Thailand publishes Chinese Braille textbooks to help visually impaired students learn Chinese

STORY: Thailand publishes Chinese Braille textbooks to help visually impaired students learn Chinese SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 3, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of visually impaired people reading Braille 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Thai): TEVAPONG PUANGPETCH, Chairman of the Thai National Braille Promotion and Development Fund 3. various of visually impaired people reading Braille 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NANTAPORN GONRAM, Teacher from Bangkok School for the Blind STORYLINE: Before Jan. 4th, World Braille Day, Tevapong Puangpetch, chairman of the Thai National Braille Promotion and Development Fund, showed to Xinhua reporters the Chinese Braille textbooks which were published recently. The fund is affiliated with the Thailand Association of the Blind. There are currently 17 blind schools in Thailand. With the economic and cultural exchanges deepening between China and Thailand in recent years, more and more blind schools have begun to offer Chinese co