Chinese Authorities Lose Control as Village Revolts


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ me.lt As we've been telling you this week, tens of thousands of villagers are protesting in Wukan, in Guangdong Province. Now the situation has become a standoff as villagers have kicked out both local officials and police. That came after the suspicious death of one villager in police custody. Here's the latest. The over twenty-thousand residents of the village of Wukan in south China's Guangdong Province have expelled all local Communist Party authorities, including police, and blocked road access to the village. The British newspaper The Telegraph was able to get a journalist on the ground in Wukan on Tuesday. Malcom Moore called the current incident the first time on record that the Party has "lost all control" in a situation of "open revolt." This marks the latest escalation in an ongoing confrontation between villagers and local Communist Party officials they've called corrupt and abusive. For three months, Wukan residents have been staging occasional large-scale protests against a longstanding series of abuses committed by local Party officials. The villagers' biggest grievance was corrupt officials profiting from illegally selling the villagers' land. The current intensified protest, including the expelling of all police and officials, came after the death in Party custody of Xue Jinbo. He was a Wukan resident who had served as a negotiator with authorities <b>...</b>


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Japan's Solar City of Future


WONG: While most people in the world are considering more energy efficient means of living, Japan is one step ahead. One solar-powered city offers an energy self-sufficient community that produces its own power. Let's take a look. STORY: These dark rectangular solar panels could hold the key to a completely self-sufficient community. Ota City, located about 80 kilometers north of Tokyo, is one of Japan's sunniest spots and home to strawberry fields. Quite interestingly enough this nature hotspot is where 550 homes are given free solar panels from the government, as part of a study on how avoid blackouts by sharing solar power. Mika Hiroshima's family moved to the neighborhood three years ago to try out solar power. All of her electrical appliances are mostly powered by solar energy and when they have some unused electricity left, they can sell it to a local power company and make a profit of up to 5000 yen, or about 50 US dollars, a month. [Mika Hiroshima, House Wife]: "I had never thought I'd be receiving money instead of paying when I receive electricity bills. People had told me how good this is but I didn't believe it until I actually saw negative numbers on my electricity bills. Then I realized how wonderful this system is." Solar panel makers say that at high noon in sunny weather, a 4-kilowatt rooftop power generator can yield enough power to run four dryers at once. In cloudy weather, the power generated is less than half of that. Experts say if families buy them <b>...</b>


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Winners Announced for NTD's Chinese Int'l Piano Competition


New Tang Dynasty Televisions first annual Chinese International Piano Competition came to its conclusion on Sunday, as after three days of competition the last 15 finalists came down to only a handful of winners for the top awards and the two top winners were both young musicians with brilliant futures ahead of them. Nimble fingers fall upon the keys, tiny felt-covered hammers hit steel strings, and the sounds of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin thunder forth from the stage. After a long day of tough competition, there came a group performance where all 15 finalists united to celebrate their love of piano followed by the long-awaited awards ceremony. The bronze award winners were Weiwen Ma and Wei Chen, each of whom received $1000 dollars. The silver award, and $3000 dollars went to Na Lian, originally from Mainland China. She has participated in numerous competitions and attended music schools in China, Russia, and the United States. Na Lian is currently a student at the New York based Feitian Academy of the Arts a school focused on the revival of classical Chinese art forms.


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iPhone Smuggling in China


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Bootlegged Apple products have been spreading like wildfire throughout China. But that doesn't mean every iPhone is a fake. Increasingly, iPhones are being smuggled in to Mainland China. And the smugglers are getting pretty creative. Apple's new iPhone 4S and its electronic helper Siri has become a serious smuggling problem in China. PRON:(Siri and Serious start with the same pronunciation) Smugglers are frequently busted trying to illegally sneak the smartphone into Mainland China. The reason -- the iPhone 4S sells for $125 dollars cheaper in Hong Kong. Smugglers try to make a quick buck buying the phone there and selling it in the Mainland. This is the Luohu District of Shenzhen, a port of entry where authorities have been battling increasingly inventive methods of smartphone smuggling. Since the beginning of the year, over 3000 phones have been seized, in a total of 231 cases. In this recent footage from February 21st, a man attempts to pass through customs with 30 iPhones tied to his waist and ankles. Customs officials noticed something was amiss when the man couldn't bend down to pick up his suitcase. About 250000 travelers pass through here everyday. Customs officials have seen some pretty clever tricks. [Wang Weixin, Luohu Customs Officials]: "Look at the shirt, six internal pockets were sewn into it with three iPhones stuffed into each, so 18 phones can <b>...</b>


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Chinese Regime "Orders" Dalai Lama to Reincarnate in Tibet


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com or Follow us on Twitter ☛ http On Monday the Chinese regime announced that the Dali Lama must follow the traditional reincarnation method in choosing his successor. Chinese authorities banned reincarnation without state approval in 2007 but now say the latest order is for the purpose of "preserving tradition." The announcement has been met with anger from the Tibetan community. Here's more. On September 1st, 2007 the Chinese regime banned reincarnation without state approval, yet now the officially atheist regime is ordering the Dalai Lama to reincarnate in China after he dies. The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in Northern India, is reported to be thinking of choosing the next Dalai Lama from outside of China. Yet the Chinese authorities announced on Monday that he must not break with tradition, and that the next Dalai Lama, the highest title in Tibetan Buddhism, must be chosen following the reincarnation tradition. But there is a catch—the Chinese regime says it has to approve the reincarnation of any living Buddha. In 1995, the Dalai Lama, following the reincarnation tradition, named a boy in Tibet as the next Panchen Lama, the second highest title in Tibetan Buddhism. The Chinese regime put the boy under house arrest, and installed another Panchen Lama in his place. The Tibetan Government in Exile reacted with anger at Monday's announcement. [Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of Tibetan Government in Exile]: "The <b>...</b>


