Vlog: Why is BRI so popular?

STORY: Vlog: Why is BRI so popular? DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SEEPHEEPHE MAHAO, Lesotho journalist 3. various of BRI-related footages 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BOUNFAENG PHAYMANIVONG, Lao journalist 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): AMEEN MUNEER MOHAMMED AL-OBAIDI, Iraqi journalist 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JELENA GRUBOR STEFANOVIC, Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MOHAMMAD A. ABUNAYYAN, Chairman of ACWA power, Saudi Arabia STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent "This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Over the past decade, the BRI's circle of friends has continued to expand, involving countries in different regions, at different development stages. Why is it so popular? Here, I try to find the answers." Seepheephe Mahao is a journalist from Lesotho, a country in southern Africa wi

Child labor in Iraq on rise after years of war, instability

STORY: Child labor in Iraq on rise after years of war, instability DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of child laborers in Baghdad markets 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-QARAGHOLI, Retired construction engineer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI AL-OBAIDI, Lawyer STORYLINE: It is not uncommon to see underage girls and boys selling goods in Baghdad's crowded streets and markets, pushing carts to deliver goods, or unloading the trucks. This is just part of the rising child labor problem in the war-torn Iraq, where the number of children forced to work is increasing due to the decline in Iraqi families' incomes caused by political chaos and economic woes. "We are a five-member family and live in a room rented in an old house. I have to help my father, who is a daily wage worker. I gain, sometimes 5,000 Iraqi dinars (about four U.S. dollars)," Ahmed Saad, 10, told Xinhua. He was selling bottled water and small bags of ice cubes to passers-by and

GLOBALink | U.S. meddling in the Middle East results in total destruction: Iraqi expert

STORY: U.S. meddling in the Middle East results in total destruction: Iraqi expert DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SHAHIR AL-OBAIDI, Political Researcher, University of Anbar in Iraq STORYLINE: An Iraqi expert says that U.S. meddling in the Middle East has resulted in destructions and sufferings. Shahir al-Obaidi, a political researcher with University of Anbar in Iraq said in a recent interview with Xinhua that U.S. military attacks, in the name of democracy, have left Iraqi people struggling with social disintegration and internal conflicts. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SHAHIR AL-OBAIDI, Political Researcher, University of Anbar in Iraq "Wherever the United States goes, especially when it meddles with local conflicts, it usually brings total destruction to the local culture, economy, agriculture and industry. It leads to destruction in all aspects of life. When the United States attacks another state without the approval of the UN Securi