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Better trade connection to benefit UK, China: British expert

STORY: Better trade connection to benefit UK, China: British expert DATELINE: July 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UK 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHERARD COWPER-COLES, Chair of the China-Britain Business Council 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHERARD COWPER-COLES, Chair of the China-Britain Business Council 4. various of views of UK and China STORYLINE: Sherard Cowper-Coles, chair of the China-Britain Business Council, has said better connection between the United Kingdom and China in terms of investment and trade will benefit both sides. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHERARD COWPER-COLES, Chair of China-Britain Business Council "Now with UK-China trade at record levels, about 110 billion pounds last year, well worth of 1,000 billion RMB, we at a new stage. There is an expression in English that all ships float on a rising tide. It's not just the Chinese junk that floats. It's the English steamship that rises too, on the tide of growing prosperity, which comes from

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150th anniversary of Kobe Naval Training Center

KOBE, Japan - Minako Koyama (L), great-great-granddaughter of Katsu Kaishu (1823-1899), a statesman and naval engineer, and Masuo Fujimoto, head of a group of descendents of the men of the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steamship that Katsu captained on a visit to the United States in 1860, attend a ceremony on Aug. 30, 2014 in Kobe, western Japan, marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Kobe Naval Training Center.

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150th anniv. of 1st Japanese vessel's arrival in U.S. marked

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japanese Consul General in San Francisco Yasumasa Nagamine addresses a ceremony at San Francisco port on March 17, 2010, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival in the United States of a Japanese vessel sent by the Tokugawa shogunate. A bronze commemorative plate carrying the name of the Kanrin Maru was mounted near a road in front of the pier at San Francisco port where the Japanese steamship docked 150 years ago.

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Japan - Yokohama - The Grand Pier

Japan - Yokohama - The Grand Pier. The HMS Rawalpindi (left) was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted passenger ship - as it was at the time of this photograph - as the P&O vessel the SS Rawalpindi) that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the first months of Second World War. On the right is the Hikawa Maru - a Japanese ocean liner that was built for the Nippon Yusen KK line by the Yokohama Dock Company. She was launched on 30 September 1929, and made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle on 13 May 1930. Date: circa 1931

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Japan - Kobe - Enormous Floating Dock

The enormous floating dock at the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Yard at Kobe, Japan. The liner Hakozaki Maru SS (pictured being finished in the dock) was taken over by the Japanese government during the Second World War for service as a transport. On March 19th, 1945, when in the Yellow Sea, she was torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine USS Balao. Date: 1922

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Dalian, China - The Harbour and Railway Depot

Dalian, China - The Harbour and Railway Depot, during Japanese occupation. The settlement was occupied by the British in 1858, returned to the Chinese in the 1880s, and then occupied by Japan in 1895 during the first Sino-Japanese War. With the unconditional surrender of Japan at the end of the Second World War, Dalian, passed to the Soviet Union, who had liberated the city in advance of the end of hostilities and governed the city until 1950, when the city was presented to the Chinese Communist government without any compensation. Date: circa 1920s

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Orient Line to Australia Poster

Orient Line to Australia Poster showing a steam liner passing Sydney Heads

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Unloading cargo from a large steamship in Manchester Docks

Dock Workers unload cargo from a large steamship in Manchester Docks onto an open railway wagon using a large dock crane. Photograph by Shirley Baker Date: 1960

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Manchester Docks - Manchester Ship Canal

Steamship Wicklow, out of Dublin, moves out of Manchester Docks and down the Manchester Ship Canal. Photograph by Shirley Baker Date: 1960

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White Star Line Poster

White Star Line Poster advertising travel on the world's largest liner between Southampton and New York Date:

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Royal Line poster

Poster produced by the Royal Line shipping company claiming to have the fastest service from Britain to Canada, perfect for emigrants anxious to get there quickly! Date: 20th century

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Royal Line poster

Poster promoting Royal Line Northern Canadian railway system and Atlantic steamship service, showing a ship crossing the Atlantic on the way to Canada from Bristol, where a wholesome and healthy farming life awaits any emigrant passengers. Date: 20th century

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Cunard poster

Dramatically coloured poster for the Cunard Line shipping company advertising their Europe to America service and featuring a smart passenger liner forging through the ocean against a sunset.20th century

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Dutch-built steamship marks 150th anniv. since launch

Takamitsu Enomoto (far R), a great-grandson of Enomoto Takeaki who was on board the steamship Kaiyo Maru when it was launched in Dordrecht in the Netherlands in 1865, and others look at a plate at a former shipyard in the western Dutch city on Oct. 30, 2015. They gathered to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the launch of the vessel, which was one of Japan's first modern warships. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki Harbour seen from Akunoura

A panorama of Nagasaki harbour seen from Akunoura. This photo is a quarter of a larger picture. A steamship is anchored in the harbour. The central right building is the government-owned Nagasaki Iron Foundry. It is thought to be a duplicate of the original photo.==Date:1872, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐15‐0]

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150th anniv. of 1st Japanese vessel's arrival in U.S. marked

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japanese Consul General in San Francisco Yasumasa Nagamine addresses a ceremony at San Francisco port on March 17, 2010, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival in the United States of a Japanese vessel sent by the Tokugawa shogunate. A bronze commemorative plate carrying the name of the Kanrin Maru was mounted near a road in front of the pier at San Francisco port where the Japanese steamship docked 150 years ago. (Kyodo)