China-proposed GDI promotes inclusive, balanced global economic development: Pakistani expert

STORY: China-proposed GDI promotes inclusive, balanced global economic development: Pakistani expert DATELINE: June 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:59 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of views in Pakistan 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Chair of economic security at Islamabad Policy Research Institute 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Chair of economic security at Islamabad Policy Research Institute 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Chair of economic security at Islamabad Policy Research Institute STORYLINE: A Pakistani economist has said the Global Development Initiative (GDI) proposed by China last year will promote inclusive and balanced global economic development, bridging the development divide to help meet the United Nation's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Aneel Salman, chair of economic security at Islamabad Policy Research Institute, told Xinhua that the initiative provides the best solution to pressing challenges for countries worldwide, especially d

GLOBALink | Chinese economy wins global vote of confidence

STORY: Chinese economy wins global vote of confidence DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, IMF Managing Director 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Economist at Comsats University Islamabad 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BORGE BRENDE, World Economic Forum President 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): JERRY ZHANG, Chief executive officer, Standard Chartered Bank (China) 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): AADITYA MATTOO, World Bank East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist STORYLINE: A series of recently-released economic barometers indicate that the Chinese economy has bounced back after having weathered shocks of the latest COVID-19 resurgence, revealing resilience and certainty in the still faltering global recovery. China's foreign trade rebounded in May. Its total imports and exports went up 9.6 percent year on year to 3.45 trillion yuan (510 billion U.S. dollars) last month on top of April's 0.1-percent expansion. As C

China visualizes global prosperity with no one left behind: Pakistani economist

STORY: China visualizes global prosperity with no one left behind: Pakistani economist DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the projects 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Chair of economic security at Islamabad Policy Research Institute STORYLINE: Aneel Salman, chair of economic security at Islamabad Policy Research Institute, said that the Global Development Initiative (GDI) proposed by China last year will promote inclusive and balanced global economic development. SOUNDBITE (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Chair of economic security at Islamabad Policy Research Institute "Global Development Initiative is an excellent initiative on part of China. And if we look at before COVID, all the countries were economically slowing. So in this initiative, they're not talking about, as a country, about itself. Rather, they are talking about shared global economic development. As I said that with China, they're focusing not on competition, but it's more

Why pessimists are wrong about Chinese economy

STORY: Why pessimists are wrong about Chinese economy DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of Chinese cities, banks 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Economist at Comsats University Islamabad 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Economist at Comsats University Islamabad 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JERRY ZHANG, Chief executive officer, Standard Chartered Bank (China) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BORGE BRENDE, World Economic Forum President STORYLINE: Amid the latest COVID-19 flare-ups in China, fallacies have emerged in the Western media, from hyping up China's suffering from a loss in foreign investment and supposed economic stagnation to accusing China of exacerbating the global supply chain crisis and drawing smaller economies into "debt traps." The ultimate goal of these bizarre claims is to discredit China's economy and its dynamic zero-COVID policy. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Economist at Comsats University Islamabad "T

Pakistani economists urge U.S. to remove additional tariffs, sanctions against China

STORY: Pakistani economists urge U.S. to remove additional tariffs, sanctions against China DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:04 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAVED HASSAN, Chairman, Economic Advisory Group in Pakistan 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Economist at Comsats University Islamabad 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAVED HASSAN, Chairman, Economic Advisory Group in Pakistan STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "In the wake of the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, the economists in Pakistan urged the United States to remove additional tariffs, sanctions, and other suppressive measures against China in accordance to the phase-one economic and trade agreement between the countries, and adopt the Chinese model of promoting multilateralism and shared prosperity which is a win-win game for everyone instead of protectionism that is indeed futile for all." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAVED HASSA