Chinese government awards 160 Tanzanian students scholarships

STORY: Chinese government awards 160 Tanzanian students scholarships DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the farewell reception 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN MINGJIAN, Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMANI MWAMLIMA, Scholarship receiver STORYLINE: The Chinese government has awarded 46 Tanzanian students scholarships for 2023/2024 in various Chinese higher learning institutions and 114 students have won the degree program scholarship of the Ministry of Commerce. Chen Mingjian, the Chinese ambassador to Tanzania, said the Chinese government will, as always, help Tanzania improve capacity building in the field of education. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN MINGJIAN, Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania "Studying in China is not only beneficial for your own long-term personal development, but also will make a big contribution to the future friendship and cooperation between our two countries. Ladies and gentleme

Pacific Music Festival gets under way

Pacific Music Festival gets under way

SAPPORO, Japan - Pacific Music Festival for young musicians, founded by the late U.S. conductor Leonard Bernstein, begins in Sapporo on July 6. Pianist Martha Argerich is among the instructors for 114 students taking part in the course, the 13th in annual series. The festival will continue in Tokyo, Yokohama, Utsunomiya and three other Hokkaido cities through July 27.

Ikeda school welcomes new students, holds entrance ceremony

Ikeda school welcomes new students, holds entrance ceremony

OSAKA, Japan - Children, accompanied by their parents, head for Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, where a knife-wielding man killed eight children in June last year, on April 10 to attend an entrance ceremony for 114 new first-year students.

Ikeda school welcomes new students, holds entrance ceremony

Ikeda school welcomes new students, holds entrance ceremony

OSAKA, Japan - Children, accompanied by their parents, head for Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, where a knife-wielding man killed eight children in June last year, on April 10 to attend an entrance ceremony for 114 new first-year students.

Pacific Music Festival gets under way

Pacific Music Festival gets under way

SAPPORO, Japan - Pacific Music Festival for young musicians, founded by the late U.S. conductor Leonard Bernstein, begins in Sapporo on July 6. Pianist Martha Argerich is among the instructors for 114 students taking part in the course, the 13th in annual series. The festival will continue in Tokyo, Yokohama, Utsunomiya and three other Hokkaido cities through July 27.