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Hong Kong: Black Rainstorm Signal Issued as Heavy Rain Shuts Down City

Hong Kong's Observatory issued a black rainstorm signal, the highest rainstorm warning, on Tuesday, July 29, effectively closing down the city, just over a week after Typhoon Wipha downed trees in the city center.

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Chinese language learning market shows great potential, says expert

STORY: Chinese language learning market shows great potential, says expert SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the First Overseas Chinese Talent Conference for Development in China's Fuzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DANIEL SHEK, Associate vice president of Hong Kong Polytechnic University 3. various of participants 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ELIZABETH WOO LI, Chairwoman of Sinological Development Charitable Foundation 5. various of participants 6. various of Fuzhou (file) STORYLINE: Cooperation agreements worth over 7 billion yuan (about 989 million USD) were reached at the First Overseas Chinese Talent Conference for Development in China's Fuzhou. The three-day event, jointly hosted by the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and the provincial government of Fujian, concluded on Friday. During the event, a series of activities concerning overseas Chinese talent and economic development in k

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(SP)BELGIUM-ANTWERP-WORLD ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230930) -- ANTWERP, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shek Wai Hung of China's Hong Kong competes on the vault during Men's Qualifications of the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Sept. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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(SP)BELGIUM-ANTWERP-WORLD ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230930) -- ANTWERP, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shek Wai Hung of China's Hong Kong competes on the vault during Men's Qualifications of the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Sept. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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34th Tiananmen anniversary

People lit candles at a square in the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall complex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2023, during a memorial ceremony for the 34th anniversary of the military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FIG-GYMNASTICS-WORLD CUP-MEN'S VAULT

(230305) -- DOHA, March 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shek Wai Hung of China's Hong Kong competes during the men's vault final at the 15th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Doha, Qatar, March 4, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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Chiang Kai-shek eyed preemptive strike at China's nuke facilities in 1964

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows U.S. official documents declassified on Oct. 16, 2014. The document shows that Chiang Kai-shek, then the president of the Republic of China, planned a preemptive strike on China's nuclear facilities in 1964, fearing an attack from Beijing after the communist country successfully carried out its first nuclear test earlier in the year.

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Teresa Teng exhibition

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A visitor views a necklace of the late Taiwan pop singer Teresa Teng as a special exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of her birth began at the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. She died of illness in 1995 at the age of 42.

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Taiwan casino project

MATSU ISLANDS, Taiwan - A statue of Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan's first Kuomintang president, stands in Matsu, a cluster of islands northwest of Taiwan, in July 2012. A casino resort project is under way on the islands.

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Protesters march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, with one carrying a photograph of Taiwan's first president Chiang Kai-shek, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China.

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Military guards removed from mausoleums of Chiang Kai-shek, son

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has removed military guards from the mausoleums of Generalissmo Chiang Kai-shek and his son President Chiang Ching-kuo, prompting the authorities to close the sites to the public on Dec. 24. In this photo taken Dec. 16, honor guards perform a changing of the guard ceremony at the entrance to the Chiang Kai-shek mausoleum at the Tzuhu Presidential Burial Place in northern Taiwan.

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Holiday charter services begin with Taipei-Shanghai flight

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tourists crowd the departure lobby of Chiang Kai-shek International Airport on Jan. 20 as charter flight services operated between Taiwan and China during the Lunar New Year holidays kicked off with a Shanghai-bound China Airlines flight.

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Chiang Kai-shek's widow dies in N.Y. at 106

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Madame Chiang Kai-shek (file photo), widow of the former Republic of China president, died at her home in New York on Oct. 23 at the age of 105. Born as May-ling Soong in China in 1897 and educated in the United States, she is credited by historians as one of the most influential woman of the 20th century.

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Ex-Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang dies at 100

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Chinese warlord Chang Hsueh-liang (file photo taken Jan. 16), who gained fame and blame for forcing Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek into an alliance with the Communists against the invading Japanese, died of pneumonia at a Honolulu hospital Sunday. He was 100.

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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei

The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei is pictured on Sept. 19, 2021. Earlier in the month, Taiwan's Cabinet-level Transitional Justice Commission proposed removing a giant statue of former Taiwanese leader Chiang, the centerpiece of the memorial hall.

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Chiang Kai-shek statue in Taipei

Honor guards stand in front of a giant statue of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Kai-shek at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Sept. 19, 2021. Earlier in the month, Taiwan's Cabinet-level Transitional Justice Commission proposed removing the statue.

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Chiang Kai-shek statue in Taipei

A giant statue of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Kai-shek is pictured at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Sept. 19, 2021. Earlier in the month, Taiwan's Cabinet-level Transitional Justice Commission proposed removing the statue.

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The Pacific War 16: Chiang Kai-shek's Greetings

Pacific War 16: Chiang Kai-shek's Greetings 　　　<Caption> Airplane landing in Chongqing, Chinese dignitaries greeting, two dignitaries descending the ramp, Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's greeting (1944) 　*Filming date unknown, Release date: January 1, 1951.

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Military guards removed from mausoleums of Chiang Kai-shek, son

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has removed military guards from the mausoleums of Generalissmo Chiang Kai-shek and his son President Chiang Ching-kuo, prompting the authorities to close the sites to the public on Dec. 24. In this photo taken Dec. 16, honor guards perform a changing of the guard ceremony at the entrance to the Chiang Kai-shek mausoleum at the Tzuhu Presidential Burial Place in northern Taiwan. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Protesters march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, with one carrying a photograph of Taiwan's first president Chiang Kai-shek, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China. (Kyodo)

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Holiday charter services begin with Taipei-Shanghai flight

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tourists crowd the departure lobby of Chiang Kai-shek International Airport on Jan. 20 as charter flight services operated between Taiwan and China during the Lunar New Year holidays kicked off with a Shanghai-bound China Airlines flight. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan marks 70th anniversary of "228 Incident"

Supporters of Taiwanese independence burn a Republic of China flag in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Feb. 28, 2017, during a gathering to mark the 70th anniversary of a massacre by Chinese nationalist troops. The 1947 massacre, also known as the "228 Incident," was a military crackdown on civilian protesters that initiated what historians now call the "White Terror Era." ==Kyodo

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Public hearing on Japanese food products canceled amid melee

People take part in a demonstration organized by the main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Dec. 25, 2016, to protest a government move to ease a ban on imports of Japanese food products imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chen pays tribute to late Madame China Kai-shek

NEW YORK, United States - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (2nd from L) pays tribute to the late Madame Chiang Kai-shek at her residence in New York on Oct. 31. Chen is in New York on a seven-day diplomatic trip to the United States and Panama. (Kyodo)

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Chiang Kai-shek's widow dies in N.Y. at 106

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Madame Chiang Kai-shek (file photo), widow of the former Republic of China president, died at her home in New York on Oct. 23 at the age of 106. Born as May-ling Soong in China in 1897 and educated in the United States, she is credited by historians as one of the most influential woman of the 20th century. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Chiang Kai-shek's widow dies in N.Y. at 106

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Madame Chiang Kai-shek (file photo), widow of the former Republic of China president, died at her home in New York on Oct. 23 at the age of 105. Born as May-ling Soong in China in 1897 and educated in the United States, she is credited by historians as one of the most influential woman of the 20th century. (Kyodo)