Adhering to APEC's original aspiration to open a new chapter in Asia-Pacific cooperation

STORY: Adhering to APEC's original aspiration to open a new chapter in Asia-Pacific cooperation SHOOTING TIME: Nov.14—16, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of Ankara-based Turkish Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAHMOOD KHALID, Senior research economist at MacroPolicy lab, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DINNA PRAPTO RAHARJA, Founder, Indonesian think-tank Synergy Policies STORYLINE: The 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting kicked off in San Francisco, the United States, on Thursday with an aim to build a more interconnected, innovative, and inclusive APEC region. The two-day leaders' meeting is the highlight of the APEC Leaders' Week, held in San Francisco with the theme of "Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All." Many scholars have expressed their hopes that Asia-Pacific cooperatio

China-U.S. engagement essential for resilient, sustainable future: Pakistani expert

STORY: China-U.S. engagement essential for resilient, sustainable future: Pakistani expert SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): MAHMOOD KHALID, Senior research economist at MacroPolicy lab, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics STORYLINE: Being the leading global economies, China and the U.S. have to engage with each other in terms of moving forward to bring a resilient and sustainable future for all, said a Pakistani expert in an interview with Xinhua when talking about China-U.S. ties. SOUNDBITE (English): MAHMOOD KHALID, Senior research economist at MacroPolicy lab, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics "China and the USA are the leading economies of the world. One developed, the second one although developing, but it's the number two in the overall global economic context. So from that perspective, that's important that both of these economies have to engage in terms of moving forward.