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Tibetan Temples Forced to Display Communist Leader Portraits


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The Communist regime keeps Tibet under heavy control. At the end of 2011, local authorities declared a new policy of requiring Buddhist temples to display portraits and flags of Chinese communist leaders. On Sunday they renewed their commitment to this policy. They have reportedly sent out over one million of these items to villages, homes, and temples across the region. January 22nd, 2012, the eve of Chinese New Year. Chinese officials in the Tibet Autonomous Region held a ceremony to unveil a portrait of four Communist leaders: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. They go on to state that they will send these portraits, as well as Communist flags, to villages, homes, and temples in the region. It's estimated that one million of these items have already been sent. Chair of the Chinese Social Democratic Party, Liu Yinquan, believes the Chinese Communist Party is trying to use its symbols to replace those of traditional Tibetan Buddhism. [Liu Yinquan, Chair of Chinese Social Democratic Party]: "The Communist regime uses its single party rule and its party culture and symbols to slowly eliminate the Buddhist faith. This is in accordance with the religious policy that the Communist Party has always had. The Chinese Communist Party, on the surface, its constitution allows religious freedom, but it is actually changing religion, using religion to <b>...</b>


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① Nine Commentaries on the communist party, first Commentary


The 8 next commentaries are available on this playlist me.lt On What the Communist Party Is This is the first of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Foreword For over five thousand years, the Chinese people created a splendid civilization on the land nurtured by the Yellow River and Yangtze River. During this long period of time, dynasties came and went, and the Chinese culture waxed and waned. Grand and moving stories have played out on the historical stage of China. The year 1840, the year commonly considered by historians as the beginning of China's contemporary era, marked the start of China's journey from tradition to modernization. Chinese civilization experienced four major episodes of challenge and response. The first three episodes include the invasion of Beijing by the Anglo-French Allied Force in the early 1860s, the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 (also called "Jiawu War"), and the Russo-Japanese War in China's northeast in 1906. To these three episodes of challenge, China responded with the Westernization Movement, which was marked by the importation of modern goods and weapons, institutional reforms through the Hundred Days' Reform in 1898 [1] and the attempt at the end of the late Qing Dynasty to establish constitutional rule, and later, the Xinhai Revolution (or Hsinhai Revolution) [2] in 1911. At the end of the First World War, China, though it emerged victorious, was not listed among the stronger powers at that time. Many Chinese believed that the first <b>...</b>


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Whales Rescue Diver in China


Two beluga whales saved the life of a diver at an aquarium in northeast China on Tuesday. Diver Yang Yun was taking part in a free-diving competition to apply for a whale training job at Polar Land Aquarium in the city of Harbin. But when she was 15 feet down in the icy water, her right leg cramped up. These two beluga whales, a couple named Nicola and Mila who were swimming in the aquarium with Yang, sensed her distress. They moved towards her and helped her to the surface. Yang was one of seven final candidates competing for the job and had been required to dive as deep as possible without any breathing equipment.


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Japanese Math Professor Excellent Optical Illusionist


For more news visit ☛english.ntdtv.com Japanese mathematics professor Kokichi Sugihara spends much of his time in a world where up is down and three dimensions are really only two. Professor Sugihara is one of the world's leading exponents of optical illusion, a mathematical art-form that he says could have application in the real world. Three sloped ramps are aligned along three of the four sides of a square. Each ramp appears to be sloped in the same direction but when a marble is placed at one end of the ramp it seems to defy gravity. It's called an "anti-gravity slide". Only when the the entire structure is turned 180 degrees, is the illusion revealed. Japanese mathematics professor Kokichi Sugihara from the Meiji Institute near Tokyo, has made a career of creating optical illusions. He's devised and built more than a hundred of them, like this one called "Perches and a Ring". [Kokichi Sugihara, Meiji University Professor] "Among these models, there are those which are reproductions of optical illusions, and others that seem like normal models, but when you add movement to them, they show movement that should be impossible in real life. This is done by using the same trick, and I call them 'impossible motions'." Professor Sugihara's "impossible motions" have been recognized around the world. He won first prize in an international competition last year with this one, called "Magnet-Like Slopes". Sugihara says the success of his illusions is tied to human perception <b>...</b>


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German Company Develops Battery-Powered Plane


