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

Stabilizing peaceful China-U.S. ties essential to Asia-Pacific: Indonesian expert

STORY: Stabilizing peaceful China-U.S. ties essential to Asia-Pacific: Indonesian expert SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of San Francisco, the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE (English): DINNA PRAPTO RAHARJA, Founder, Indonesian think tank Synergy Policies 3. various of San Francisco 4. various of China 5. various of San Francisco STORYLINE: A China-U.S. summit meeting is scheduled for next week in San Francisco, the United States. An Indonesian expert has said that stabilizing peaceful China-U.S. relations is essential to the Asia-Pacific countries. SOUNDBITE (English): DINNA PRAPTO RAHARJA, Founder, Indonesian think tank Synergy Policies "Stability of relations between the U.S. and China needs to be brought to the stability level of peace because there is also other kind of stability where you are stably always in rivalry with each other. And, that is very tense for everybody else surrounding these countries. Asia-Pacific

China-U.S. summit meeting a signal of hope: observers

STORY: China-U.S. summit meeting a signal of hope: observers SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Seoul/Jakarta/Manila/Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of San Francisco 2. various of Shanghai 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): JEON BYUNG-SEO, Head of the China Economic and Financial Research Institute, South Korea 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DINNA PRAPTO RAHARJA, Founder, Indonesian think-tank Synergy Policies 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LUCIO BLANCO PITLO, Researcher, Philippine think tank Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KOH KING KEE, President of Center for New Inclusive Asia, Malaysia STORYLINE: The 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held from Nov. 15 to 17 in San Francisco, the United States. A China-U.S. summit meeting to be held on the sidelines of the APEC meetings is a highly watched event. Observers say that this summit is a signal of hope, as the stabilization of the two countries' relations can pro