Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, a bridge connecting China and Barbados

STORY: Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, a bridge connecting China and Barbados DATELINE: June 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: Bridgetown CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Barbados 2. various of Garfield Sobers Gymnasium 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NEIL MURRELL, Director of sport at the National Sports Council of Barbados 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHARLES GRIFFITH, Barbados' Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment STORYLINE: Over the past four decades, China and Barbados have forged an enduring bond of cooperation and friendship since establishing diplomatic relations in 1977. Sir Garfield Sobers, the esteemed cricketer who earned numerous honors, holds a special place as a "national hero" in the hearts of Barbadians. His achievements inspire and resonate in Barbados and across the Caribbean region. In the parish of St. Michael, Barbados, stands a gymnasium named after Sir Sobers, also known locally as the Wildey Gymnasium. It shows the high respect Barbadians have for this legendary a

BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230625) -- BRIDGETOWN, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- He Ping, the chief surgeon of the trauma department at the Chongqing Emergency Medical Center and a member of the third Chinese medical team to Barbados, conducts a surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados, July 31, 2019. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical care safeguards Barbadians' well-being" (Xinhua)

BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230625) -- BRIDGETOWN, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Harris, director of medical services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados receives an interview with Xinhua at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados, June 1, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical care safeguards Barbadians' well-being" (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230625) -- BRIDGETOWN, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical staff members work at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados, June 1, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical care safeguards Barbadians' well-being" (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)