GLOBALink | Iraqi scholar honored with "model worker medal" in Jiangsu, China

STORY: Iraqi scholar honored with "model worker medal" in Jiangsu, China DATELINE: May 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:33 LOCATION: SUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Jiangsu and Ahmed N. Abdalla workingSOUNDBITE (English): AHMED N. ABDALLA, Professor from Huaiyin Institute of Technology in Jiangsu STORYLINE: China's Jiangsu Province has awarded "model worker medals" to expats ahead of the International Labor Day, which falls on May 1. Fifty-year-old Ahmed N. Abdalla is one of the dozens of foreigners honored with the provincial award. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AHMED N. ABDALLA, Professor from Huaiyin Institute of Technology in Jiangsu "My Chinese name is A'maide. I'm from Iraq. Before I came to China, I was impressed by Chinese story of Hua Mulan and 'Journey to the West,' which is full of imagination. In 2004, I was lucky to be awarded PhD study in China. I also found my Chinese wife." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AHMED N. ABDALLA, Professor from Huaiyin Institute of Technology in Jiangsu "IP address, y