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Added on the 22/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
In this pandemic-blighted year, the award ceremony will be more intimate and spread over five days.
Kaohsiung, Jun 30 (EFE/EPA).- Taiwan's music industry has had to adapt itself and resort to conducting online concerts to survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as concert venues such as the National Center for the Arts in Kaohsiung, need to close to prevent the spread of the virus. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO).FOOTAGE SHOWS MUSIC STAFF AND MUSICIAN PERFORMING CONCERTS FOR ONLINE VIEWERS AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN.SOUNDBITES: ANTONIO COSTA, VIOLINIST (IN SPANISH); AND CHIEN WEN-PIN, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN KAOHSIUNG (IN ENGLISH).TRANSLATIONS: I think it is a very good idea that people can follow the concerts from their home without having to come to the concert halls, either due to fear of the risk of contagion or due to schedule conflicts (02: 18-02: 36).
Beijing/Guangzhou, May 1 (EFE/EPA).- Labor Day holiday in China kicked off on Friday with a long weekend and an extended holiday, from May 1-5, after the tourism industry has been hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic. China is easing nationwide restrictions after months of lockdown over the coronavirus crisis. (Camera: WU HONG/ROMAN PILIPEY/ALEKSANDAR PLAVEVSKI). SHOT LIST: CHINESE PEOPLE ON LABOR DAY IN BEIJING AND GUANGZHOU, CHINA.
Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's biggest plane, comes back to Ukraine from China with medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
China's GDP grew 2.3% in 2020, making it the only major world economy to avoid a contraction. The growth was pushed by its manufacturing sector, although retail spending and consumer appetite remained low. Meanwhile in South Korea, the heir to smartphone maker Samsung is convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to two and a half years in prison, which pushed Samsung-related stocks down in trading.
Beijing, Jan 21 (EFE/EPA).- China will require negative coronavirus tests and home quarantines for those who want to return to rural areas during the lunar new year holiday period between Feb. 11 and Feb. 17, to stop the outbreaks of COVID-19 that plague the country.The National Health Commission took the measure, applicable from Jan. 28 to Mar. 8, due to concerns about the rapid spread of the virus in the towns of several northeastern provinces and on the eve of hundreds of millions of urban immigrants traveling to their villages. (Camera: WU HONG).B-ROLL OF THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY OF BEIJING, CHINA.