Xi's attendance at the 15th BRICS Summit and state visit to South Africa

STORY: Xi's attendance at the 15th BRICS Summit and state visit to South Africa DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:46 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIFISO MAHLANGU, Editor-in-chief of The Star (South Africa's leading newspaper) 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANIL SOOKLAL, South Africa's BRICS Sherpa 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHEIKH TIDIANE GADIO, Former Senegalese foreign minister 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): CLAYSON MONYELA, Official, Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): MONICA MUTSVANGWA, Zimbabwean Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenya-based international relations scholar 9. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): FIKILE MBALULA, Secretary General of the African National Congress 10. SOUNDBITE 10 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President STORYLIN

Int'l observers applaud BRICS expansion

STORY: Int'l observers applaud BRICS expansion DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:54 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Johannesburg and 15th BRICS Summit 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CLAYSON MONYELA, Official, Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAHMOUD ABOU-ZEID, South African reporter 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANIL SOOKLAL, South Africa's BRICS Sherpa 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenya-based international relations scholar 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): CLAYSON MONYELA, Official, Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): ANIL SOOKLAL, South Africa's BRICS Sherpa 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: Observers around the world speak highly o