Illustration For US Election Day

Illustration For US Election Day

File photo dated September 15, 2004 - View of The White House ,the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the united states of america located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. - American voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president. US election results are sometimes declared within hours of the polls closing, but this year's tight contest could mean a longer wait. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration For US Election Day

Illustration For US Election Day

File photo dated September 15, 2004 - View of The White House ,the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the united states of america located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. - American voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president. US election results are sometimes declared within hours of the polls closing, but this year's tight contest could mean a longer wait. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINA-HMEP-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL-COOPERATION

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINA-HMEP-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL-COOPERATION

(240609) -- KAMPALA, June 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chen Li (L), vice principal of Hunan Mechanical and Electrical Polytechnic (HMEP) hands over a plaque to Ayub Sooma (C), chairperson of Luyanzi Institute of Technology (LIT), under the witness of the charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda Fan Xuecheng, during a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at LIT campus in Kampala, Uganda, June 8, 2024. Uganda's LIT, a vocational school in Kampala, has signed a MoU with HMEP in China to enhance training and employment opportunities for its students. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINA-HMEP-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL-COOPERATION

UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINA-HMEP-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL-COOPERATION

(240609) -- KAMPALA, June 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Li (L), vice principal of Hunan Mechanical and Electrical Polytechnic (HMEP) hands over a plaque to Ayub Sooma (C), chairperson of Luyanzi Institute of Technology (LIT), under the witness of the charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda Fan Xuecheng, during a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at LIT campus in Kampala, Uganda, June 8, 2024. Uganda's LIT, a vocational school in Kampala, has signed a MoU with HMEP in China to enhance training and employment opportunities for its students. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

Chinese schools boost health, happiness with focus on exercise

STORY: Chinese schools boost health, happiness with focus on exercise SHOOTING TIME: Recent and file footage DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of children's sports activities held in various parts of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO XING, Vice Principal, Tongmeng Kindergarten in Wuhan 3. Students practicing martial arts 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HOU MINGFEI, Vice Principal, No. 9 Primary School in Hunnan District of Shenyang 5. various of children's sports activities held in various parts of China STORYLINE: June 1st marks International Children's Day. Ahead of this day, diverse and colorful sports activities were held in various parts of China, allowing children to have fun while engaging in physical exercise. In a kindergarten in Wuhan, Hubei Province, martial arts were introduced on campus. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO XING, Vice Principal, Tongmeng Kindergarten in Wuhan "In the past two years, over 200 children at our kindergarten hav

Kenya hosts joint conference of African Confucius institutes

STORY: Kenya hosts joint conference of African Confucius institutes SHOOTING TIME: May 30, 2024 DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AURELIA CHEPKIRUI RONO, Principal secretary of the State Department for Parliamentary Affairs within the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN KIAMA, Vice chancellor of the University of Nairobi STORYLINE: The 2024 Joint Conference of Confucius Institutes in Africa commenced Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the cooperation and development of Chinese language training centers across the continent. Co-organized by the China International Foundation for Chinese Language Education, the University of Nairobi, Kenya's oldest university, and its Confucius Institute, the conference runs until June 1. The event, themed "Promoting Localization, Development, Collaboration and Innovation of African Confucius Institutes," gather

Polish expat explores intangible cultural heritages in China's Dongguan

STORY: Polish expat explores intangible cultural heritages in China's Dongguan SHOOTING TIME: May 1, 2024 DATELINE: May 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: DONGGUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of activities 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school in Dongguan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school in Dongguan 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school in Dongguan STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school in Dongguan "Hello everyone, I am Jakub. I have arrived at Nanshe ancient village in Chashan Town. This village has a history of over 800 years and is undoubtedly a cultural treasure of Dongguan City. Here, you can personally experience the real intangible culture. So, why don't you follow me and together we explore the cultural treasure of this place. Let's go! The facial expressions of these dolls are truly lifelike, and every detail is so vivid. I th

Student lion dance team set up in E China to cherish traditional culture

STORY: Student lion dance team set up in E China to cherish traditional culture SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the school 2. various of students performing lion dance 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU CHENXIN, Student, Fuzhou Cangshan Guanlan Primary School 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DENG SHUIJIN, Deputy secretary-general of Fujian Dragon and Lion Dance Sports Association 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HU JUAN, Vice principal, Fuzhou Cangshan Guanlan Primary School STORYLINE: A primary school in east China's Fujian Province has set up a lion dance team with an average age of nine. The school aims to encourage the students to inherit and promote the traditional Chinese culture. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU CHENXIN, Student, Fuzhou Cangshan Guanlan Primary School "I really like the lion dance. Every time before I go on stage, I am so excited. When I dance, all of my classmates think I am very cool." SOUNDBITE 2 (C

