Tunisia hosts food festival to promote local tourism

STORY: Tunisia hosts food festival to promote local tourism DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of food festivalvarious of beach STORYLINE: Tunisia held a food festival on Friday in the town of Gammarth, west of Tunis, to promote local tourism. Tunisia, located in north Africa, is a Mediterranean country and its traditional food combines the characteristics of Arabic, Italian and Spanish cuisines. The organizers hoped to promote tourism through the food festival by attracting both domestic and foreign guests. The Tunisian government estimated that the number of tourists will further increase in 2023 and is expected to reach about 7.5 million. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tunis. (XHTV)

Understanding China through films: British filmmaker

STORY: Understanding China through films: British filmmaker DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Malcolm Clarke in ChinaSOUNDBITE 1 (English): MALCOLM CLARKE, Jury Member of the 12th Tiantan Award, Beijing International Film Festivalvarious of Malcolm Clarke working in ChinaSOUNDBITE 2 (English): MALCOLM CLARKE, Jury Member of the 12th Tiantan Award, Beijing International Film Festival STORYLINE: British filmmaker and producer Malcolm Clarke was among the jury panel of the 12th Tiantan Award at the 12th Beijing International Film Festival that concluded Saturday. Clarke first came to China 40 years ago to film a documentary about China's poverty alleviation. Now living in Shanghai, the two-time Oscar winner has witnessed the sea change that has taken place in the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MALCOLM CLARKE, Jury member of 12th Tiantan Award, Beijing Int'l Film Festival "I first came to China decades ago. It was a very poor country. People w