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com A German company hopes its new battery-powered airplane will revolutionize aviation. Its developers say the plane can stay aloft for up to five hours and could form the basis of the next generation of executive aircraft. Let's take a look. It looks like many other light aircraft, but Elektra One has the power to revolutionize the aviation industry -- according to its German developers PC-Aero. The aircraft is electric -- its batteries, charged by solar cells on the hangar roof, can keep it aloft for hours. It's a clean, inexpensive and renewable source of power and CEO Calin Gologan says it's the future of air travel. [Calin Gologan, PC-Aero]: "The special thing about our plane, well we found out that the preliminary design goals is to fly more than three hours. It can fly up to five hours with a full battery." The aircraft has a range of 400-500 kilometers -- and it's around five times quieter than a normal small aircraft. PC-Aero say the technology could make electric business flights commercially viable. [Calin Gologan, PC-Aero]: "We need only to integrate this technology, electric engines, drivers, batteries in optimum systems and we need an optimum system because batteries weigh quite a lot and we need to compensate this weight by means of a perfect aerodynamic and very light structure." Elektra One made its maiden flight just last month, but already <b>...</b>


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NTDTV Intro (Chinese, 华语版)


What is NTDTV? New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) is an independent, nonprofit Chinese language TV broadcaster established by overseas Chinese. NTDTV began broadcasting via satellite in North America in February 2002 and extended its 24/7 programming to cover Asia, Europe, and Australia in July 2003. Headquartered in New York City, NTDTV currently has reporters and correspondents in over fifty cities worldwide. NTDTV Channel is free of charge and is available in the NTDTV website. www.youtube.com


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EU Members Support NTDTV China Broadcast


WONG: Following the report issued by Reporters Without Borders last Friday, which showed that taking NTDTV's satellite signal to China off the air was a politically-motivated. European Parliament members, Reporters Without Borders and the International Federation of Journalists held a press conference together with NTDTV at the European Parliament in Brussels. STORY: Members of the European Parliament say they will pressure Eutelsat to restore NTDTV's broadcast into China as soon as possible. [Marco Cappato; Member of European Parliament]: "We are always discussing how to help information going to Chinese people. Now the opposite is happening, there is a European entity helping information not going to the Chinese people." Vice president of the European parliament Edward McMillan Scott has demanded French president Sarkozy to force Eutelsat to restore NTDTV's broadcast into China. [Edward McMillan Scott; Vice-President of European Parliament]: "I believe that it's most important today that Eutelsat is forced to allow NTDTV to go on broadcasting." Coming from a post-communist country, Polish Member of the European Parliament Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka says she knows from her own experience how important it is to have uncensored information. She finds it scandalous that Eutelsat compromised and disregarded human rights for money. German European Parliament Member, Helga Trüpel, says that the Chinese authorities broke their promise to open China to the outside world. According to <b>...</b>


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Invisibility Breakthrough for Japanese Researchers


For more news and videos visit ☛ ‪english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ ‪http Add us on Facebook ☛ ‪me.lt The technology comes from 2003, but it's developers say the Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak is just the beginning. The team, led by Dr. Susumu Tachi, from Keio University, is now adapting their findings to help pilots, drivers, doctors and others. Retro-reflective projection technology uses a computer, a video camera and projector to shine background images onto the front of a subject wearing specialised clothing, creating the illusion of invisibility. What makes the technology unique is a fabric made of glass beads only 50 microns wide, which can reflect light directly back at the source, much like the screen in a cinema. Viewed from near the light source, the projection is bright even in broad daylight, and researchers say the material can be applied to almost anything. In the short term, the team sees usage in car interiors, airplanes and helicopters. They say blind spots could be eliminated and accidents and hard landings avoided by making walls seemingly transparent. The eventual goal though is to create an "augmented reality" that allows anyone to easily see information on real world objects. [Dr. Susumu Tachi, Keio University]: "Looking to the future, instead of glasses, people could wear this and it would act as a navigation system. It could also tell you who someone is, if you meet them around town." In the few years since the technology's <b>...</b>


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NTDTV Launches Anchor Competition


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NTDTV Satellite Broadcasts to China Shut Off


Uncensored TV Service to China Shut Off Seven weeks away from the Olympics, millions of households in China are no longer receiving the satellite broadcast from the largest independent Chinese-language TV network. New York, June 23 -- On Monday, June 16th, at approximately 6:30 pm US EST time, New Tang Dynasty Television's (NTDTV) satellite broadcast covering Asia suddenly stopped after more than four years on air. Eutelsat Communications, the satellite operator, said that its W5 satellite had experienced "an anomaly to part of its power generator subsystem" and it had "reduced by a small number the operating transponders on the satellite" in collaboration with the satellite's manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space. One week has passed, NTDTV's signal remains dark across Asia, and we still do not know what caused the anomaly, why NTDTV's service was shut off, and when it will be restored. Under normal commercial practice, if a transponder goes down then the satellite company responsible rapidly assures alternative service for its channels. "This is an urgent matter of highest importance to NTDTV and to our viewers who depend on us for uncensored news and information in Mainland China," said Zhong Lee, President of NTDTV. NTDTV has received much support on our audience feedback web site, including these messages from China: "We feel like we cannot breathe the fresh air if we cannot see NTDTV. We feel suffocated when we see the faked news and reports from other [Chinese] TV <b>...</b>


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NTDTV Global Chinese Dance Competition is a Success


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China's Tuidang Movement Part 3: What the CCP Fears Most


