Russian President Vladimir Putin was officially welcomed to China on Friday by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

The state visit comes just a month after Putin began his new term in office, and...

Tanks and other military vehicles rolled through the centre of Beijing on Saturday as China's armed forces prepared for a huge parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Communist revolution.

It is all but certain that Chinese President Xi Jinping will secure a third term at the upcoming Chinese Communist Party Congress, but a range of other decisions will actually reveal whether he wins or loses along the way. Brendan Scott...

The Chinese Communist Party's four-day plenum in Beijing wrapped up Thursday, and President Xi Jinping delivered the first doctrine on the Party history in 40 years, giving him the mandate to potentially rule for life. Stephen Engle...

Sep.30 -- China celebrates 70 years of Communist rule in China with a military parade past Tiananmen Square that is set to show off the country’s most advanced weaponry, including ballistic missiles and warplanes. Tom Mackenzie reports...

Production about Nixon's visit to China and its effect on Sino-American relations.

Persons mentioned in the...

Mandarin/Nat CHINESE ARTISTS SHOW OFF THEIR WARES

DATE : JUNE 10 + 11t
h '99
One of the dominant themes of this year's Venice Biennale is New Chinese Art. Nearly twenty different Chinese artists have been...

00:00 Pan from visitors to photograph of Nixon and Zhou Enlai preparing to shake hands at Beijing Airport in 1972

00:07 Close-up of statue h
ands
00:09 Mid shot of statue showing Nixon and Z
hou...

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Over ten thousand people gathered on Tiananmen Square in Beijing for a mass exhibition of the traditional Chinese exercises known as Tai Chi or Taiji
quan.
The late Deng Xiaoping gave his...

1. Wide of meeting between Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh

2. Mid of Koirala, pan to
Singh
3. Cutaway
of cameras
4.
Mid of...

1. Wide of Xinhua bookstore

2. People queuing up to buy the latest Harry Potter's
book
3. Various of Harry Potter's Mandari
n version
4. Bookstore staff preparing
books to sell
5. Yung fa
n...

LEAD IN:

1. Wide of Italian Foreign Ministry spokesman Giuseppe Manzo during weekly briefing

2. Mid of Giuseppe Manzo at the brief
ing
3. Mid of journalists during the press
conference
4. Close of a jou
rnalist...

1. Wide of banquet to commemorate former US President Richard Nixon's historical visit to China in 197

2. Mid of Richard Nixon's grandson Christopher Nixon Cox and Chinese State Councillor Yang J
iechi
3. Mid...

Former US President Richard Nixon meets Mao Zedong and his designated successor Hua Guofeng in Peking (Beijing).

1. gv motorcade into Forbidden
City
2. ms car
arrives
3. ms Nixon out of car and
into building...

Mandarin/Eng/Nat

Only two miles away from mainland China, Kinmen Island is often sited by military experts as one of the most likely targets of a Chinese at
tack.
Although...

1. Wide interior shot of China National History Museum showing part of exhibition commemorating 30th anniversary of first visit to China by former US President Richard Nixon

2. Close-up of television...

These striking black images depict "fine line" and "black and grey" tattooing.

This type of body art has its roots in Hispanic...

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1. Various of silver doves given to Nicolae Ceausescu, late Romanian dictator, by Shah of Iran in 1977

2. Close-up of silver art deco cigarette holder, dated 1962, and dedicated to Wiliam Szuder,...

Beijing, 24 April 2012

1. Wide of Hongqi (Red Flag) L7 limousine by Chinese automaker FAW Car Co
mpany
2. Wide of auto show visitors taking photos of
Hongqi L7
3. Close up of...

Yan'an, Shaanxi Province - 19 October 2012

1. Wide of 'Defend Yan'an' mock battle showing field with explosions and Communist troops taking positions, AUDIO:...

Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province - 13 April, 2008

1. Wide, tilt down of children walking past portrait of Confucius in Tongxu
eguan
2. Wide of teacher helping child...

Mandarin/Eng/Nat

China's biggest art exhibition of the year opened in Beijing on Fr
iday.
The exhibition, which is organised by the China National Culture and Art...