Expats in Anhui hail China's economic, technological development

STORY: Expats in Anhui hail China's economic, technological development SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIEGMUND ROBERT, Body Structure & HV-Battery Specialist, Volkswagen Anhui 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GREGORY MACUR, Vice Principal for Early Years and Primary Years Program of Canadian International School of Hefei 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YOSHIHISA ISHIHARA, General Manager of Hefei Branch, Mizuho Bank (China), Ltd. STORYLINE: Recently "2024 Chinese New Year Celebration for International Friends in Anhui" was held in Hefei in east China's Anhui Province. Foreign expats from different fields in Anhui attended the event. While experiencing Chinese New Year traditions, multiple attendees gave the thumbs-up to China's economic and technological development. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIEGMUND ROBERT, Body Structure & HV-Battery Specialist, Volkswagen Anhui "Things you

CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-STUDY SESSION-FINANCIAL SECTOR-HIGH-QUALITY DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-STUDY SESSION-FINANCIAL SECTOR-HIGH-QUALITY DEVELOPMENT (CN)

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Urumqi in China's Xinjiang reforms final exams for small school children

STORY: Urumqi in China's Xinjiang reforms final exams for small school children SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of pupils participating in final exams 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XUE YANGZIMENG, Second-grader of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MENG FANJIANUO, Second-grader of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG JUN, Vice Principal of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College STORYLINE: Local education authorities in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have rolled out new measures to reform final exams for small school children. According to the new measures, test paper results will no longer be the only standard for measuring students' learning capacity for first and second-graders at elementary schools. They encourage these pupils to participate in different fun learning ac

American teacher shares her time in China's Foshan

STORY: American teacher shares her time in China's Foshan SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: FOSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Foshan, China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School 3. various of the Guangdong Country Garden School 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHNNA WARNER, Vice Principal of Guangdong Country Garden School "My name is Johnna Warner. We moved here (China's Foshan City) in 2017. We originally came to China because my husband was looking at investing in a business opportunity. So we talked about it, and we decided that going on an adventure and moving halfway around the world to China was a great idea."

School heating project benefits students in China's Xizang

STORY: School heating project benefits students in China's Xizang SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 6/Nov. 10, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Xizang Autonomous Region 2. various of students in classrooms in Xizang 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LHAPA TSERING, Headmaster of a primary school in Lhasa 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YESHE CHOTSO, Student, Ngari-Shaanxi Experimental School 5. various of heating system in Ngari-Shaanxi Experimental School 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): NYIMA SANGMO, Vice-principal, Ngari-Shaanxi Experimental School STORYLINE: Schools in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region have embraced a warm winter thanks to a government-funded heating project. The project is part of an effort to improve the infrastructure of schools and guarantee the well-being of students and teachers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LHAPA TSERING, Headmaster of a primary school in Lhasa "Our school activated the heating system this week. W

China Trade Week opens in Kenya amid call for deepening commercial ties

STORY: China Trade Week opens in Kenya amid call for deepening commercial ties SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:15 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EDWIN MASIVO, Kenya country director for Global exhibitions 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZAHOOR AHMED, Vice president of Middle East International Events (MIE) 4. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: The eighth edition of China Trade Week kicked off in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi Wednesday, as senior officials renewed calls for deepening economic cooperation to realize mutual benefits. John Ololtuaa, the principal secretary in the State Department of Tourism, said the three-day event offers an opportunity for Kenya to showcase investment opportunities across diverse sectors of the economy to entrepreneurs from the Asian nation. While acknowledging that China remains Kenya's largest trading partner and source of investments, Ololtuaa said the government intends

China, ASEAN deepen international cooperation in vocational education

STORY: China, ASEAN deepen international cooperation in vocational education DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week 2. various of education cooperation 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WEI LIN, Vice principal, Liuzhou Vocational and Technical College 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YOK SOTHY, Director of National Technical Training Institute, The Kingdom of Cambodia STORYLINE: Attendees to a China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week are seeking more cooperation in vocational education. The six-day education cooperation week wraps up Saturday in Gui'an New Area in Guizhou, China. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WEI LIN, Vice principal, Liuzhou Vocational and Technical College In recent years, our school's primary focus in cooperation with ASEAN countries has been to assist businesses in expanding internationally. In 2021, as the overseas market demand increased for Guangxi LiuGong Group Co., Ltd, we jointly establish