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Follow us on Facebook ☛ me.lt Today, the final installment of our 3-part segment on the Tuidang movement. It's a grassroots Chinese movement that few people in the West even know about--but more than 100 million Chinese people have participated in Tuidang. And it's making China's communist leadership nervous about what that could mean for their future. [Li Fengzhi, Former Intelligence Officer for China's Ministry of State Security]: "Today I stand here, with my back to the embassy that represents China, and solemnly declare that I am severing all ties with the CCP. This is the conclusion I have come to after lengthy and serious consideration, and it is something from the bottom of my heart." Li Fengzhi is a former Chinese intelligence officer. In 2009, he publicly announced his withdrawal from the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP. He's one of millions who've participated in what's called the Tuidang movement. The movement's organizers say there have been more than 100 million participants in total. Unlike most political movements, Tuidang does not call on its participants to donate money or even take specific action—all they ask is that people state their withdrawal from the CCP. The movement's organizers view Tuidang as individuals creating a moral or spiritual separation between themselves and the CCP for their own sake, not for the sake of joining a group or cause. But in a way, Tuidang has become <b>...</b>


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Wealth of Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai's Extended Family Under Scrutiny


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The family wealth of China's fallen political couple has been placed under the spotlight. The siblings of Bo Xilai—the sacked Chongqing party chief now under investigation for "disciplinary violations"—and his wife Gu Kailai—who faces a murder charge of a British businessman—are reported to be linked to several businesses in China and overseas worth millions of dollars. The family wealth of ousted communist official Bo Xilai has come under media scrutiny, as an official murder investigation continues into the death of British citizen Neil Heywood. Bo's wife is the primary suspect. Reuters has reported that though Heywood was a close friend of the Bo family, they had a falling out. Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, asked Heywood for help with transferring a large sum of money overseas. He reportedly asked her for a larger cut of money. Gu refused, and Heywood threatened to expose her financial dealings. Before Bo Xilai was ousted as Chongqing's Communist Party Chief, he had defended his wife. He called Gu, who was a successful lawyer, nothing more than a housewife. Media reports later revealed she has links to several businesses in China, the UK, and the United States. The couple's son also received an elite education from expensive Western schools. Media reports have also revealed that both Bo and Gu's siblings are connected to successful businesses worth more than one <b>...</b>


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Conflicting Air Pollution Readings for Beijing


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ me.lt Heavy smog covered Beijing earlier this week—sending many with respiratory problems to the hospital. But data from Chinese authorities shows only 'slight pollution.' In contrast, figures from the US Embassy indicate high and dangerous levels. It's leading many residents doubtful over what figures to trust. Air pollution is getting worse in Beijing. Heavy smog in the city earlier this week smothered residents—sending many with lung and respiratory conditions to hospital emergency rooms. To make matters worse, Beijing residents are getting two conflicting air pollution reports. Data from the US Embassy in China indicates high and dangerous pollution levels. The air quality index for October 31st is 300 and 400 for November 1st—with figures peaking at 500. But, the index from the Beijing Environmental Protection Agency (BEPA) remains at 150 to 170—indicating low pollution levels. Residents doubt the Chinese regime's readings. [Peng Dingding, Beijing Resident]: "Please check the air condition for yourselves if the two published data are not the same. I believe netizens more than the US Embassy, and I believe the US Embassy more than the Chinese government." Many are inclined to trust the US figures. [Xu Guangrong, Atmospheric Science Professor, Taiwan National University]: "I believe the US in this aspect. I do not think they will deliberately exaggerate the data. I <b>...</b>


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Bears Rescued from Torturous Bile Farm


Chan An animal rights group rescues twenty-eight bears in China. An NGO dedicated to ending animal cruelty in Asia have just released footage of 28 moon bears that were being rescued from a life of torture on bile farms in China. STORY: The animal rights group, Animals Asia Foundation (AAF), say the bears were rescued from a farm in Ziyang, in Sichuan Province. Then they were brought to a rescue center in Chengdu in cramped cages and in shocking condition. Five were already dead. The rights group's founder says the surviving bears were emaciated and wounded in various ways and appeared terrified. Some of the bears were blind... some had shattered teeth and were severely wounded. [Dr. Heather Bacon, AAF Senior Veterinary Nurse]: "We're a little bit worried about the bear here just in front of us. She's basically been lying down in the same position even whilst we've been moving around and off-loading other bears in front of her. She's making a very long groaning noise and she just seems very disinterested in anything that's going on." Bear bile is used in traditional Chinese medicine and the black market trade is thriving. It is believed that more than 7000 bears are imprisoned in the farms across China. The bears are milked daily and kept in tiny metal cages for up to 22 years, before usually dying slowly as a result of chronic infection. In July 2000, AAF signed an agreement with Sichuan authorities to rescue 500 bears in the region and work towards eliminating bear <b>...</b>


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NTDTV Global Dance Competition Faces Pressure at Venue


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Thailand's Queen Mourns Protester


STORY: Thailand's revered Queen Sirikat arrives at the funeral of one of two protesters killed last week in a tear gas attack by police in Bangkok. Police had also used smoke grenades to try to force thousands of anti-government protesters away from the national parliament. Hundreds were hurt by shrapnel. Some lost limbs. Police say they were not the cause, but forensic tests have shown some of the tear gas canisters used are capable of such damage. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has apologized for last week's deadly clashes. In a televised speech to the nation, he also addressed growing calls for his resignation. [Somchai Wongsawat, Prime Minister of Thailand]: "The government is giving support to amend the constitution. The amendment could lead to everyone's acceptance to go forward. If all Thais are ready to accept the change that will benefit them, then I'm ready to step down without any problem." He went on to say he doesn't think leaving the job he's had for just three weeks will solve Thailand's problems. The protesters have virtually paralyzed the government, polarized society, and already seen off one prime minister. But they vow to keep occupying Government House until they get a leader with no links to ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra. Somchai is a brother-in-law of Thaksin. Protest organizers see the queen's funeral visit as the strongest sign yet that they've got the support of the monarchy.


