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Added on the 25/01/2023 15:36:45 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Air pollution in Beijing hits a record high but the government is being unusually open about it. Next, we look at the fisherman in Pakistan and India being used as diplomatic bargaining chips. Finally, we look at why trade along the fabled silk road in Afghanistan is becoming scarcer and scarcer.
Parts of China see record temperature lows as a cold weather front sweeps across the southern and eastern part of the country. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Tokyo, Dec 10 (EFE), (Camera: Kimimasa Mayama).- Japan hit a record daily number of new coronavirus infections on Thursday as the country struggles to contain the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.Health officials reported 2,820 new cases nationwide, breaking the record for the second day in row after the 2,810 infections registered on Wednesday.Tokyo also broke its own record of 584 set on Saturday with 602 new infections in the capital in the past 24 hours.FOOTAGE OF TOKYO, JAPAN.
Ready, steady, pull! Thousands of participants grabbed one end of the rope in the annual Naha Tug-on-war festival in Naha city, Japan over the weekend and pulled with all their might and muster in an event that was officially declared the largest tug-of-war ever fought. 17 team members had spent some 40 days in order to prepare the 656 foot rope, which was also recognised by Guinness Book of World Records as the largest straw rope ever made.
This giant metallic structure is actually a massive dust screen. This gigantic dust filter was built in the Chinese port city of Qinhuangdo to tackle the ever-present problem of pollution, which affects many Chinese cities. The dust shield is 75 feet tall, stretches for over 9,500 feet, and serves as a blockade against dust from the port's coal and mineral heaps. The Hebei Port Group plans to extend the dust screen to 11 miles, which should make it the largest in the world. The first ever red alert for severe fog issued in China last year proves that pollution continues to be a major problem. Thick smog even rolled through Beijing during New Year's Eve celebrations. China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has cracked down on some 500 Chinese companies for violations of laws on limiting smog levels in a bid to tackle ongoing severe weather issues
Cities and coastal areas are on high alert as Typhoon Nida makes landfall in southern China, sweeping through Hong Kong. Natasha Howitt reports.
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