Foreigners experience folk culture in China's Dongguan

STORY: Foreigners experience folk culture in China's Dongguan DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: DONGGUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chashan dolls and craftsmanship 2. various of Dongguan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FERNANDO MUNOZ, Colombian vlogger 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FERNANDO MUNOZ, Colombian vlogger 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): FERNANDO MUNOZ, Colombian vlogger 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school 9. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school 10. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): FERNANDO MUNOZ, Colombian vlogger 11. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school 12. SOUNDBITE 10 (English): FERNANDO MUNOZ, Colombian vlogger 13. SOUNDBITE 11 (English): JAKUB PAWLIK, Vice principal of a local school 14. SOUNDBITE 12 (English): FERNANDO MUNOZ, Colombian

Foreign expats explore local culture in China's Dongguan

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Flood-hit regions in N China speed up post-disaster resettlement

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Exploring China's spallation neutron source in Dongguan with foreign expats

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Experts call for joint efforts to protect gibbons at meeting in China's Haikou

STORY: Experts call for joint efforts to protect gibbons at meeting in China's Haikou DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHUA TIN HOW, Former Principal Private Secretary to the President, Singapore 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SUSAN CHEYNE, Vice-Chair for IUCN Primate Specialist Group Section on Small Apes 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG XINSHENG, Former President of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) STORYLINE: Experts have called for joint efforts to protect gibbons at the Global Gibbon Network (GGN) first Meeting of Partners held from Friday to Sunday in China's Haikou. The Global Gibbon Network Initiative was launched to promote the normalization of international cooperation and exchanges on the conservation of gibbon species. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHUA TIN HOW, Former Principal Private Secretary to the President, Singapore "The GGN charter provides a platform to s

Chinese holiday spending ripples outward, boosting world's economic recovery

STORY: Chinese holiday spending ripples outward, boosting world's economic recovery DATELINE: May 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese tourists traveling around 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG YIXIANG, Luohu Port border checkpoint 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HU YANG, Marketing director, Fantawild Asian Legend 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHANAPAN KAEWKLACHAIYAWUTH, Vice president of Thai-Chinese Tourism Alliance Association 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JOHN OLOLTUA, Principal secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): MOHAMED A. SALAMA, Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority STORYLINE: As China embraced the first May Day holiday since the country optimized its COVID-19 response measures, a dramatic travel spree has shown the huge potential of China's tourism market to the world. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Chinese people made 274 million domestic trips during the May Day holiday that began

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Education for ethnic Koreans in Japan

Education for ethnic Koreans in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Om Chang Joon, vice principal at Korea International School, gives a Korean history lesson at the school in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2013.

Korean schools urge gov't not to exclude them from program

Korean schools urge gov't not to exclude them from program

TOKYO, Japan - Choe In Tae (C), vice chairman of the Conference of Principals of Korean High Schools in Japan, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo's Yurakucho on March 2, 2010. Choe, also the principal of a pro-Pyongyang high school in Ibaraki Prefecture, urged the government not to exclude such schools from a planned program to make high schools tuition-free.

Police raid elementary school over teacher promotion scandal

Police raid elementary school over teacher promotion scandal

OITA, Japan - Police remove documents after raiding an elementary school in Saiki, Oita Prefecture, on July 22. The vice principal of the school has told the police that he gave vouchers to an arrested senior education board official in return for a promotion.

ASEAN's economic development benefits from BRI projects: experts

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STORY: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of general views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GRACE TAO, Global Vice President of Tesla 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DAVID SANCHEZ CASTANEDA, Sales Manager of Fujian Black Bean Technology Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FAHEEM SARDAR, Senior policy specialist at Pakistan's national security division 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): OH EI SUN, Principal adviser for Malaysia's Pacific Research Center STORYLINE: In the Hefei area of the pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in China's Anhui, the construction of Volkswagen Anhui MEB (Modular Electric Drive Matrix) plant is in full swing, with mass production scheduled for 2023. Last month marked the second anniversary of the inauguration of the Anhui pilot FTZ. According to official data, in the first half of this year, the FTZ generated foreign trade of 95.93 billion yuan (about 13.38 billion U.S. dollars)

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BRITAIN-SCOTLAND-CHINA-ENHANCE COOPERATION

BRITAIN-SCOTLAND-CHINA-ENHANCE COOPERATION

(220628) -- EDINBURGH, June 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguang (C, front) meets with Principal and Vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh Peter Mathieson (not seen in the picture) in Edinburgh, Scotland of Britain, June 21, 2022. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Scottish officials, universities willing to enhance cooperation with China" (Xinhua/Han Yan)

Students in China's Shaanxi enjoy activity courses under "double reduction" policy

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