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"亿万富姐"吴英死刑判民众认为杀人灭口


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The Jungfrau - Swiss Alp Mountain


For higher resolution watch www.ntdtv.com to watch more on youtube : youtube.com choose playlist and then "Across Europe" You might know Switzerland for its prestine range of ice caped alps. Among them lies the "Jungfrau," which is one of the most famous mountains in Switzerland. Today you'll see it from an angle we bet you never seen before.


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Rare White Kiwi Bird Makes Debut in New Zealand


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com Take a look at this... a rare white Kiwi bird hatches in a wildlife center in New Zealand. The endangered bird is an offspring of a North Island Brown Kiwi. A rare white kiwi made its first media appearance on Tuesday, after it hatched at the Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre near Wellington on May 1st. The kiwi is a flightless bird native to New Zealand and is the country's national symbol. The small bird has been named 'Manukura' by Maori elders. Manukura is not an albino but a rare offspring of a North Island Brown Kiwi. It's being hand-reared by Department of Conservation officers for four to six months, and is being fed a diet of minced meat and vegetables. According to Birdlife International, the North Island Brown Kiwi is endangered. The current population of 38400 has decreased by as much as 86 percent over the past 36 years, due to predators and loss of habitat.


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Japanese Company Invents Water Fueled Car


For more news and videos visit ☛ ‪english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ ‪http Add us on Facebook ☛ ‪me.lt Tired of pumping expensive gasoline into your car? Well one Japanese company reveals an eco-friendly car that runs on water, using the company's generating system, which converts water into electrical power - possibly the world's first. STORY: All you need is a liter of water - any kind of water to be exact, whether its river, rain, sea water, or even Japanese tea. Genepax unveiled a car that runs on water in the western Japanese city of Osaka. They say it's an electric powered car that runs solely on hydrogen dioxide. [Kiyoshi Hirasawa, Genepax CEO]: "The main characteristic of this car is that no external input is needed. The car will continue to run as long as you have a bottle of water inside for you to add from time to time." According to Japanese broadcaster TV Tokyo, once the water is poured into a water tank at the back of the car, the newly invented energy generator takes out the hydrogen from the water, releases electrons and finally generates electrical power. [Kiyoshi Hirasawa, Genepax CEO]: "We highly recommend our system since it does not require you to build up an infrastructure to recharge your batteries, which is usually the case for most electric cars." According to the Genepax, 1 liter of water keeps the car running for about an hour with a speed of 80 kilometers or 50 miles an hour. The company has just applied for a patent and is hoping to <b>...</b>


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South Korean Parliament Free Trade Brawl


CHAN: A sledgehammer battle took place at the South Korean Parliament today, literally. Parliament members opposing aa closed door meeting broke into a conference with sledgehammers and crowbars. One person suffered a head injury while others scuffled. Doors were knocked off their hinges while a desk used as a barricade was reduced to splinters. STORY: Members of South Korea's Grand National Party had barricaded themselves in the foreign affairs committee office, propping furniture against the door to keep Democratic Party members out. They wanted to finally approve legislation to a free trade deal with the United States. But Democratic Party members opposing the deal broke their way in. South Korea and the United States reached the free trade deal last year. The agreement, which is expected to add about $20 billion to annual two-way trade of $78 billion, has not been approved by legislatures in either country. The conservative Grand National Party, which holds a majority in South Korea's 299-seat National Assembly, said it wants to approve the deal by the end of this year. Surveys show a majority of South Korean support the deal. Protesters outside the parliament building say are it is a way to overcome the South Korean economy crisis. [Park Chan-sung, Conservative Party Protester]: "The left wingers, anti-American and pro-North Korean, are against the US and South Korea's FTA (Free Trade Agreement). That is why we are here to stop them. The US-South Korea FTA should be <b>...</b>


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Cross-Eyed Opossum Captures the Hearts of Germans


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com or Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum, becomes Germany's newest star. Thousands of fans are already following the animal's Facebook page. She's middle-aged, grey-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany's biggest media sensation, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo. Heidi appears to be the next in a line of animal celebrities in Germany. The two-and-a-half-year-old opossum has grown popular on Facebook, pushing 82000 fans. She has sparked a popular song on YouTube and will soon star as a soft toy. Zoo officials believe that Heidi's crossed eyes could be the result of a poor diet when she was young, causing fat deposits to develop behind her eyes -- neither of which causes her pain or poses a health risk. [Stephan Kraa, Vet]: "There could be many reasons for this. In the majority of cases it is inherited and is caused by a lack of synchronization with the eye muscles of the opossum. It can also be as a result of fat deposits behind her eyes and as Heidi's sister also has squint eyes, it is probably a genetic problem with them." Poor vision is not much of a problem for Heidi. As a nocturnal animal, opossum's rely heavily on their sense of smell instead of their sight to get around. The public will not get their first glimpse of the opossum until July when the zoo opens its tropical wildlife exhibit. Demand for information about Heidi has been so high the <b>...</b>


