Protecting ancient Buddhist city in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Protecting ancient Buddhist city in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: TURPAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jiaohe Ruins 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese):LU JICAI, Xinjiang cultural heritage protection center 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese):LU JICAI, Xinjiang cultural heritage protection center STORYLINE: Jiaohe Ruins is the world's longest-lasting and largest relics of a clay-built city in Turpan, China's Xinjiang. Covering an area of about 376,000 square meters, it was once a magnificent city along the ancient Silk Road. From 2006 to 2017, four rounds of reinforcement and maintenance work have been carried out successively in the Jiaohe Ruins with a total investment of over 100 million yuan (about 14.9 million U.S. dollars). Lu Jicai joined the protection work from the very beginning. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese):LU JICAI, Xinjiang cultural heritage protection center "I graduated from university in 2005. I have been working at Jiaohe Ruins since then. In

A great island guardian | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: A great island guardian | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:55 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Kaishan Island 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG SHIHUA, Wang Jicai's wife 3. various of the Kaishan Island 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG LIPING, a friend of Wang Jicai 5. various of the Kaishan Island 6. SOUDNBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN LIANGKUI, Sentry of the militia post on Kaishan Island STORYLINE: Wang Jicai started guarding on Kaishan Island in China's Jiangsu Province in 1986 with his wife, Wang Shihua. In the following 32 years, he guarded the island resolutely despite hardships until he died on duty. The story is shared by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kaishan Island Guanyun County, Jiangsu Wang Jicai, former head of a militia post on Kaishan Island in east China's Jiangsu Province and his wife, Wang Shihua dedicated all their youth to the lonely strategic outpost in the Yellow Sea. Wang died of illness on duty in 2018. In August, 2