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Chinese technology brings green energy to Kazakhstan

STORY: Chinese technology brings green energy to Kazakhstan SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: May 23, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:00 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of photovoltaic power plants and wind farms in Kazakhstan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NAN YI, Chairman of Universal Energy 3. various of photovoltaic power plants and wind farms in Kazakhstan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NAN YI, Chairman of Universal Energy STORYLINE: Chinese company Universal Energy is the contractor for 6 wind and solar power projects in Kazakhstan. They are part of China-Kazakhstan production capacity cooperation programs under the Belt and Road Initiative. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NAN YI, Chairman of Universal Energy "Since 2015, our company has mainly focused on investing in new energy power plants. We are building photovoltaic power plants and wind farms in Kazakhstan. So far, we have built six new energy power projects with a total capacity of 380 megawatts." As of now, Universal Ene

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Ukraine's largest private energy company loses 80 pct of capacity

STORY: Ukraine's largest private energy company loses 80 pct of capacity SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Kiev CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of DTEK's thermal power plant destroyed in a Russian missile attack STORYLINE: Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK lost 80 percent of its generating capacities due to Russian attacks, the Ukrayinska Pravda media outlet reported Wednesday, citing the company's press release. It said the missile and drone strikes on March 22 and March 29 have severely damaged five out of six DTEK's thermal power plants (TPP). "The situation is extremely difficult," the company said. Founded in 2005, the DTEK is the largest private investor in Ukraine's energy industry. It operates TPPs, as well as the largest solar and wind power plants in Ukraine. Last year, DTEK's power-generating facilities produced about 15.2 billion kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to the average annual consumption of about 5.1 million

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240326) -- BEIJING, March 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows the scenery in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-FUTIAN TOWN-TEA GARDEN (CN)

(240325) -- CHONGQING, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing, on March 24, 2024. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-FUTIAN TOWN-TEA GARDEN (CN)

(240325) -- CHONGQING, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows a view of tea gardens in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-FUTIAN TOWN-TEA GARDEN (CN)

(240325) -- CHONGQING, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows the scenery in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-FUTIAN TOWN-TEA GARDEN (CN)

(240325) -- CHONGQING, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Farmers pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing, on March 24, 2024. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Li Fuyu)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-FUTIAN TOWN-TEA GARDEN (CN)

(240325) -- CHONGQING, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-FUTIAN TOWN-TEA GARDEN (CN)

(240325) -- CHONGQING, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-FUTIAN TOWN-TEA GARDEN (CN)

(240325) -- CHONGQING, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 24, 2024 shows a view of tea gardens in Futian Town of Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing. The 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares) of tea gardens in Futian Town have entered the spring tea picking period. Farmers are taking the time to collect tea leaves to make spring tea. In recent years, Futian Town has vigorously developed tea industry, and established four village collective tea processing plants and six village collective tea gardens. Brand teas such as "Wushan Spring Tea" and "Wuxia Black Tea" have become characteristic agricultural products of the town. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-VILLAGE-TREE-PLANTING (CN)

(240310) -- LIUZHOU, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Villager Pan Yongxiong plants trees in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 18, 2019. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Six years ago, with the support of local government and Lianjiang City in Guangdong Province, the village began to implementing a ten-year tree planting program to improve local ecological environment. Thousands of peach, plum, pear and other fruit trees have been planted. Now, as these trees start bearing fruit, the living environment of the village continues to improve, laying a goundwork for future eco-tourism development. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-VILLAGE-TREE-PLANTING (CN)

(240310) -- LIUZHOU, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lin Zijun (R), an official from Lianjiang City of Guangdong Province, plants trees in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 9, 2024. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. Six years ago, with the support of local government and Lianjiang City in Guangdong Province, the village began to implementing a ten-year tree planting program to improve local ecological environment. Thousands of peach, plum, pear and other fruit trees have been planted. Now, as these trees start bearing fruit, the living environment of the village continues to improve, laying a goundwork for future eco-tourism development. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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India to invest 67 bln USD in energy sector in next 5-6 years: PM

STORY: India to invest 67 bln USD in energy sector in next 5-6 years: PM SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:21 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of thermal power plants 3. various of high voltage transmission tower 4. various of metro train STORYLINE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the country will see an investment of 67 billion U.S. dollars in the energy sector in the next five to six years. Modi made the comments while inaugurating the second edition of the India Energy Week in Goa. The prime minister noted the production of domestic gas is rising due to the government's reforms and the country is making efforts to take the percentage of gas in the primary energy mix from 6 to 15 percent. "This will see an investment of about 67 billion dollars in the next 5-6 years," he said. Modi highlighted India's progress in the biofuel sector and said that ethanol blending witnessed a significant rise from 1.5

