China's dynamic zero-COVID policy very successful: U.S. expert

STORY: China's dynamic zero-COVID policy very successful: U.S. expert DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English) WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: An American expert says that China's dynamic zero-COVID policy is very successful and the criticism on it is totally unfounded. William Jones is the Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review (EIR). SOUNDBITE (English) WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review "I think that (the dynamic zero-COVID strategy) has been a very successful policy. The criticism on this is totally unfounded because you look at what happens to those who ignored the seriousness of this thing and said, oh we go along doing the things that we have been doing. There are a lot of people who got sick, and a lot of people died. A lot of older people, older people in pa

So-called "forced labor" in Xinjiang all bogus: U.S. expert

STORY: So-called "forced labor" in Xinjiang all bogus: U.S. expert DATELINE: July 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: An American expert says the U.S. claim of so-called "forced labor" in China's Xinjiang, is all bogus, which is aimed at undermining the Chinese economy and destabilizing the country. William Jones is the Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review (EIR). He went to Xinjiang in December 2008 and stayed there for a week. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of Executive Intelligence Review "This (so-called forced labor in Xinjiang) is all bogus. It's all a pack of lies and it's consciously done in order to create a moment of weakness. They can be taken up to try to weaken the nation. Xinjiang has always been something of a target, because if they could undermine Xinjiang, they wo

Global tourism industry to create nearly 126 mln jobs in 10 years: report

STORY: Global tourism industry to create nearly 126 mln jobs in 10 years: report DATELINE: April 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:54 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the summit's venue 2. WTTC Chair Arnold Donald speaking 3. Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat speaking 4. various of the venue 5. WTTC president and CEO Julia Simpson speaking 6. panel discussion 7. various of press conference STORYLINE: The global tourism industry is expected to create almost 126 million jobs worldwide within 10 years, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said in a report released on Thursday in the Philippine capital. The WTTC's latest Economic Impact Report (EIR) says the travel and tourism sector will be a driving force of the global economic recovery from the two-year pandemic. The report forecasts that the travel and tourism sector's GDP will grow at an average rate of 5.8 percent annually between 2022 and 2032, outstripping the growth rate for the global ec