusion, Motion, Inspiration - Hong Kong Rocks" blended music, dance, parkour, capoeira and others against a newly created medley. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-NEW YORK-TIMES SQUARE-NEW YEAR CELEBRATION-HONG KONG-ARTISTS

(230101) -- NEW YORK, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An artist from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region plays Chinese musical instrument Erhu during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration in Manhattan, New York, the United States, Dec. 31, 2022. Artists from Hong Kong kicked off the countdown celebration on the eve of 2023 in Times Square. The performance with the theme of "Fusion, Motion, Inspiration - Hong Kong Rocks" blended music, dance, parkour, capoeira and others against a newly created medley. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-NEW YORK-TIMES SQUARE-NEW YEAR CELEBRATION-HONG KONG-ARTISTS

(230101) -- NEW YORK, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region perform during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration in Manhattan, New York, the United States, Dec. 31, 2022. Artists from Hong Kong kicked off the countdown celebration on the eve of 2023 in Times Square. The performance with the theme of "Fusion, Motion, Inspiration - Hong Kong Rocks" blended music, dance, parkour, capoeira and others against a newly created medley. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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Hong Kong shines at NYC Times Square New Year's Eve countdown

STORY: Hong Kong shines at NYC Times Square New Year's Eve countdown DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of countdown activities and performances STORYLINE: A Kung Fu Contemporary Circus staged by artists from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region amazed tens of thousands of people at New York City (NYC)'s Times Square Saturday night by kicking off one of the most famous New Year's Eve countdowns around the globe. Co-organized by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York (HKETONY), the Sino-American Friendship Association and the Times Square Alliance, the performance was themed "Fusion, Motion, Inspiration - Hong Kong Rocks!", showcasing a spectacular blending of dance, Kung Fu, parkour, capoeira and more against a medley of music from the East and West in a brand-new arrangement. Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping, who made brief remarks before the show, wished everyone a happy new year in English, Chinese

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"Snow mushrooms" on lakes in China's Xinjiang

STORY: "Snow mushrooms" on lakes in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: ALTAY, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rocks covered in snow STORYLINE: Rocks covered in snow look like mushroom caps on lakes of Kanas scenic area, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Kanas scenic area is a national 5A tourist attraction, with an impressive scenery of lakes, glaciers, forests and grasslands. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Altay, China. (XHTV)

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M-6.8 quake rocks northeastern Japan

SENDAI, May 13 Kyodo - Junior high school students wait for a shinkansen bullet train at the main station in Sendai, northeastern Japan, after a powerful earthquake caused a delay in train services on May 13, 2015. No tsunami warning was issued.

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3D image of fox projected over tumulus in western Japan

KASHIHARA, Japan - A three-dimensional image of a fox is projected over the Ishibutai tumulus made of large rocks in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2014, for the test illumination of "projection mapping."

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3D image of planet projected on tumulus in west Japan

KASHIHARA, Japan - A three-dimensional image of a planet is projected over the Ishibutai tumulus made of large rocks in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2014, for the test illumination of "projection mapping."

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'Dry landscape' garden in Kyoto illuminated

KYOTO, Japan - Torin-in Temple's "karesansui"-style rock garden in Kyoto, western Japan, is illuminated with candle light and traditional Japanese lanterns on Oct. 9, 2014. Karesansui, literally meaning a dry mountain and water, is a style of gardening which creates a landscape with only dry materials such as rocks and gravel stones.

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'Dry landscape' garden in Kyoto illuminated

KYOTO, Japan - Two women enjoy Torin-in Temple's "karesansui"-style rock garden illuminated with candle light and traditional Japanese lanterns in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014. Karesansui, literally meaning a dry mountain and water, is a style of gardening which creates a landscape with only dry materials such as rocks and gravel stones.

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Most victims on Mt. Ontake hit by falling rocks

OSAKA, Japan - The roofs of mountain lodges near the top of Mt. Ontake in central Japan are covered in thick volcanic ash on Oct. 2, 2014. Autopsies have determined that 46 of the 47 people confirmed to have died in the Sept. 27 eruption of the 3,067-meter volcano, straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures, were hit by flying rocks.

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Rocks hit climbers' backs in Mt. Ontake

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Red Cross Hospital doctor Kaneyuki Furihata (L) and nurse Satoko Tokutake, who treated patients injured in the Mt. Ontake's eruption, speak at a press conference in Nagano City on Sept. 30, 2014. Furihata said rocks shot out of the volcano hit the victims from behind.

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Arafune Cold Storage added to UNESCO list

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken April 18, 2014 shows the Arafune Cold Storage for silkworm eggs in Shimonita, Gunma Prefecture, which used cold air blowing from underground through gaps between rocks. The facility, called Fuketsu, was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in June 2014, along with the Tomioka Silk Mill and other related sites in the prefecture.

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Giant salamanders show up during water tank cleaning

OKAYAMA, Japan - Giant salamanders, a rare species registered as a special national treasure, emerge from behind rocks as their water tank goes through a cleanup at the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Kagamino, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 15, 2014.

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Quake in western Japan

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Rocks lie scattered on a road in Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

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Quake in western Japan

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Rocks lie scattered on a road in Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

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Fukui museum seeking roots of Japan dinosaurs

SURANAREE, Thailand - Workers break rocks on Feb. 4, 2013, at an excavation site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, where Japan's Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Thailand's Khorat Fossil Museum are conducting a joint fossil excavation project.

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5 bodies found in boat marked with Hangul characters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in the city of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012, shows police officers examining a wooden boat that washed up on rocks by a beach on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan. Five bodies were found in the morning of that day in the boat marked with Hangul characters.

