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UK: LONDON: CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN VISIT
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China's Foreign Minister, Qian Qichen has re-affirmed his country's claim on Taiwan and confirmed that his government will co-operate with the UK over the future of Hong Kong.
Qian was speaking in London Tuesday during...
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Buddhists pray for China earthquake victims
1. Wide top shot of Tibetans praying and lighting butter lamps at Baudhanath Stupa, eastern part of capital Katmandu
2. Wide of people lighting butter lamps
3. Various of Tibetan monks praying
4. SOUNDBITE: (Nepali) Dhondup Lama,...
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WRAP AP pix preps, security, opening ceremony, sots ADDS protest
China on Thursday promised a vigorous government spending programme, with increased money for infrastructure, social programs and tax cuts to overcome the country's brewing economic crisis.
The massive cash outlays will allow the...
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STORY: When thousands of Tibetan Buddhists fled their homeland after
an anti-Chinese rebellion in 1959, many of them followed the Dalai
Lama to Dharmasala in northern India. Some of them later moved to
South East India, where 10,000...
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Spokesman says Bush will attend Beijing Olympics; comment on Russia arrests
1. US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack walking up to podium
2. Reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean McCormack, US State Department spokesman:
"We don't have a clear sense of how the Chinese government has reacted to specific...
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Officials are preparing for massive demonstrations during the Olympic torch's relay in San Francisco, its only North American stop on its journey to Beijing. Activists are protesting China's human rights record and its grip on Tibet
HEADLINE: Protesters march ahead of Olympic torch relay
CAPTION: Officials are preparing for massive demonstrations during the Olympic torch's relay in San Francisco, its only North American stop on its journey to Beijing. Activists are...
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WRAP Pro-Tibet freedom torch relay; human rts protests in Japan; Ppines
Dharamsala, India
1. Wide of crowd cheering while waiting for the Tibetan freedom torch
2. Tibetans carrying Tibetan flags waiting for torch
3. Tibetans selling Tibetan flags by the roadside
4. Motorcyclists with Tibetan flags leading...
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CHINA: BEIJING: BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR VISIT (2)
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been discussing human rights and the Asian financial crisis with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.
This follows China's signing of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...
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Protests to mark 54th anniversary of Tibetan uprising
Katmandu, Nepal
1. Low angle of Boudhanath stupa, elderly Tibetan man feeding pigeons
2. Police officers in riot gear keep close watch in the area
3. Police talking to tourists visiting Boudhanath
4. Police patrolling area among...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lent her support to the Tibetan cause during a meeting with the Dalai Lama on Friday. Meantime, unrest continues in the region as Chinese officials try to calm the violence
HEADLINE: House Speaker Meets With Dalai Lama
CAPTION: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lent her support to the Tibetan cause during a meeting with the Dalai Lama on Friday. Meantime, unrest continues in the region as Chinese officials try...
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Reaction to postponement of France-China summit
1. Mid of French Parliament interior with waiting media
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jean-Christophe Cambadelis, French Parliamentarian:
"It's too bad because Europe should be able to have discussions with a big country, like China. At the...
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US lawmakers calls for China to end crackdown in Tibet
1. Wide of House floor
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican Congresswoman from Florida:
"And madam speaker, if the present repression continues, the Beijing games will indeed become the genocide Olympics."
3. Wide of...
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Dalai Lama news conference on progress of negotiations with China
1. Wide of Dalai Lama at news conference
2. Cutaway of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dalai Lama:
"Most important, inside Tibet, situation become much worse. Sometimes I describe now Tibetans passing through almost like death...
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REPLAY Last day of Chn govt-controlled visit by foreign reporters
1. Mid of Potala Palace, zoom out to show people spinning prayer wheels
2. Close old woman spinning prayer wheels
3. Close of hands spinning prayer wheels
4. Mid of people spinning prayer wheels
5. Long shot of street
6. Tilt up...
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WRAP Pro-Tibet rally outside the Chinese emb in New Delhi, Nepal protest
Katmandu, Nepal - 16 April 2008
1. Wide of protesters with flags and banners, chanting slogans
2. Policemen arresting protesters
3. Close-up of Tibetan monk shouting slogans in police van, van drives away
4. Policemen arresting Tibetan...
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Protests by Tibet delegation against China Olympic bid.
1. Wide shot, protesters unveil poster, police move in
2. Close shot, poster with 5 bullet holes for Olympic rings
3. Various police stopping demonstration
4. Cutaway, cameras
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, Demonstrator:
"There...