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Green Algae Blankets Chinese Beach in Qingdao City


For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com Chinese vacationers hoping for blue seas and white sands in the coastal city of Qingdao are out of luck. Instead, they've been confronted with something else - bright green sea and sand. Beachgoers in China's northeastern Qingdao City were greeted by a sea of green on Monday, with algae covering the beach and part of the sea. Some vacationers are still swimming despite the algae, although the foul smelling green blanket is creating problems. "It definitely impacts [my swimming]. When you go down you can't come back up, and when you come up, you can't go back down." This man is a regular to Qingdao, and remembers better times. "I've been coming to Qingdao to swim every year since I was small. I would always swim in the sea, but after these past two years, it's no longer good." Though green algae is not believed to be poisonous, it can consume large amounts of oxygen and threaten marine life. Beach workers, volunteers, and visitors helped clean a carpet of algae about 1300 feet long and 98 feet wide, China's state-run media reported. Local maritime agencies believe that rising water temperatures have supported the algae's rapid growth, according to state media. This isn't the first time the green algae has plagued the coastal city. In 2008, tens of thousands of tons of algae were removed before the sailing events for the Olympics.


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Swedish Helicopter Robbery—Trial Begins


A robbery using explosives, chainsaws and a getaway helicopter sounds straight out of the movies. But CCTV footage reveals the way in which a major cash depot was robbed in Sweden. The trial begins for ten people charged in connection with the heist. It may look like something out of a movie, but this robbery last September is completely real. CCTV footage of the heist shows a number of robbers landing on the roof of a security company's facilities in Sweden which houses a cash depot. The footage, released by Swedish police in July, shows the culprits using explosives and chainsaws to get inside the building and at the money. After less than half an hour the theft is over, and the robbers complete their getaway by helicopter. The vehicle was found near a lake in their north of Stockholm, but only a fraction of the five million US dollars stolen has been recovered. On Monday, 11 months after the crime, the trial began


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Ancient Chinese Architecture


For higher resolution watch www.ntdtv.com to watch more on youtube : youtube.com choose playlist and then "Journey to the East" Architecture is an essential part of a culture. Traditional Chinese buildings are warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The design and construction of these buildings are truly remarkable. In this episode of Journey to the East, we will show you a brief history of traditional Chinese architecture.


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Solar Energy More than a Passion, a Way of Life


For higher resolution watch www.ntdtv.com to watch more on youtube : youtube.com choose playlist and then "Across Europe" Solar energy definitely has its place in the 21st century. Thanks to people like Philippe Desboulcan. Not only is he an engineer with a passion, he is also a skilled craftsman with a strong vision.


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Japanese Scientists Create Touchable Holograms


For more news and videos visit ☛ ‪english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ ‪http Add us on Facebook ☛ ‪me.lt Researchers at Tokyo University have come up with a technology that is a first and significant step away from the mouse and keyboard touchable holograms. [Hiroyuki Shinoda, Professor, Tokyo University]: "Up until now, holography has been for the eyes only, and if you'd try to touch it, your hand would go right through. But now we have a technology that also adds the sensation of touch to holograms." The technology consists of software that uses ultrasonic waves to create pressure on the hand of a user touching the projected hologram. Researchers are using two Wiimotes from Nintendos Wii gaming system to track a users hand. The technology was introduced at SIGGRAPH, an annual computer graphics conference, and has so far only been tested with relatively simple objects. But its inventors have big plans for touchable holograms in the future. [Hiroyuki Shinoda, Professor, Tokyo University]: "For example, it's been shown that in hospitals, there can be contamination between people due to objects that are touched communally. But if you can change the switches and such into a virtual switch, then you no longer have worry about touch contamination. This is one application that's quite easy to see." Touchable holograms could be used for a wide variety of things... everything from light switches to books with each appearing when needed, and then disappearing when not. And <b>...</b>


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Top 5 Japanese Inventions


For more news and videos visit ☛ ‪english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ ‪http Add us on Facebook ☛ ‪me.lt The Japanese are infamous for their ludicrous antics and vast technological know-how. But when they join these two together, the result, more often than not, baffles us. Today well take a look at some of their semi-normal concepts, with the Top 5 Japanese Inventions. We start at number 5


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AsiaTalk:Falun Gong Story ( 1/3)


ntdtv.com In the stage of China, before an audience of the entire world, a drama of life and death is playing out. In 1999, the Chinese communist regime launched a campaign to crush the Falun Gong spiritual practice. Ten years later, the campaign has destroyed tens of millions of lives through torture and abuse, political persecution, and alleged organ harvesting. Ten years later, Falun Gong practitioners have endured unimaginable pain and suffering, and in the process launched a global movement to end their persecution. Through exclusive interviews with Chinese refugees and China experts, "A Decade of Courage" examines four of the moments that changed modern China: April 25, 1999, the day 10000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the National Appeals Office in Beijing; May 13, 1992, the day Falun Gong was first taught in public; June 10, 1999, the day the Chinese regime created a secret police agency with the mission to destroy Falun Gong; July 20, 1999, the day Falun Gong practitioners across the country were arrested and the campaign against Falun Gong began. Recommended links: Falun Dafa Information Center www.faluninfo.net New Tang Dynasty Television english.ntdtv.com The epoch Times www.theepochtimes.com http


