TED Talks
TED: What the world can learn from China's innovation playbook | Keyu Jin
In the last few decades, China has gone from technological scarcity to abundance. What sparked this shift? Economist Keyu Jin explores how China has fostered a model of innovation unlike any other and shows why understanding its...
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WRAP HK, Beijing, London, Frankfurt markets rally after falls, s'bite
London, UK - 18 March 2008
1. Wide of skyscrapers in London's financial district
2. Wide of BGC Partners trading floor
3. Various of dealers on trading floor
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Howard Wheeldon, BGC Partners:
"I think the Fed will cut...
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CHINA: JAPAN & NORTH KOREA BEGIN 2ND DAY OF TALKS
Japanese/Nat
Japan and North Korea began a second day of talks in Beijing Tuesday designed to end decades of suspicion and lead to eventual diplomatic ties.
Delegates from both sides met inside the North Korean Embassy, a shift from...
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FM spokesperson says China hopes for peace in the strait of Hormuz
1. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin walking in to a regular news briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Liu Weimin, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman:
"I think the importance of the Hormuz Strait is self-evident. China hopes...
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HONG KONG: BRITISH & FRENCH NAVY SHIPS VISIT
English/Nat
Four naval ships, three British and one French, have arrived in Hong Kong for a four day visit to the territory.
The visit is the first time there has been a British and French navy presence in the region since NATO's...
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Chinese and SKorean nuclear envoys meet in Seoul
AP Television
1. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei getting out of car and greeting South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac
2. Wu walking in South Korea's foreign ministry
Pool
3. Mid of Wu shaking hands with Wi
4. Pan from cameras...
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Russia - Chernomyrdin visit
Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin on Friday (27/6) began a three-day visit to China, during which the neighbouring countries will boost trade ties - with the signing of multi-billion dollar economic agreements.
Chernomyrdin and...
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US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff meets Chinese FM
1. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing shaking hands with Gen. Richard Myers, US chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
2. Cutaway camera
3. Zhaoxing and Myers sitting
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Foreign Minister:
"We...
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CHINA: BEIJING: CROCODILE ZOO: VISITORS CAN FEED LIVE BIRDS TO CROCS
Mandarin/Nat
A crocodile zoo which preserves all the cruelty of the wild recently opened in Beijing.
It is not a place for the fainthearted, the zoo offers chicks and ducks for sale so visitors to the park can toss them into the...
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TIBET: CALL TO BOYCOTT TOURISM
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
Tibet is China's poorest province, still heavily dependent on the central government in Beijing for most of its revenue.
Tourism has been a crucial source of cash for the remote, mountainous region.
But some human...
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WRAP Bigger crowds as restrictions eased, Rogge comments
August 14, 2008
1. Wide exterior tilt down shot from partly cloudy skies to National Stadium (known as Bird's Nest Stadium) and Watercube Aquatic Centre
2. Close shot sign reading (English) "Athlete's entry"
3. Wide shot of swimmers...
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SOUTH AFRICA: JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH VISITS CAPE TOWN UPDATE
English/Nat
The president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, has arrived in South Africa to discuss Cape Town's bid to stage the Olympics in the year 2004.
Mr Samaranch met South African leader Nelson...
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HONG KONG: DISSIDENTS TIANANMEN VIGIL
Cant/Eng/Nat
Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong held a candlelight vigil on Sunday night to commemorate those who died during Beijing's military crackdown at Tiananmen Square 11 years ago.
Wreaths were laid at a monument...
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WRAP Security preps ahead of Olympic torch relay ADDS protests; arrest
++Demonstration on Trocadero, Parvis de Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights Esplanade), Paris++
1. Tibetan flag in foreground, Eiffel tower in background
2. Tilt up demonstrator holding banner, reading (in French): "Save Tibet"
3....
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Relatives react with dismay to Malaysia PM's comments
Relatives of Chinese passengers travelling on the missing Malaysian passenger jet on Saturday reacted with anger and frustration to a statement by Malaysia's prime minister that the latest findings suggested flight MH370 had its...
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Chinese donate lion to Kabul zoo
Beijing Airport - September 30, 2002
1. Ceremony to hand over lions
2. Chen Runsheng, Secretary General of China Wildlife Conservation Association, giving speech during the ceremony
3. Close up Chen handing over contract to Abdul Basir...
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Philippines President Arroyo visits China
1. Presidents of China and Philippines walk to podium
2. Close-up Chinese President Hu Jintao and Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
3. Pan welcome ceremony
4. Mid shot of military band
5. Close -up on leaders
6. Close-up band...
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China - Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen Visit
U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen arrived in Beijing on Wednesday (19/1) to press China on human rights and persuade it to open markets to foreign companies. Bentsen, scheduled to spend a total of five days in Beijing and Shanghai,...
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High-ranking US defence official in Beijing for talks
1. Chinese military official shaking hands with US military delegation members
2. Chinese military officials shaking hands with US delegation members
3. Chinese and US flags in the middle of the conference table
4. Conference room with...
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UK PM Blair meets Premier Wen for summit
1. Pan of British Prime Minister Tony Blair walking in and shaking hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
2. Close-up of Blair and Wen
3. Close-up of media
4. Wide shot conference room
5. Medium shot Wen talking
6. Close-up of Wen...
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WRAP Fireworks at closing ceremony; flame goes out; departures from stadium
1. Wide of National Stadium (Bird's Nest)
2. Wide of Olympic flame, flame slowly goes out
3. Close up of extinguished torch
4. Various of fireworks display over stadium to mark end of Olympic Games
5. Mid of tower with Olympic rings
6....
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CHINA: BEIJING: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS CONFERENCE
Mandarin/Nat
Beijing lashed out at the International Commission of Jurists on Tuesday for issuing a report criticising China's Tibet policies.
At the weekly Ministry of Foreign Affairs meeting, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the...
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OC meets to discuss media coverage for Olympics
10 August 2006
1. Wide of opening ceremony broadcasters' meeting
2. Mid of podium of Beijing's Olympic Organising Committee (BOCOG) and IOC officials
3. Mid of broadcasters representatives
4. Wide of meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin)...
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CHINA: BEIJING: EXCLUSIVE NIGHT CLUB OPENS
English/Nat
Royalty and Hollywood came together in Beijing Saturday night at the opening of a club with a membership fee more than 30 times the annual salary of the average Chinese worker.
The Duchess of York, plus actors Kevin...