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China's development prioritizes well-being of its people: Togolese scholar

STORY: China's development prioritizes well-being of its people: Togolese scholar SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 25, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Lome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (French): ABOUDOU MAMAN TACHIWOU, Togolese director of Confucius Institute of University of Lome 2. various of city views in China STORYLINE: A Togolese scholar has said that China's development prioritizes the well-being of its people In an interview with Xinhua, the scholar shared his feelings about visiting China this year SOUNDBITE (French): ABOUDOU MAMAN TACHIWOU, Togolese director of Confucius Institute of University of Lome "I did my thesis in China, so I've lived with the Chinese, and I know the Chinese people. This year, when I was in China, I was surprised. I lived in China from 2004 to 2009, and everything changed dramatically. Chinese people are getting better, and keep getting better. For China, development means development to the benefit of the entire population, and it means first an

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Professor Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on April 28, 2014. The Kyoto University professor refuted doubts raised by some Internet users about images attached to his thesis published in 2000.

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Professor Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on April 28, 2014. The Kyoto University professor refuted doubts raised by some Internet users about images attached to his thesis published in 2000.

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Professor Yamanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on April 28, 2014. The Kyoto University professor refuted doubts raised by some Internet users about images attached to his thesis published in 2000.

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Nagoya, Adelaide, Freiburg universities agree on joint program

NAGOYA, Japan - Michinari Hamaguchi (3rd from L), president of Nagoya University, poses for photos in Nagoya on March 19, 2014, after concluding a memorandum of cooperation between the Japanese university, the University of Adelaide in Australia and the University of Freiburg in Germany. Under the educational program, graduate students of medicine at any one of these universities can complete their studies at one of the two other schools and receive medical degrees from both institutions if their thesis is approved in joint screening by the schools concerned.

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Nobel Prize winner Masukawa meets press

KYOTO, Japan - Toshihide Masukawa, professor at Kyoto Sangyo University and professor emeritus at Kyoto University, shows off a booklet carrying a thesis which became a subject for this year's Nobel Prize in physics given to him during a news conference at Kyoto University on Oct. 8.

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Computer student neither denies, admits launching virus

MANILA, Philippines - Onel de Guzman (L), a 23-year-old Filipino computer student who could be the author of the ''Love Bug'' virus that crippled computer e-mail systems worldwide, meets the press in Manila on May 11. He neither confirmed nor denied he wrote or unleashed the program. He did admit he had prepared a thesis proposal, ''Email Password Sender Trojan,'' but he stressed that because the project was rejected by his computer school, he did not develop it further. His sister Irene is on the right.

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Physicist Taketani dies at age 88

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Taketani, a theoretical physicist known for his research on elementary particles, dies on April 22 at a Tokyo hospital, according to his family. He was 88. His family members decline to disclose the cause of his death. Taketani, a native of Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, presented in his graduation thesis a theory that scientific progress consists of three stages: (1) a phenomenological stage, (2) a substance-theory stage, and (3) an essence-theory stage. This theory came to be known as Taketani's Theory of the Three Stages.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-FOREIGN STUDENT-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (CN)

(220813) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Handiso Selamu Yisihak works on the design of his thesis at Tianjin University of Technology and Education in north China's Tianjin, Aug. 12, 2022. Handiso Selamu Yisihak came to Tianjin University of Technology and Education three years ago. Currently, the 38-year-old postgraduate is studying for his doctorate in Education. Working on his doctorate in the university, Handiso Selamu Yisihak takes full advantage of facilities on campus, with a focus on his research on artificial intelligence and industrial robot, and spends much time on practical training. In terms of vocational education, Handiso Selamu Yisihak rates practice high on his list of priorities. He hopes more African students could study in China, boosting cooperation and development of vocational education between China and Africa. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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The Core (2003)

Aaron Eckhart Characters: Dr. Josh Keyes Film: The Core (USA/CAN/DE 2003) Director: Jon Amiel 25 March 2003 Date: 25 March 2003

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Embattled stem cell researcher to be stripped of doctorate

Photo shows Haruko Obokata, a former researcher at the heart of a data fabrication scandal surrounding what was initially seen as a groundbreaking stem cell discovery. It was reported on Oct. 30, 2015, that Waseda University is set to revoke the doctoral degree of the former Riken researcher, as she failed to correct her 2011 thesis within a one-year deadline given to her in October 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Harvard Univ. anthropologist to publish thesis on 2011 tsunami

Andrew Littlejohn from Britain, an anthropologist at Harvard University, speaks in an interview in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015. He will shortly return to the U.S. university after a yearlong stay in the northeastern Japanese town ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and plans to publish a thesis in both English and Japanese on possible ways to revive the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Elderly univ. student takes up Hakata festival for graduation thesis

Mariko Doi, a 64-year-old student of Kyushu Women's University, shows pictures and other materials on July 2, 2015, which she has gathered to write about the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, as her graduation thesis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel Prize winner Masukawa meets press

KYOTO, Japan - Toshihide Masukawa, professor at Kyoto Sangyo University and professor emeritus at Kyoto University, shows off a booklet carrying a thesis which became a subject for this year's Nobel Prize in physics given to him during a news conference at Kyoto University on Oct. 8. (Kyodo)

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Erich von Daniken, Miloslav Stingl

***FILE PHOTO*** Swiss author who is best known for his controversial thesis about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture Erich von Daniken (right) speaks with Czech explorer and author Miloslav Stingl in National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 11, 2011. Daniken held lecture Unsolved mysteries of the world in the National Museum of Prague. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Peska)

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Erich von Daniken, Miloslav Stingl

***FILE PHOTO*** Swiss author who is best known for his controversial thesis about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture Erich von Daniken (right) speaks with Czech explorer and author Miloslav Stingl in National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 11, 2011. Daniken held lecture Unsolved mysteries of the world in the National Museum of Prague. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Peska)

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Computer student neither denies, admits launching virus

MANILA, Philippines - Onel de Guzman (L), a 23-year-old Filipino computer student who could be the author of the ''Love Bug'' virus that crippled computer e-mail systems worldwide, meets the press in Manila on May 11. He neither confirmed nor denied he wrote or unleashed the program. He did admit he had prepared a thesis proposal, ''Email Password Sender Trojan,'' but he stressed that because the project was rejected by his computer school, he did not develop it further. His sister Irene is on the right.

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Physicist Taketani dies at age 88

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Taketani, a theoretical physicist known for his research on elementary particles, dies on April 22 at a Tokyo hospital, according to his family. He was 88. His family members decline to disclose the cause of his death. Taketani, a native of Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, presented in his graduation thesis a theory that scientific progress consists of three stages: (1) a phenomenological stage, (2) a substance-theory stage, and (3) an essence-theory stage. This theory came to be known as Taketani's Theory of the Three Stages.