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China: Unusual Dog-Walking With Van Spotted in Henan Province

On June 16, 2025, in Henan Province, a video showed an unusual dog-walking method. Six dogs were attached to a white van, running beside the vehicle as it moved forward.

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AI guide dog

Photo taken in Shanghai on July 23, 2024, shows a six-legged AI robot, developed by a Shanghai Jiao Tong University research team to replace guide dogs, in trial use. The robot was developed in response to a shortage of guide dogs in China where over 17 million people are visually impaired, while only about 400 such dogs are available. The AI robot can discern traffic signal colors, unlike guide dogs, the research team says.

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AI guide dog

Photo taken in Shanghai on July 23, 2024, shows a six-legged AI robot, developed by a Shanghai Jiao Tong University research team to replace guide dogs, in trial use. The robot was developed in response to a shortage of guide dogs in China where over 17 million people are visually impaired, while only about 400 such dogs are available. The AI robot can discern traffic signal colors, unlike guide dogs, the research team says.

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AI guide dog

Photo taken in Shanghai on July 23, 2024, shows a six-legged AI robot, developed by a Shanghai Jiao Tong University research team to replace guide dogs, in trial use. The robot was developed in response to a shortage of guide dogs in China where over 17 million people are visually impaired, while only about 400 such dogs are available. The AI robot can discern traffic signal colors, unlike guide dogs, the research team says.

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AI guide dog

Photo taken in Shanghai on July 23, 2024, shows a six-legged AI robot, developed by a Shanghai Jiao Tong University research team to replace guide dogs, in trial use. The robot was developed in response to a shortage of guide dogs in China where over 17 million people are visually impaired, while only about 400 such dogs are available. The AI robot can discern traffic signal colors, unlike guide dogs, the research team says.

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CHINA-SHANDONG-WEIFANG-POLICE DOG-CORGI (CN)

(240407) -- WEIFANG, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fu Zai, a six-month-old corgi, patrols with fellow police dogs and their handlers in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 7, 2024. Breaking stereotypes, Fu Zai is ready to sniff out trouble as China's first police dog of this breed. The adorable corgi, after making his debut recently at the open day event held at a police camp in the city of Weifang, went viral thanks to the iconic smiley face, cute "little short legs" and outstanding skills in bomb searching. Fu Zai showed unique advantages and consistently excelled as an "A-student" during his initial training days. Despite being listed as a reserve police dog, Fu Zai still shoulders a substantial workload, engaging in training sessions that include obedience exercises, bomb searches and scent tracking, scheduled every morning and afternoon. Following four months of training, Fu Zai is now capable of crawling directly under vehicles for investigations, or smoothly entering narrow indoor sp

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CHINA-SHANDONG-WEIFANG-POLICE DOG-CORGI (CN)

(240407) -- WEIFANG, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fu Zai, a six-month-old corgi, patrols with fellow police dogs and their handlers in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, April 7, 2024. Breaking stereotypes, Fu Zai is ready to sniff out trouble as China's first police dog of this breed. The adorable corgi, after making his debut recently at the open day event held at a police camp in the city of Weifang, went viral thanks to the iconic smiley face, cute "little short legs" and outstanding skills in bomb searching. Fu Zai showed unique advantages and consistently excelled as an "A-student" during his initial training days. Despite being listed as a reserve police dog, Fu Zai still shoulders a substantial workload, engaging in training sessions that include obedience exercises, bomb searches and scent tracking, scheduled every morning and afternoon. Following four months of training, Fu Zai is now capable of crawling directly under vehicles for investigations, or smoothly entering narrow indoor sp

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Chinese rescuers work tirelessly to search for survivors in Türkiye

STORY: Chinese rescuers work tirelessly to search for survivors in Türkiye DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: ANTAKYA, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG FENG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the rescue efforts STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG FENG, Xinhua correspondent "China's search and rescue team has been working tirelessly to save lives since they arrived in Türkiye on Feb. 8. The 82-member team has rescued six people from the ruins of the buildings in the worst-hit region of Antakya, a district of the southern Hatay province. Accompanied by search and rescue dogs, along with well-equipped tools and machines, the team members worked around the clock with outstanding dedication, looking for the sign of life beneath tons of steel and concrete." Chinese and foreign rescue teams shout out to the ruins, hoping to find more survivors as chances for survival are diminishing. "I'm counting. One! Two! Three!" "Anybody there? Anybody there? Anybody there?" At

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Hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi (far R), the Japanese former champion of New York's famous July 4 Independence Day hot dog eating contest, eats hot dogs in a rival contest organized by himself in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2013. Kobayashi won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Coney Island in New York for six years in a row since 2001, but has not participated in the competition since 2010 due to a contract dispute with the organizer and has organized a similar contest on his own.