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Inventions from Ancient China ~ Compass


For higher resolution watch www.ntdtv.com to watch more on youtube : youtube.com choose playlist and then "Journey to the East" In ancient times, people naturally used the sun and the stars to learn their way home. Approximately two thousand and five hundred years into their recorded history, during the Spring and Autumn period in 722-481 BC, the Chinese invented the first most primitive compass to guide their way. Today in our Five Thousand Years segment, will we introduce you to another one of the four great inventions of China - the compass.


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[NTDTV] 楊紫瓊演翁山蘇姬詮釋民主奮鬥歷程


【新唐人亞太台2012年3月9日訊】改編自諾貝爾和平獎得主翁山蘇姬的真摯故事,電影「以愛之名:翁山蘇姬」即將在台灣上映,7日,楊紫瓊來台做宣傳,為了契合這位心目中的女英雄,她可是下了很多苦心,楊紫瓊除了分享拍攝心得外,還感慨的表示,生存在專制國家的人們為了自由失去了很多生命,期盼世界看見他們的勇氣和奮鬥歷程。 「以愛之名:翁山蘇姬」是由國際大導演盧貝松傾力執導,香港演員楊紫瓊全心投入四年的演技代表作。 為了推動緬甸民主,翁山蘇姬兩度遭軍政府軟禁,前後時間長達15年。 為了爭取緬甸民主,翁山蘇姬忍痛放棄自己的家庭生活,與丈夫孩子分隔兩地,直至丈夫臨終前,都沒能見他最後一面。 釋演翁山蘇姬的楊紫瓊,為了詮釋受人敬重的真實人物,她努力學緬甸語、練印度口音的英語、彈琴,減肥10公斤,甚至親自到緬甸拜會翁山蘇姬本人。 國際影星楊紫瓊:「陪她這麼多年的朋友就是她的書,他的房裡都是放滿了書,還有她畫畫畫的,我在看的時間,我就聽到有人說『哈囉,就是她,她到了』,我一轉身過來的時候,她沒有給我機會再想我應該怎麼樣打招呼,她就很快就,給我一個很溫暖的擁抱。」 隨著電影即將上映,楊紫瓊開始國際宣傳行程,但是,這部話題挑戰專制政權的電影,不只無法在緬甸播出,也遭到中共封殺,禁止在中國大陸上映。 新唐人亞太電視郭雲開陳宇平台灣台北報導ap.ntdtv.com


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Utada Hikaru Back to US Market


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Exploding Watermelons, Latest Food Scandal in China


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Follow us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com Chinese consumers have been hit by yet another food safety scandal. This time, it's exploding watermelons. Farmers in eastern Jiangsu province say they used a chemical to make the watermelons grow faster, so they could make more money. Now they have to deal with huge losses because their crops have been ruined. A farmer, Liu Mingsuo was hoping to cash in on his watermelon farm this year. But now he's counting his losses after his watermelon crops began exploding on the ground. Liu only started growing watermelons this year. He says a local agricultural expert advised him to spray his crops with a type of chemical. It's supposed to make the melons grow bigger and taste sweeter. But in a bizarre twist, the watermelons began bursting open, well before they were ripe. In just one morning, Liu had to throw out more than 11000 pounds of his crops. Farmers nearby are also finding their watermelons exploding. Even those with crops that seem fine are having difficulty selling them, because fruit markets fear they could explode later. This is the latest case of Chinese food producers trying to make a quick buck by artificially boosting their products. Some netizens say they're glad the watermelons exploded on the farms because now the chemicals won't reach their mouths. The Chinese regime has allowed wider media coverage of food scandals recently. It comes after growing <b>...</b>


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Heaviest Baby Born in China


For more news and videos visit ➡ ‪english.ntdtv.com‬ Follow us on Twitter ➡ ‪http Add us on Facebook ➡ ‪on.fb.me A 15-and-a-half pound baby boy was born in central China. His averagely-sized parents are astounded, and he may be the heaviest Chinese baby on record. A 15 and a half pound baby boy was born in central China on Saturday, with state media reporting the birth could be breaking a new record for the country's heaviest baby. [Shang Lili, Xinxiang Maternity & Childcare Service Center]: "A normal baby should weigh about six to eight pounds. This baby is twice as heavy as a normal one." The mother and her large son were both in good condition in a local hospital in Xinxiang City, Henan Province. The boy, named Chun Chun, was born just after the start of the Lunar New Year, with the Year of the Dragon considered a particularly auspicious time to have a child. [Han Jingang, Chun Chun's Father]: "My wife was no different from other pregnant women. She ate and drank normally as she should. But she's given birth to such a big, fat son. Today is the first day of spring in the Chinese calendar and he's a 'dragon baby'. I feel very happy." His mother had sensed something special. [Wang Yujuan, Chun Chun's Mother]: "I clearly felt that my body was more clumsy than when I had been pregnant with my daughter. My belly was bigger than it was then. I guessed the baby would be between 10 and 11 pounds. I never expected to hear that he weighs 15 and a half pounds." China's state <b>...</b>


