Chinese modernization for huge population inspirational: Czech political party leader

STORY: Chinese modernization for a huge population inspirational: Czech political party leader DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE (Czech): KATERINA KONECNA, Leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Member of the European Parliament STORYLINE: Over the past several decades, China has been modernizing a country home to 1.4 billion people -- or one-fifth of the global population -- to become the world's second-largest economy. A Czech political party leader has said that China's pursuit of modernization for a huge population is admirable and inspirational. SOUNDBITE (Czech): KATERINA KONECNA, Leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Member of the European Parliament "Chinese modernization, I think it's an unimaginable thing for any European. China has 1.4 billion people. To manage that country, to manage it so that people can live better, so that they have their basic needs, is incredibly great. T

Michaela Konecna

Michaela Konecna

Michaela Konecna (Czech) in action during the Qualifier for women's handball European championship Czechia vs Portugal in Olomouc, Czech Republic, September 25, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

KAMILA KORDOVSKA, MARIANA FERREIRA LOPES, MICHAELA KONECNA

KAMILA KORDOVSKA, MARIANA FERREIRA LOPES, MICHAELA KONECNA

From left KAMILA KORDOVSKA (CZE), MARIANA FERREIRA LOPES (PRT), MICHAELA KONECNA (CZE) in action during the Qualifier for women's handball European championship Czechia vs Portugal in Olomouc, Czech Republic, September 25, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)

KSCM, communists, pre-election campaign poster with Katerina

KSCM, communists, pre-election campaign poster with Katerina

KSCM, communists, pre-election campaign poster with Katerina Konecna for 2019 European Parliament election in Buchlovice, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, June 8, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Katerina Konecna

Katerina Konecna

Czech MEP Katerina Konecna (KSCM) comes to a reception on occasion of Victory Day at Russian embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 9, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)