SCO good example of win-win cooperation: experts

STORY: SCO good example of win-win cooperation: experts DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai and the SCO 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute in India 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies 4. various of the SCO 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MEHMOOD UL HASSAN KHAN, Executive director of the Islamabad-based Centre of South Asia and International Studies 6. various of the SCO STORYLINE: International experts have said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has become an important gathering for win-win cooperation. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute in India "This region is extremely important, and how the security architecture, the friendly cooperation, connectivity, and trade between these nations develop is very critical to the world of today and tomorrow. The SCO, therefore, becomes a very

Racism flares in U.S. during COVID-19 pandemic

STORY: Racism flares in U.S. during COVID-19 pandemic DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:06:11 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 2. VOICEOVER 1 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Head of Harici Media, an online news portal in Türkiye 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RUI LOURIDO, President of the Observatory for China in Portugal 6. STANDUP 2 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 7. STANDUP 3 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 8. VOICEOVER 2 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute in India 10. VOICEOVER 3 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): JEAN PARK, Student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): CHRISTINE CHEN, Executive director of Asian Pacific

China one model for world in tackling COVID-19: Indian expert

STORY: China one model for world in tackling COVID-19: Indian expert DATELINE: Nov. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute in India STORYLINE: An Indian expert has said the way the Chinese government takes to tackle COVID-19 has become one model. SOUNDBITE (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute in India "I would say in a way we look, the world adopted the Chinese model to tackle COVID, the lockdowns. When COVID hit China in Wuhan, whatever the Chinese government was doing, everyone in the world was reading and seeing that, you know there is some virus out there, and the way to tackle this is to lock down and close down. So then, wherever in the world COVID spread that was the first thing governments were doing. So, in a way unfortunate, I mean the pandemic is unfortunate, but the step which China took has become perhaps one model, which everyone is kind of starting

Unveiling U.S. human rights failure: Deep-rooted racism

STORY: Unveiling U.S. human rights failure: Deep-rooted racism DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people protesting 2. STANDUP 1 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RUPERT COLVILLE, Spokesperson for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DONNA HASFAL, New York resident 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute in India 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish veteran journalist and analyst 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 9. SOUNDBITE 7 (Arabic): SUZAN ISMAIL, Lebanese lawyer 10. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish veteran journalist and analyst 11. SOUNDBITE 9 (Arabic): SUZAN ISMAIL, Lebanese lawyer 12. S

Experts express concerns about white supremacism in U.S.

STORY: Experts express concerns about white supremacism in U.S. DATELINE: July 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English) : STEPHEN NDEGWA, United States International University (USIU-Africa) in Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): IRMA CACERES, Political analyst in Cuba STORYLINE: Many experts have expressed their concerns about human rights violations that are related to white supremacism in the U.S. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute "See human rights violations definitely happened in the U.S. I mean, there's no taking away from that. A lot have happened. In any case, these sentiments are there. It's essentially hatred of the other. The other, who is the other? The other is anyone who's nonwhite. Right. So, hatred of the other. And it has been going up. Amongst the adults, more or many of the cases are relat

Observers denounce U.S. gun violence as racism, extremism

STORY: Observers denounce U.S. gun violence as racism, extremism DATELINE: June 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of street view in U.S.SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): EZZAT SAAD, Director of the Egyptian Council for Foreign AffairsSOUNDBITE 2 (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia InstituteSOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SUZAN ISMAIL, Lebanese lawyer STORYLINE: Many observers have blasted the U.S. for the recurring gun violence in the country, saying it mirrors the racism and extremism in the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): EZZAT SAAD, Director of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs "The rise of the hard-line right wing and the use of the hatred crimes and spread of ideas are related to the white supremacy. All these ideas provide an environment for feeding crimes. Recently, we notice that there are two or three sad crimes that even claim the lives of children in several states. In conclusion, the violence is caused by the ideas of the extremists, and the be

Easy availability of guns and hatred towards nonwhite lead to social problems in U.S.: expert

STORY: Easy availability of guns and hatred towards nonwhite lead to social problems in U.S.: expert DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of gun violence related clips in the United States 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute STORYLINE: An Indian expert has said that easy availability of guns and hatred towards the nonwhite population have led to social problems in the U.S. Robinder Sachdev, president of the New Delhi-based think tank and research center Imagindia Institute, said that the American government has failed to form consensus on the issue of gun control. SOUNDBITE (English): ROBINDER SACHDEV, President of Imagindia Institute "See, the basic issue in America is that easy availability of guns and a culture where owning a gun is your right. For the Republicans and Conservatives, gun control is a core, core issue. you have the National Rifle Association, which is a very smart advocacy, lobbying org