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Highest level official meeting between mainland China and Taiwan since 1949
Taiwan and China were holding their highest-level talks since splitting amid a civil war 65 years ago, hoping to further boost contacts and ease lingering tensions, even as political developments on the self-governing island swing away...
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TAIWAN: KIN MEN ISLAND ECONOMY
Kin-Men, (island in Taiwan Strait) 17 May 1999 and File
17 May
1. Various shots of man cutting a shell with welding torch
2. Wide shot of shells on the ground
3. Pan shot of various kinds of cleavers
4. Mid shot of tourists buying...
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CHINA: BEIJING: PRO-HANDOVER RALLY IN TIANANMEN SQUARE
Mandarin/Nat
Tens of thousands of Chinese people attended a huge pro-handover rally in Tiananmen Square on Sunday.
As the countdown to the handover looms closer by the hour, the excitement grew in the capital, Beijing.
This was the...
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More material on 80th anniversary of Chinese Communist Party
APTN - Beijing, July 1
1. Close up pull focus from portrait Mao Tse Tung to face of policeman
2. Mid shot policeman and woman
3. Wide shot policeman standing with Tiananmen gate building behind
4. Wide shot crowd on square behind police...
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CHINA: REACTION TO DENG XIAOPING'S DEATH IN HIS HOME TOWN
Mandarin/Nat
While the world mourns the death of Deng Xiaoping, in the hometown of Mao Zedong the first Chinese communist ruler, the funeral of the paramount leader went unnoticed.
The citizens of Shaoshan continued life as normal,...
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CHINA: DENG XIAOPING 92ND BIRTHDAY PREVIEW
Mandarin/Nat
Deng Xiaoping, China's Communist paramount leader and the architect of China's successful economic reforms, turns 92 Thursday.
He has not been seen in public since February 1994 and relinquished his last official title in...
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Rallies by Berlusconi, Prodi, Fascists and others
AP Television
Naples
1. Wide of Berlusconi supporters and flags
2. Mid of Berlusconi supporters and flags
3. Mid of flags and banners
4. Men holding T-shirt reading (Italian) "Silvio a daft ass"
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Vox Pop, Supporter...
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Foreign ministry says authorities investigating Tiananmen car crash, comments on Xinjiang
A spokeswoman from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday Chinese authorities were investigating an incident the day before when a vehicle ploughed through a crowd and crashed in Beijing, killing five people and injuring...
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TAIWAN: KOO CHEN FU CHINA VISIT PRESS CONFERENCE
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
A path-breaking visit to China by Taiwanese top envoy has generated hope for improved relations between the long-estranged rivals - but uncertainties remain.
Returning from his five-day trip to China on Monday, Koo...
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Reaction as Hu makes dire warning over corruption in Congress speech
1. Opening of 18th Party Congress of Communist Party of China
2. Cutaway of delegates
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Hu Jintao, Chinese President and Party Secretary of the Communist Party of China:
"Combating corruption and promoting political...
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Memorial service for Katrina Dawson, victim of Sydney cafe siege
A memorial service was held on Tuesday for Katrina Dawson, one of the two victims of a deadly siege in Sydney last week.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at the University of Sydney to remember the 38-year-old lawyer and mother of...
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Rallies held to mark Bolshevik Revolution on former holiday
1. Wide top shot of demo down Tverskaya Street
2. Wide shot pan of the demo
3. Wide shot of demo with red flag carried up by demonstrators
4. Wide low shot of approaching demo
4. Close up of a young girl marching ahead of column
5. Mid...
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CHINA: BEIJING: POLICE TAKE ACTION TO STOP TIANANMEN COMMEMORATIONS
English/Nat
Today marks the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and Chinese police are taking measures to prevent commemorations.
One human rights group says police have detained nearly two dozen dissidents in recent weeks...
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Dutch tourists stranded as blockade continues
1. Wide of stranded traffic on highway
2. Soldiers in armoured vehicle to be used as escort vehicle
3. Queue of stranded vehicles
4. Soldiers and people waiting at check point
5. Wide of stranded tourist bus full of tourists from the...
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Security around Beijing following attack in Kumming; govt condemns knife attack
A spokesperson for China's top political advisory body on Sunday described knife attackers who killed 29 people at a train station as "violent and terrorist elements from Xinjiang."
Speaking ahead of the opening of the Chinese People's...
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Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing in Moscow
1. Wide shot MOFA briefing
2. Cutaway media
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhu Bangzao, MOFA Spokesman
"The US created this Missile Defence system because they found themselves under threat. How does one solve this problem of whether they are...
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Hong Kong marks China's National Day with flag-raising ceremony
1. Military personal raising the flags of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
2. Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang watching the flags being raised
3. Wide of government officials watching the flags being raised
4. Pan up of...
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Chinese boom in stamp collecting
AP Television
Hong Kong - August 11, 2011
1. Close of envelope with China''s Cultural Revolution period stamps
2. Close pan of envelope with China''s Cultural Revolution period stamps
3. Wide of display stand of envelope with China''s...
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CHINA: FALUN GONG SECT
Beijing, China - 9, 10 February 2000/File XFA
9-10 February 2000
1. Wide shot Falun Gong members preparing for meditation session
2. Close up smiling faces, Falun Gong members laughing before starting exercises
3. Woman smiling...
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Chinese Premier gives speech ahead of the 64th anniversary of founding of Communist China
China's Premier pledged to deliver social justice during a speech in Beijing to the Communist Party leadership and foreign diplomats on Monday, a day ahead of the country's National Day.
"Social justice is the wellspring of vitality for...
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Speech by opposition leader (English)
1. Various shots of Taiwan Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou arriving at Harvard University
2. Wide shot of Taiwan Nationalist Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou on stage
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan Nationalist Party...
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Heavy security around Japan embassy as protesters burn flags, pelt building
1. Zoom out to wide of anti-Japanese protesters in Beijing burning Japanese flag
2. Close-up of protestors and smoke
3. ++LONG SHOT++ Wide of protesters burning flag, zoom in to mid of protesters and flag
4. Wide of police line with...
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Former leader of guerilla group Shining Path says denied some rights in prison
2 December 2009
1. Wide of news conference given by lawyers of imprisoned Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alfredo Crespo, Abimael Guzman's lawyer:
"Our client Abimael Guzman Reynoso, is the subject of...
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Taiwan's Nationalist opposition leader visits
1. Various of meeting room at Council on Foreign Relations in Manhattan
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan Nationalist Party Chairman:
"Well, the "One China" means Republic of China, this is the status quo, and the majority of...