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5 bodies found in boat marked with Hangul characters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in the city of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012, shows police officers examining a wooden boat that washed up on rocks by a beach on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan. Five bodies were found in the morning of that day in the boat marked with Hangul characters.

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5 bodies found in boat marked with Hangul characters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in the city of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2012, shows police officers examining a wooden boat that washed up on rocks by a beach on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan. Five bodies were found in the morning of that day in the boat marked with Hangul characters.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - People hurl rocks near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 14, 2012, to protest a film shot in the United States and regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Quake in southwestern China

YILIANG, China - A man evacuates past huge rocks Sept. 8, 2012, following two powerful earthquakes the previous day in a mountainous border region of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, southwestern China. The death toll from the quakes has risen to 80 with more than 800 people reported injured.

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Quake in southwestern China

YILIANG, China - Photo shows Sept. 8, 2012, a vehicle crushed by fallen rocks following two powerful earthquakes the previous day in a mountainous border region of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, southwestern China. The death toll from the quakes has risen to 80 with more than 800 people reported injured.

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Quake in southwestern China

YILIANG, China - A road is partly covered with rocks and sand Sept. 8, 2012, following two powerful earthquakes the previous day in a mountainous border region of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, southwestern China. The death toll from the quakes has risen to 80 with more than 800 people reported injured.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Rocks are seen sunk at the former site of a pier under an unmanned lighthouse on Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011 in a photo taken from a fishing boat from Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Volcanic eruptions continue in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 31, 2011. Local officials in Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture recommended the previous day that about 500 households evacuate, citing the danger of avalanches of earth and rocks occurring around the mountain.

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People take refuge due to eruption

TAKAHARU, Japan - Evacuees gather at a shelter in Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, in the early hours of Jan. 31, 2011, after the local government recommended the previous day that about 500 households evacuate, citing the danger of avalanches of earth and rocks occurring around erupting Mt. Shinmoe.

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Male greenling at Shizugawa bay

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A male greenling whose scales have turned from brown to gold protects eggs laid on rocks and seaweed beneath it at a depth of about 5 meters in Shizugawa Bay in the Pacific Ocean off Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2010.

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Thai protesters clash with riot police

BANGKOK, Thailand - Demonstrators backing former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra throw rocks at riot police near a satellite ground station in a Bangkok suburb on April 9, 2010.

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Music rocks 'sento' public bath, breathes life into tradition

TOKYO, Japan - People wait in line before a concert at the Bentenyu public bathhouse in Tokyo's Musashino City on Dec. 10, 2009. An event called ''Furo Rock'' has been held 18 times since 2005 in the hope of drawing people to the bathhouse amid a decline in the number of visitors. A coin laundry next to the bathhouse has been reborn as an eatery that becomes a small bar at night.

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Strong quake rocks central Italy, leaving 90 dead

L'AQUILA, Italy - Rescue workers search for survivors among the debris of an apartment building destroyed in a strong earthquake that rocked the province of L'Aquila and its vicinity in central Italy on April 6. The 3:32 a.m. quake killed more than 90 people and injured many others.

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Fired Russian wrestler rocks sumo world with match-fixing claims

TOKYO, Japan - Former Russian sumo wrestler Wakanoho, recently banned for life after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana, speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 29. He claimed he was forced to accept bribes to lose matches.

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Explosion rocks midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, United States - Women get treatment from medical and police personnel following an explosion in New York on July 18.

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Explosion rocks midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, United States - Steam erupts from the site of an explosion at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 41st street in New York on July 18.

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Turbulence rocks JALways plane, injuring 2 passengers

NARITA, Japan - The JALways plane that hit turbulence on its way to Narita airport from Honolulu, Hawaii, is parked at the airport on Feb. 28. Two passengers sustained minor injuries, JALways Co. said.

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Typhoon Nabi causes damage

SHIIBA, Japan - Rescue work continues at Shiiba village in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept 7, where houses were crushed by a slide of rocks and mud triggered by Typhoon Nabi.

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Typhoon Nabi causes damage

IWAKUNI, Japan - A cow is buried in Takachiho in Miyazaki Prefecture, on Sept. 7 in slide of rocks and mud that hit a local house on Sept. 17 as Typhoon Nabi moved northeast over the Sea of Japan heading toward Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido.

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(1) Chinese protestors pelt Japan embassy, envoy's residence

BEIJING, China - Chinese protestors gather en masse outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on April 9, accusing Japan of distorting its wartime past and urging a boycott of Japanese products. One group of demonstrators threw rocks and plastic bottles into the Japanese Embassy compound, cheering when objects hit the embassy.

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(6) Chinese protestors pelt Japan embassy, envoy's residence

BEIJING, China - Windows of a Japanese restaurant were broken by rocks thrown by some of Chinese protestors during their anti-Japanese demonstration in Beijing on April 9. They accused Japan of distorting its wartime past.

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Protesters hurl rocks at Japanese restaurant

BEIJING, China - Chinese demonstrators holds an anti-Japanese banner in front of a Japanese restaurant in Beijing on April 9. Some of them threw rocks at the restaurant and all the windows were broken.

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(2)Protesters march in anti-Japanese demonstration

BEIJING, China - Holding up placards and banners, Chinese people march in Beijing in a major anti-Japanese demonstration on April 9. Some of the protesters threw rocks at a Japanese restaurant and broke the windows.

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Asashoryu rocks Chiyotaikai for 14th win

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (L), with his 11th Emperor's Cup already in the bag, dispatches ozeki Chiyotaikai to earn his 14th win on the final day March 27 of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Explosion rocks Panamanian tanker, 3 crewmembers missing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 4,386-ton Panamanian-registered tanker Sunny Jewel is seen sinking off the town of Nagahama, Ehime Prefecture, Dec. 16. Three of its 18 crewmembers went missing when the ship sank after an explosion.