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House Prices Plunge in Chinese Ghost Town


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ me.lt The city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia has gained notoriety as a modern day ghost town. Blocks of homes and shops have remained empty for years. Falling prices demonstrate what can go wrong in a property boom that loses sight of real demand. There is a sense of inevitability about the crash of real estate prices in Ordos. That city is widely known as China's ghost town—for its brand new, empty office buildings, shopping plazas and apartments. The city in the steppes of Inner Mongolia borrowed the equivalent of 180 million US dollars from banks in 2004 to build a new district, Kangbashi. It includes a 79 million dollar museum. But while 1.4 million people live in greater Ordos, including the old part of town, less than 50000 live in the new district, a government official told Reuters. For a time the cranes kept building more homes in Kangbashi, despite blocks of towering new apartments sitting empty and highways that were silent during rush hour. But now even the cranes have stopped, and workers have no employment during winter. [Yang Zhouluo, Local Resident]: "The locals all loaned their money and all money has been invested in property. Now no one can sell apartments, and the money is gone." Migrant workers are fleeing the old part of the city, Dongsheng, where people actually live. And that's caused home prices to fall by almost a third. But since October, prices in other <b>...</b>


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Paper Cutting, a Popular Folk Art


For higher resolution watch www.ntdtv.com to watch more on youtube : youtube.com choose playlist and then "Journey to the east" Paper cutting is a popular folk art in rural China for several thousand years. Today we will present you some techniques and themes of this folk art.


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Mysterious Object Found on Baltic Seafloor


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Follow us on Facebook ☛ me.lt When two Swedish treasure hunters searched for champagne in shipwrecks, they came across something unusual, something they had never seen before. Our correspondent in Stockholm has more. When two Swedish treasure hunters went out in June this year searching for ancient bottles of champagne in shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea, they found more than they'd bargained for. Dennis Åsberg and Peter Lindberg didn't find any champagne, they found something else. A huge disc-shaped object showed up in their sonar pictures 197 feet in diameter, as big as a jumbo jet. [Peter Lindberg, Ocean Explorer]: "I magnified it, looked at it and realized that this is very unusual, in my years as a treasure hunter I have many hours in front of the sonar, I've never seen anything like it." On the sonar it looked like a point of impact, as though something had hit the ocean floor, continuing 4000 feet, creating a track before it came to a halt. It had dug into the sea bed making a sand bar on its right side. The object is about 275 feet deep, the Baltic sea floor is dead with no underwater currents to create such sandbars. Recently another object was found about 500 feet from the mysterious disc. According to Peter this object comes from the same direction as the disc and could be a part of it. Sonar shows the objects are made of hard material. It could be something like hard concrete, granite or of <b>...</b>


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Taiwan: One-Girl Band a YouTube Sensation


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com One Taiwanese artist is gaining worldwide attention on YouTube. A video of her playing three instruments at the same time has generated more than four million views in three weeks. While Asian girl bands such as the Wonder Girls and AKB 48 are achieving success around the globe, a "one-girl band" is attracting worldwide attention on the Internet with a video that has generated more than four million YouTube hits within three weeks. The video shows 25-year-old Shara Lin performing Jolin Tsai's "Dancing Diva" on the piano, violin, and zither all at the same time. Lin put the trio performance together within five days for a music training session mixing the classical music into Taiwanese pop music. To incorporate the different instruments, she held the violin by her neck, adjusted the positions of the zither pick, and arranged the positions of the instruments. [Shara Lin, Musical Artist]: "I think the toughest part is to play the piano and the zither simultaneously. We tried many times to finally figure out this position for my left hand to play the piano, and right hand to play the zither. When I have to look at both the piano and the zither, I really wish my eyes could grow wider apart, so if I have to play together, I must play by feel. I have to either feel the keys on the piano and look at the zither, or feel the strings on the zither and look at the piano." Lin is a <b>...</b>


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Massive 8.9 Earthquake & Tsunami Hit Japan


For more news visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com or Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Or add us on Facebook ☛facebook.com The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago struck the northeast coast on Friday at 2:46 pm local time, triggering a 32 foot tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings on fire. [Naoto Kan, Japanese Prime Minister]: "To all the people of Japan, as you have seen on TV and heard on the radio, today at 14:46 there was a massive earthquake that hit with a magnitude of 8.2." The quake was later verified to have a magnitude of 8.9 by the US Geological Survey. It caused many injuries, sparked fires and the wall of water, prompting warnings to people to move to higher ground in coastal areas. [Unidentified]: "I just came out immediately." At least 22 people have been killed in the quake and tsunami, according to the Kyodo news agency. The extent of the destruction, and the forecast for the tsunami, suggested the death toll could rise significantly. [Yukio Edano, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan]: "I wanted to tell you that currently, we are assuming that there is devastating damage, and the government is doing all we can to rescue and to prevent further damage." Around 4.4 million homes are without power in northern Japan. A hotel collapsed in the city of Sendai and people were feared buried in the rubble. Damages to buildings Fukushima can be seen everywhere. Residents in shock were rushing to <b>...</b>


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