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Florists in increasing demand as people chase quality life in E China

STORY: Florists in increasing demand as people chase quality life in E China DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:15 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of plants and Liu Yi working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU YI, Florist STORYLINE: Florists are in increasing demand in Hefei, the capital city of east China's Anhui Province as there has been a surge in people's pursuit of quality life. Liu Yi is a florist. She says florists like her not only provide flower arrangement services and ideas for customers, but also help them treat plant diseases either at a horticultural base or at their homes. If clients are in need, they also offer them plant maintenance services. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU YI, Florist "I have been doing this job for five to six years. We would visit our clients at their homes and find suitable plants for arrangements to match their interior decorations. We also help them see if their plants are healthy. If their plants are sick and they are not able to treat them,

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Sapporo to offer tastings of beer made with 'space' barley

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds two bottles of Space Barley beer from Sapporo Breweries Ltd. on Dec. 2, the world's first beer made with barley descending from plants grown inside the International Space Station. Sapporo said the same day it will hold tastings of Sapporo Space Barley in January, inviting a total of 30 couples through a lottery to the events at the company's six plants from Hokkaido to Oita Prefecture. The space brew is not available for sale.

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Wen tours Kyoto - plants tomato seedling at Kyoto farm

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao plants a tomato seedling during a visit to a farm in Kyoto on April 13. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Cooking oil, cotton processing plant launched in S. Afghanistan

STORY: Cooking oil, cotton processing plant launched in S. Afghanistan DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a cooking oil and cotton processing factory in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province STORYLINE: A cooking oil and cotton processing factory has been inaugurated in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Friday. Built within six months, the 500,000-U.S. dollar plant has provided job opportunities for 100 people directly, according to the deputy head of the factory Mohammad Halim Amini. A total of 35 out of 120 damaged plants have resumed production in the former poppy-growing Helmand province since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, the news agency added. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shiberghan, Afghanistan. (XHTV)

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India heading toward another power crisis in July-August: report

STORY: India heading toward another power crisis in July-August: report DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of the India Gatevarious of power plantsvarious of power pylonsvarious of coal mining areas STORYLINE: Lower pre-monsoon coal stock at thermal power plants in India could lead to another power crisis in July-August, an independent research organization said in a report on Sunday. "Going by coal stocks in thermal power stations, India's current power crisis is unlikely to be resolved soon. The onset of the southwest monsoon will further hamper mining and transportation of coal from mines to power stations," the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said in the report. "At the start of May, non-pithead power stations have only six days of coal left, against the stipulated 20-26 days. On the other hand, pithead power stations have coal stock enough for 13 days," said the report. According to the CREA, a lower pr

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GLOBALink | Wildlife protection efforts in China's Qinling Mountains pay off

STORY: Wildlife protection efforts in China's Qinling Mountains pay off DATELINE: May 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Qinling Mountains 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CUI JIANWEI, Forest ranger 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG JIAN, Director of a local forest farm 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUA YIPING, Official with local environmental protection bureau STORYLINE: A trove of wildlife images captured by camera traps recently in northwest China's Qinling Mountains showed that years of wildlife protection efforts there had paid off. Recently, 17 kinds of wild animals, including 12 under state protection, have been spotted by camera traps. The Qinling Mountains, known as China's gene bank of wild biology, are home to over 3,400 kinds of animals and plants. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CUI JIANWEI, Forest ranger "We alter the batteries and storage cards for infrared cameras every six months. These camera traps can automatically capture the images of wild a

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Wen tours Kyoto - plants tomato seedling at Kyoto farm

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao plants a tomato seedling during a visit to a farm in Kyoto on April 13. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Sapporo to offer tastings of beer made with 'space' barley

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds two bottles of Space Barley beer from Sapporo Breweries Ltd. on Dec. 2, the world's first beer made with barley descending from plants grown inside the International Space Station. Sapporo said the same day it will hold tastings of Sapporo Space Barley in January, inviting a total of 30 couples through a lottery to the events at the company's six plants from Hokkaido to Oita Prefecture. The space brew is not available for sale. (Kyodo)

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Toyota halts more production lines after explosion at parts supplier

Photo taken June 1, 2016, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Motomachi plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. The automaker halted production on 14 lines at nine domestic plants, following the suspension of six lines at four plants a day earlier, due to potential parts shortages after an explosion at a brake parts supplier on May 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo