Summer Davos highlights global cooperation for shared, green growth

STORY: Summer Davos highlights global cooperation for shared, green growth SHOOTING TIME: June 25, 2024 DATELINE: June 25, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:13 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Summer Davos 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIDDHARTH CHATTERJEE, UN Resident Coordinator in China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SABRINA TORGAN, PhageLab, Chile 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ESPEN MEHLUM, Head, Energy Transition Intelligence and Regional Acceleration at World Economic Forum STORYLINE: The 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, opened on Tuesday in the coastal city of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province. Themed "Next Frontiers for Growth," the three-day meeting gathers over 1,700 representatives of the political, business, academic and media communities in more than 100 countries and regions. The call for strengthened partnership has rung clear at the Summer Davos as the world seeks new growth engines to propel a sluggish global economy. SOUNDBIT

China, Myanmar sign agreement on cooperation projects of LMC special fund 2024

STORY: China, Myanmar sign agreement on cooperation projects of LMC special fund 2024 SHOOTING TIME: June 14, 2024 DATELINE: June 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:51 LOCATION: Nay Pyi Taw CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEN HAI, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): U THAN SWE, Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs STORYLINE: Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai and Myanmar's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Lwin Oo signed here on Friday an agreement on cooperation projects of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund 2024. The agreement was signed to mark the 74th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic ties between Myanmar and China. The signing of the agreement was an important measure to implement consensus reached by the fourth LMC leaders' meeting, and also demonstrated friendly relations between China and Myanmar over the past 74 years, Chen said at the signing ceremony. SOUNDBIT

Dutch dignitaries express optimism for better China-Netherlands ties in Year of Dragon

STORY: Dutch dignitaries express optimism for better China-Netherlands ties in Year of Dragon SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:55 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, The Netherlands CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITES 1 (English): GERRIE WILLIEMS, Deputy director for Asia and Oceania Department, Dutch Foreign Ministry 3. SOUNDBITES 2 (English): PITER DE JONG, Risk Management Director at Investment International 4. SOUNDBITES 3 (English): GABRIELLA ESSELBRUGGE, Chief of Giethoorn village and Dutch tourism promoter STORYLINE: Dutch attendees to a reception celebrating the Spring Festival in The Hague expressed optimism for enhanced cooperation and strengthened ties between the Netherlands and China. SOUNDBITES 1 (English): GERRIE WILLIEMS, Deputy director for Asia and Oceania Department, Dutch Foreign Ministry "The Year of the Dragon is the year of harmony and prosperity. So this is what we wish for the Chinese people, harmony, peace and prosperity." SOUNDBIT

Expats join celebrations for Chinese New Year in Hainan

STORY: Expats join celebrations for Chinese New Year in Hainan SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 20, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebration to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROSE, Pakistani student 3. various of dragon-related footage 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALEXANDER RAJ, American basketball coach STORYLINE: As the Chinese New Year approaches, nearly 100 foreigners from more than 40 countries gathered in Haikou, China, for a celebration to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROSE, Pakistani student "This event was really amazing. The one activity in which I participated was calligraphy, and I wrote something about China. I wrote two sentences. The first one is 'China is my second hometown' and the second one is 'I love China.'" According to the lunar Chinese calendar, 2024 will be the Year of the Dragon, with the Spring Festival or New Year's Day falling on Feb. 10. SOUNDBIT

Century-old shoe-making brand innovates to align with trends of times

STORY: Century-old shoe-making brand innovates to align with trends of times SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tianjin Laomeihua Shoe Industry Clothing Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG JIANMING, Inheritor of shoe-making technique, Tianjin Laomeihua Shoe Industry Clothing Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GAN YONGLIANG, Inheritor of traditional suit making technique, Tianjin Laomeihua Shoe Industry Clothing Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): PENG GANG, Shoe designer, Tianjin Laomeihua Shoe Industry Clothing Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: In recent years, a traditional Chinese shoe manufacturer in Tianjin has been striving to adapt to the trends of the times, pioneering innovations, and rejuvenating traditional Chinese footwear in the new era. Created in 1911, Laomeihua is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. It was recognized as a China Time-honored Brand in 1993. SOUNDBIT

China holds int'l supply chain expo to promote global cooperation on industrial, supply chains

STORY: China holds int'l supply chain expo to promote global cooperation on industrial, supply chains SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of the expo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KEN STACHERSKI, Chief Global Supply Chain and Service Officer at GE Healthcare 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): QIAN KUN, Senior Vice President of Qualcomm 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN GANG, Director of Cooperation and Development Department, COFCO STORYLINE: China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) opened Tuesday in Beijing. The five-day expo is the first of its kind in the world devoted to promoting industrial and supply chain collaboration. It is also a new open platform built by China for the global business community to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the sector. More than 1,100 representatives from governmental departments, business communities and international organizations attended the event. SOUNDBIT

Palestinian president's visit to China to strengthen bilateral ties: official

STORY: Palestinian president's visit to China to strengthen bilateral ties: official DATELINE: June 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: RAMALLAH, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Abbas Zaki at his office in Ramallah, Palestine 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABBAS ZAKI, Palestinian Fatah Central Committee member and commissioner for relations with Arab countries and China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABBAS ZAKI, Palestinian Fatah Central Committee member and commissioner for relations with Arab countries and China STORYLINE: A senior Palestinian official said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's state visit to China will lay the foundation for consolidating bilateral relations. In a recent interview with Xinhua, Abbas Zaki, a Palestinian Fatah Central Committee member and commissioner for relations with Arab countries and China, said China and Palestine are "friends closer than brothers." Zaki said that China and Palestine have always supported each other in their core interests. SOUNDBIT

Chinese embassy, medical team donate supplies to Ghanaian orphanage

STORY: Chinese embassy, medical team donate supplies to Ghanaian orphanage DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of donated supplies to the Ghanaian orphanage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) ISRAEL JOHNSON, Staffer of the orphanage 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ISRAEL JOHNSON, Staffer of the orphanage STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Ghana, together with the Chinese medical team, donated a batch of medical and stationery supplies on Sunday to the Motherly Love Orphanage in Accra, Ghana's capital. The orphanage is home to 58 children infected with HIV/AIDS. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) ISRAEL JOHNSON, Staffer of the orphanage "We are very grateful to the Chinese embassy and the medical team. The items actually are going to help us a lot in different ways. They brought a variety of items which will help us in everyday life, so we are very grateful." Johnson said that the orphanage has long been in short supply of daily items to maintain its operation. SOUNDBIT

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia kills int'l law: Serbian president

STORY: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia kills int'l law: Serbian president DATELINE: March 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:42 LOCATION: SOMBOR, Serbia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. people gather at the square in Sombor 2. various of the commemoration event 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President STORYLINE: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s aggression against Yugoslavia 24 years ago marked the death of international law. Vucic made the remarks at a commemoration event in the city of Sombor, where the first bomb fell in 1999. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President "24 years ago, the modern international law finally died, and you should know that it is not an unimportant bureaucratic wording -- but much more than that." SOUNDBIT

China urges keeping door open for political solution to Ukraine crisis

STORY: China urges keeping door open for political solution to Ukraine crisis DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: UN headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English): DAI BING, Charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the UN 3. various of the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese/English): DAI BING, Charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the United Nations 5. various of the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese/English): DAI BING, Charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the United Nations 7. various of the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine STORYLINE: A Chinese envoy on Thursday told the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine that facilitation of a ceasefire is a top priority and the door to a political solution cannot be closed. SOUNDBIT

Armenian girl uses shadow play to tell Chinese folk stories

STORY: Armenian girl uses shadow play to tell Chinese folk stories DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Aleta Hakobyan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia 4. various of Yongxingfang in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia 6. various of shadow plays performed by Aleta 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia STORYLINE: Aleta Hakobyan is an English teacher from Armenia. She came to China three years ago and now lives in Xi'an, northwestern Shaanxi Province. She likes collecting Chinese folk tales and presenting them in shadow plays. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALETA HAKOBYAN, Shadow play lover from Armenia "I'm Aleta. I'm from Armenia. I came to China three years ago, and I've lived in Xi'an (for) more than one year." SOUNDBIT

China's BYD delivers pure electric tractor units to Mexican partner

STORY: China's BYD delivers pure electric tractor units to Mexican partner DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Mexico city CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese automaker BYD delivering the first order of pure electric tractor units to Mexico's Transportes Marva 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU ZHOU, Country manager of BYD Mexico 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): MIGUEL ANGEL MARTINEZ, CEO of Transportes Marva STORYLINE: Chinese automaker BYD delivered the first order of pure electric tractor units to Mexico's Transportes Marva at Expo Transporte 2022, a logistics industry exposition held from Wednesday to Friday in the central Mexican state of Puebla. The order includes a total of 120 pure electric tractor units. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU ZHOU, Country manager of BYD Mexico "These 120 pure electric tractor units will form the largest fleet of this type of heavy vehicle outside of China. It will contribute to the development of the pure electric logistics industry of Mexico." SOUNDBIT

Artificially bred baby crested ibis hatched in Shaanxi, China

STORY: Artificially bred baby crested ibis hatched in Shaanxi, China DATELINE: April 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: HANZHONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the nature reserve conservation zone 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DUAN WENBIN, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YI, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve 4. various of crested ibis STORYLINE: The first crested ibis birdling hatched via artificial breeding emerged from its shell last weekend in Hanzhong in China's Shaanxi. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DUAN WENBIN, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve "Since March 2022, the artificially bred crested ibises in the nature reserve have entered the breeding season. By April 24, the artificially bred crested ibises have hatched 17 chicks. They have been growing well. The breeding center will also collect some eggs from the crested ibises, and conduct artificial hatching by imitating natural conditions." SOUNDBIT

Shanghai sees joint efforts on COVID-19 front line

STORY: Shanghai sees joint efforts on COVID-19 front line DATELINE: April 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN JIANMING, Community staff 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN WENFANG, Community staff 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN WENFANG, Community staff 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN WENFANG, Community staff 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WANG JINGHUA, Party chief of Tianhong residential community 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): Epidemic prevention worker 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): Epidemic prevention worker 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): XIA QIN, Maogang Town government staff STORYLINE: Numerous frontline workers across Shanghai are making joint efforts in fighting the latest COVID-19 resurgence. Zhengli Road, Yangpu District Shanghai, China SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN JIANMING, Community staff in Yangpu District, Shanghai "When it rains, we will conduct the nucleic acid testing in the tent. If it doesn't rain, we will do the testing outside." SOUNDBIT

ICRC helps evacuate 1,000 from Ukraine's Mariupol

STORY: ICRC helps evacuate 1,000 from Ukraine's Mariupol DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Kiev CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of civilians evacuating 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): UMAR NASEEM KHAN, Head of Sub Delegation ICRC in Dnipro 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Ukraine): NYKOL, Evacuated resident STORYLINE: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that over 1,000 civilians have been evacuated from Ukraine's conflict-affected city of Mariupol in the eastern Donetsk area with assistance from the ICRC. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): UMAR NASEEM KHAN, Head of Sub Delegation ICRC in Dnipro "We hope that we'll be back and continue to provide the safe passage to the civilians. And we have also observed acute humanitarian needs that we hope to respond as a neutral humanitarian intermediary and continue to help civilians." The ICRC said the team had led a convoy of buses and private cars with civilians to enable them safely flee Mariupol to Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhia. SOUNDBIT

Cranium of primitive whale dating back 36 million years discovered, displayed in Peru

STORY: Cranium of primitive whale dating back 36 million years discovered, displayed in Peru DATELINE: March 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibit 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RODOLFO SALAS-GISMONDI, Director of Vertebrate Paleontology at Natural History Museum in Peru STORYLINE: Peruvian paleontologists have discovered the fossilized cranium of a basilosaurus, a primitive whale dating back 36 million years. The cranium measures 1.35 meters in length and contains sharp teeth which remain intact. This discovery was registered at the end of 2021 by a team of investigators led by the paleontologist Mario Urbina, who profoundly carried out this project in the desert area known as Ocucaj found in the southern region of Ica. The giant cranium belongs to an ancient forerunner of whales and comes from rocks dating to the Eocene age, as the Director of the Vertebrate Paleontology Department at the Natural History Museum Rodolfo Salas-Gismond explained. SOUNDBIT

Voters head to polls in Texas, kicking off 1st 2022 U.S. midterm primary

STORY: Voters head to polls in Texas, kicking off 1st 2022 U.S. midterm primary DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: SAN ANTONIO, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at poll stations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROSALINDA CASILLAS, Voter 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MICHAEL MARTINEZ, Voter STORYLINE: Voters across the second most populous U.S. state of Texas are heading to the polls on Tuesday, kicking off the first primary of the country's 2022 midterm election season. It's also the first statewide election in which voters will cast their ballots following the redistricting based on the results of the 2020 national census, as well as the first statewide election after Texas enacted its controversial voting law. Governor Greg Abbott, 64, facing seven other Republicans, is seeking a third term. On the Democratic ticket, Beto O'Rourke, a 49-year-old former U.S. Senate nominee and presidential candidate, is the best known and challenged by four other Democrats. SOUNDBIT