China's Hubei promotes tourism in New Zealand's largest city

STORY: China's Hubei promotes tourism in New Zealand's largest city SHOOTING TIME: Nov, 30, 2023 DATELINE: Dec, 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: AUCKLAND, New Zealand CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the activity STORYLINE: China's central Hubei Province promoted its unique culture and tourism on Thursday in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. Hubei is home to four UNESCO World natural and cultural heritage sites and thousands of tourist attractions, as tourism plays an important role in the provincial development, Chinese Vice Consul-General in Auckland Wang Junchao told the promotion show held in Auckland. Wang cited Wudang Mountain, Yellow Crane Tower, the birthplace of great patriotic poet Qu Yuan who had a deep influence on the Chinese literary circle, as some of Hubei's "shining cards". Hubei is also the birthplace of Taiji. With the spread of Chinese martial arts, Taiji culture becomes well known to the world, Wang said. Tourism exchange and cooperation is an important part of peopl

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

LVIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi, Honorary Vice Consul of Austria in Lviv Khrystyna Kulyk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine Arad Benko and deputy head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Andrii Danyk (L to R) are pictured during the ceremony to convey firefighting equipment from the government of Austria and the community of Vienna to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

LVIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Honorary Vice Consul of Austria in Lviv Khrystyna Kulyk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine Arad Benko and deputy head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Andrii Danyk and head of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region Yurii Kahitin (L to R) attend the ceremony to convey firefighting equipment from the government of Austria and the community of Vienna to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

LVIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Deputy head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Andrii Danyk, Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine Arad Benko, Honorary Vice Consul of Austria in Lviv Khrystyna Kulyk and head of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region Yurii Kahitin (L to R) are pictured during the ceremony to convey firefighting equipment from the government of Austria and the community of Vienna to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

LVIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine Arad Benko and Honorary Vice Consul of Austria in Lviv Khrystyna Kulyk (L to R) are pictured during the ceremony to convey firefighting equipment from the government of Austria and the community of Vienna to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

LVIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Deputy head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Andrii Danyk, Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine Arad Benko, Honorary Vice Consul of Austria in Lviv Khrystyna Kulyk and head of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region Yurii Kahitin (L to R) are pictured during the ceremony to convey firefighting equipment from the government of Austria and the community of Vienna to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

Austria hands over firefighting equipment to rescuers in Lviv Region

LVIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Deputy head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Andrii Danyk, Honorary Vice Consul of Austria in Lviv Khrystyna Kulyk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine Arad Benko, Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi and head of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region Yurii Kahitin (L to R) are pictured during the ceremony to convey firefighting equipment from the government of Austria and the community of Vienna to the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Region, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Brazilian companies seek high-tech cooperation in China

STORY: Brazilian companies seek high-tech cooperation in China DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jose Roberto de Andrade Filo, vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai 2. various of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): INGRID GUIMARAES BARTH, President of Brazilian Association of Startups STORYLINE: A Brazilian diplomat in Shanghai said that many Brazilian high-tech companies are expecting to deepen cooperation with their counterparts in China. Jose Roberto de Andrade Filo, vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai, made the remarks before Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off his four-day state visit to China. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai "In terms of technology, for example, everything that makes agri

Trading in own currencies facilitates transaction, lowers cost: Brazilian diplomat

STORY: Trading in own currencies facilitates transaction, lowers cost: Brazilian diplomat DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes in Brazil 2. various of scenes in China 3. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai STORYLINE: The Brazilian government recently said that Brazil and China could trade in their own currencies in the future, and not use the U.S. dollar as an intermediary. A Brazilian diplomat in Shanghai told Xinhua that such an arrangement will facilitate bilateral trade and lower the cost of transaction. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai "China is the biggest trade partner of Brazil. It has been so for 14 consecutive years and we have all the elements to believe that this will keep being the situation for many years to come. So it's natural that we can facilitate and lower the cost of transaction. That's posi

Memorial plaque to Sugihara to go up at Foreign Ministry

Memorial plaque to Sugihara to go up at Foreign Ministry

TOKYO, Japan - A plaque commemorating Chiune Sugihara (shown in this file photo), a Japanese diplomat who saved about 6,000 Jews from Nazi Germany during World War II, will go up at the Foreign Ministry. While working as vice consul at the Japanese mission in Kovno, Lithuania, Sugihara ignored orders from Tokyo and issued thousands of Japanese transit visas in 1940 to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. In 1947, he retired and returned to the country, but reportedly faced punitive action for disobeying orders. He died in 1986.

New Zealand celebrates 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties with China

STORY: New Zealand celebrates 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties with China DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Auckland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the gathering STORYLINE: New Zealand political and community leaders gathered in Auckland on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand. "Insisting on mutual respect, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation is an important principle to which we attribute the many achievements in our bilateral relations," said China's Vice Consul General in Auckland Lei Zhen in a written speech to the event. "As the two parties continue holding this principle, New Zealand-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will develop better and better, and benefit the two peoples more and more," Lei added. "The mutual beneficial cooperation between our two countries is sure to bring more benefits to our two peoples," said Steven Wong, director of the Federation of the Chinese Association of

Russian Jewish Congress chief talks about diplomat Sugihara

Russian Jewish Congress chief talks about diplomat Sugihara

Russian Jewish Congress President Yuri Kanner and Japan-Russia culture center chief Suguru Kawamura (R) talk about the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara in front of a plaque commemorating Sugihara at a hotel in Moscow on Oct. 14, 2015. Sugihara saved the lives of thousands of Jews during his tenure as vice-consul at the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 1939 to 1940 by issuing transit visas to Japan to many Jews escaping from persecution by the Nazis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Event honoring late diplomat Sugihara held at Moscow hotel

Event honoring late diplomat Sugihara held at Moscow hotel

An event to honor the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara is held in a hotel in Moscow on Oct. 14, 2015. Sugihara saved the lives of thousands of Jews during his tenure as vice-consul at the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 1939 to 1940 by issuing transit visas to Japan to many Jews escaping from persecution by the Nazis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Courageous diplomat's documents sought to be on World Memory list

Courageous diplomat's documents sought to be on World Memory list

File photo shows Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986), a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi persecution during World War II. In June 2015, the central Japanese town of Yaotsu, the hometown of "Japan's Schindler," in Gifu Prefecture started the process of seeking to have documents associated with Sugihara inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register. Serving as vice consul at the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas in Lithuania, Sugihara issued transit visas to Japan to Jewish refugees on humanitarian grounds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The wife of a vice-consul and her attendants

The wife of a vice-consul and her attendants

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Memorial plaque to Sugihara to go up at Foreign Ministry

Memorial plaque to Sugihara to go up at Foreign Ministry

TOKYO, Japan - A plaque commemorating Chiune Sugihara (shown in this file photo), a Japanese diplomat who saved about 6,000 Jews from Nazi Germany during World War II, will go up at the Foreign Ministry. While working as vice consul at the Japanese mission in Kovno, Lithuania, Sugihara ignored orders from Tokyo and issued thousands of Japanese transit visas in 1940 to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. In 1947, he retired and returned to the country, but reportedly faced punitive action for disobeying orders. He died in 1986.

Chinese diplomat slams Japan for allowing Nanjing seminar

Chinese diplomat slams Japan for allowing Nanjing seminar

OSAKA, Japan - Teng Anjun, Chinese vice consul general in Osaka, protests to Japan at a press conference on Jan. 25 for allowing a Japanese civic group to hold in Osaka a seminar denying the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. Teng also indicated that the seminar could have negative effect on Osaka's bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.