Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia inaugurated

STORY: Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia inaugurated DATELINE: June 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: Riyadh CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XINYING, Chinese dean of Confucius Institute 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AHMED BIN SALEH AL-YAMANI, President of Prince Sultan University STORYLINE: The Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University (PSU) in Saudi Arabia, jointly established by Prince Sultan University and Shenzhen University, was inaugurated in Riyadh on Sunday, marking the opening of the first official Confucius Institute in Saudi Arabia. Yin Lijun, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Saudi Arabia, and Ahmed Bin Saleh Al-Yamani, president of Prince Sultan University jointly attended the opening ceremony of the Confucius Institute. Ahmed said in his welcome speech that the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University will provide valuable opportunities for its students an

India offers to sell 18 fighter jets to Malaysia

STORY: India offers to sell 18 fighter jets to Malaysia DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of gov't buildings 3. various of Tejas aircraft 4. various of Tejas aircraft in air show 5. various of traffic STORYLINE: India's federal defense ministry on Friday said it has offered to sell 18 indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas to Malaysia. The ministry said the six countries of Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia and the Philippines have also shown interest in the single-engine fighter jet. Last year, the Indian government approved the purchase of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at the cost of over 6 billion U.S. dollars from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a defense public sector undertaking (PSU) under India's defense ministry. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)