Chinese poverty-alleviation TV drama promotes Sino-Arab cultural exchanges

STORY: Chinese poverty-alleviation TV drama promotes Sino-Arab cultural exchanges DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:12 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of TV drama series "Minning Town" 2. various of Minning Town 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHERIF EL GAZZAR, General manager of Alnahar Algadid TV, Egypt 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG SHIRONG, President of Wisdom House International Cultural Communication Group 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ATIF MOHAMED, General manager of Ashorooq TV, Sudan 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): SHERIF EL GAZZAR, General manager of Alnahar Algadid TV, Egypt STORYLINE: China's anti-poverty TV drama series "Minning Town" has been gaining popularity after being broadcast in some Arab countries. The production is set in China's Ningxia from the 1990s to the present day. It shows how villagers from Xihaigu, one of the country's most uninhabitable areas, have triumphed over destitution, under the guidance of China's poverty alleviation policies and with assistance