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Japan's defending hot-dog chomper loses in New York competition

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi (L), the Japanese defending champing of New York's annual Independence Day hot-dog eating contest, lost out July 4 to last year's American runner-up Joey Chestnut (R). Kobayashi, 29, who won the competition for six years in a row till last year, devoured three less hot dogs than the 66 gulped down by Chestnut, 23, within 12 minutes.

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(2)Aichi Expo opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Police officers with dogs stand guard at the World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 25, the opening day of the six-month exposition.

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Guide dogs born through artificial insemination

SAPPORO, Japan - Tsukushi, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever bred by Akiko Toki of Sapporo's Teine Ward, feeds her six puppies which she gave birth to through artificial insemination. The Hokkaido Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said May 8 it conducted the artificial insemination, using sperm of another guide dog, for the first time in Japan. The puppies, six males, were born in March and are in good health.

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(2)Police hold antiterrorism drills for Bush visit

TOKYO, Japan - Police dogs chase an officer disguised as a terrorist in one of six drills carried out by the Metropolitan Police Department on Feb. 5 in preparation for a three-day visit by U.S. President George W. Bush beginning Feb. 17.

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Robot dogs train for int'l robot soccer meet

TOKYO, Japan - Robot dogs train for an international robot soccer meet in Stockholm scheduled to open July 27. Two teams from Japan will participate in the third Robot World Cup (RoboCup), which will also invite seven other teams from six other countries. The RoboCup, which at its two previous meets held games only for car-type robots, created a new official event for robot dogs this year.

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The Red Cross for the Russo-Japanese War

An ambulance dog supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer to the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904. The top photographs show Richardson giving the dog a message, barking to attract attention to stretcher bearers and on sentry duty at an outpost. The bottom illustrations show dogs in use by the Germans and Italians. When the First World War broke out, the Germans had about six thousand trained dogs whereas the British had just one. Richardson pioneered the training of messenger dogs in Britain despite reservations from the military authorities. Eventually, he became commandant of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness which successfully supplied hundreds of dogs who worked as messengers at the front. Date: 1904

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3-generation German shepherd family takes exam to become police dogs

Six German shepherds from the same family -- the 7-year-old mother, her two 4-year-old daughters and three 2-year-old grandchildren -- pose after taking part in an examination to become part-time police dogs in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on April 13, 2015. Results will be announced in late May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's defending hot-dog chomper loses in New York competition

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi (L), the Japanese defending champing of New York's annual Independence Day hot-dog eating contest, lost out July 4 to last year's American runner-up Joey Chestnut (R). Kobayashi, 29, who won the competition for six years in a row till last year, devoured three less hot dogs than the 66 gulped down by Chestnut, 23, within 12 minutes. (Kyodo)

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(2)Aichi Expo opens

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Police officers with dogs stand guard at the World Exposition site in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 25, the opening day of the six-month exposition. (Kyodo)

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(2)Police hold antiterrorism drills for Bush visit

TOKYO, Japan - Police dogs chase an officer disguised as a terrorist in one of six drills carried out by the Metropolitan Police Department on Feb. 5 in preparation for a three-day visit by U.S. President George W. Bush beginning Feb. 17.

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Akita governor promotes his prefecture in Bangkok

Norihisa Satake, governor of Japan's Akita Prefecture, explains about Akita dogs, originating in the mountainous regions of the prefecture in northeastern Japan, at a tourist promotional event in Bangkok on Aug. 27, 2019. Representatives mainly of the six northeastern Japan prefectures attended the event to encourage more Thai people to visit their prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Robot dogs train for int'l robot soccer meet

TOKYO, Japan - Robot dogs train for an international robot soccer meet in Stockholm scheduled to open July 27. Two teams from Japan will participate in the third Robot World Cup (RoboCup), which will also invite seven other teams from six other countries. The RoboCup, which at its two previous meets held games only for car-type robots, created a new official event for robot dogs this year.

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Robot dogs train for int'l robot soccer meet

TOKYO, Japan - Robot dogs train for an international robot soccer meet in Stockholm scheduled to open July 27. Two teams from Japan will participate in the third Robot World Cup (RoboCup), which will also invite seven other teams from six other countries. The RoboCup, which at its two previous meets held games only for car-type robots, created a new official event for robot dogs this year.