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Sri Lanka, China sign agreement to build South Asia commercial, logistics hub

STORY: Sri Lanka, China sign agreement to build South Asia commercial, logistics hub DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony STORYLINE: Sri Lanka Ports Authority, a local civil engineering enterprise and China Merchants Port Holdings signed an agreement in Colombo on Friday to jointly build the South Asia commercial and logistics hub in Colombo Port. The project will establish a state-of-art logistics center, and help promote Colombo Port as a more prestigious and competitive port in the region, said Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva when attending the signing ceremony. China Merchants Group will further strengthen cooperation with local enterprises and contribute more to Sri Lanka's economic development, said Miao Jianmin, chairman of China Merchants Group. The project, with a total investment of 392 million dollars, will provide a superior logistics and warehousing facility and attrac

Panama to take part in China Int'l Import Expo

STORY: Panama to take part in China Int'l Import Expo DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Panama City CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): CARMEN VERGARA, General manager, Propanama 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU FUXUE, Deputy director of CIIE Bureau 3. various of the road show of CIIE in Panama 4. various of the CIIE (file) STORYLINE: The general manager of Propanama, the Export and Investment Promotion Authority of Panama, said earlier this week that Panama will attend this year's China International Import Expo (CIIE) and a country pavilion will be build at the exhibition. Carmen Vergara said that Panama has already exported several products such as bottled water, meat and coffee to China, but there are more opportunities with other products, such as value-added agro-industrial products. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): CARMEN VERGARA, General manager, Propanama "A fair like this that gathers importers and purchasers from China, one of the biggest markets in the world, is a site

Chinese firm to build electrical substation in Sudan's state

STORY: Chinese firm to build electrical substation in Sudan's state DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:21 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GUO HU, Commercial counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Sudan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHANG YANWEN, General manager of China XD Group for North Africa and the Middle East STORYLINE: China XD Group signed on Sunday a contract with the Sudanese government to build an electrical substation in Al-Fula, the capital of Sudan's West Kordofan State, to connect cities in the state with the national power grid. Sudanese Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim, representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Sudan and officials from West Kordofan State attended the signing ceremony in Sudan's capital Khartoum. "At the recent China-Arab States Summit in Riyadh, China promised to expand the relationship with Sudan. We hope that this relationship will help us develop the country's infrastructure and achieve development in

China-Laos Railway puts travel, trade on fast track

STORY: China-Laos Railway puts travel, trade on fast track DATELINE: Dec. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Laos Railway 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Lao): KINGKEO DUANGPHANAM, Passenger 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Lao): VIXAY NIENSIPHON, Passenger 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Thai): THANYART AREEYAT, Tour guide 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): XU CHAO, Deputy general manager of the Kunming branch of China United International Rail Containers Co., Ltd. 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): YANG JIE, Shanghai Rencheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: As of Friday, the China-Laos Railway has handled over 8.5 million passenger trips and transported 11.2 million tonnes of cargo since its launch a year ago. That's according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The China-Laos Railway connects Kunming in Yunnan Province with the Laotian capital Vientiane. The 1,035-km railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, started operation on Dec. 3, 2021. The rail

CPEC's Karot Hydropower Plant put into full commercial operation

STORY: CPEC's Karot Hydropower Plant put into full commercial operation DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hydropower plant 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WANG MINSHENG, General manager of Karot Power Company STORYLINE: Karot Hydropower Plant, the first hydropower investment project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), was put into full commercial operations on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (English): WANG MINSHENG, General manager of Karot Power Company "It is the first hydropower project recorded in the joint statement of the Chinese and Pakistani governments. So later on, the Karot project will provide 3.2 billion kWh of clean energy to the local power grid every year after COD." Wu Shengliang, chairman of the China Three Gorges International Corporation, said the project serves as a bridge of friendship between China and Pakistan. The start of commercial operations was the latest outcome of the construction of energy projects u

N. Korea urges Japan to include Korean schools in tuition aid

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on April 17, 2010. Song urged Japan to include pro-Pyongyang schools in Japan in a tuition waiver program for high school students ''as early as possible.'' (Kyodo)

N. Korea marks birthday anniversary of founder Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A signboard bearing the new name of the North Korean police authority -- ''the people's security department'' -- is seen on April 14, 2010 at an exhibition of ''Kimilsungia,'' a flower symbolizing the country's founder Kim Il Sung who died in 1994, which is being held as part of official celebratory events in Pyongyang to mark the 98th anniversary of the birth of the founder, known as ''Day of the Sun,'' on April 15. (Kyodo)

IAEA inspectors head back to Vienna from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, who were in North Korea to monitor the country's main nuclear complex, arrive in Beijing from Pyongyang April 16 on their way back to Vienna. N. Korea ordered them to leave the country. (Kyodo)

U.S. nuclear negotiator meets with N. Korean foreign minister

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Christopher Hill (R), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, shakes hands with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun as they meet at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Dec. 4. Hill, the top U.S. nuclear negotiator, is in Pyongyang on a three-day visit to monitor the progress of North Korea's denuclearization and to hold talks with his counterpart. (Kyodo)

Iizuka named as new head of group of abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (R), vice chairman of the group of relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 24 after he was named as the group's new leader to replace Shigeru Yokota (2nd from R). Yokota's daughter Megumi was kidnapped by Pyongyang in 1977 when she was 13, while Iizuka is an elder brother of Yaeko Taguchi, who was taken to N. Korea in 1978 when she was 22.

N. Korea launches 5-yr, $120 bil. project to rebuild economy

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