Xinjiang, My home: A Kazakh black soap-making inheritor

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: A Kazakh black soap-making inheritor DATELINE: Dec. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:02 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Uygur language): GULISUNHAN YELEBAY, Kazakh black soap maker STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Uygur language): GULISUNHAN YELEBAY, Kazakh black soap maker "My name is Gulisunhan Yelebay. I live in Oymak Township, Burqin County (in China's Xinjiang). It has been more than 20 years since I've inherited the skill of making Kazakh traditional black soaps. Sweetie, you and Telieke go get some Saxaul trees. Let's get the black soaps done as quickly as we can. It's getting late. Ok, I'll go now. Bring all the small Saxaul trees left over there. All of them. These are Saxaul trees. What we are doing now and before is part of the black soap-making skill passed down from our ancestors. The materials needed include Saxaul trees, quinoa and Cathay poplars. The wood ashes are used to make soaps. Put the ashes into hot water, stir it and boil it. Stir it, Sahar. Ad

600,000 more saxaul saplings planted in Xinjiang's desert county

STORY: 600,000 more saxaul saplings planted in Xinjiang's desert county DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: QIEMO, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of desert in Qiemo County 2. various of people planting saxaul saplings 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PATIGUL YASIN, Staff at the desertification control station in Qiemo County, Xinjiang 4. various of desert in Qiemo County 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese):PATIGUL YASIN, Staff at the desertification control station in Qiemo County, Xinjiang STORYLINE: Qiemo County Xinjiang, China About 600,000 saxaul saplings have been planted in Qiemo County in the early winter. These wind-blocking plants are expected to become new "guardians" of the desert county. Qiemo is surrounded by the Taklimakan Desert on three sides. It carried out desertification prevention and control projects in 1998 and has been planting trees in the desert for 24 consecutive years. It takes longer to plant trees in autumn and winter than in spring. However, the newly plante

Green belt on edge of desert benefits farmers, herdsmen in north China

STORY: Green belt on edge of desert benefits farmers, herdsmen in north China DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of saxaul trees 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU HONGYI, Head of a forestry station in Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU HONGYI, Head of a forestry station in Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): XU QIANGYE, Local herdsman STORYLINE: A forest of saxaul trees on the edge of a desert in China's Inner Mongolia, not only prevents the encroachment of the desert, but also helps boost incomes for local residents. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU HONGYI, Head of a forestry station in Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia "The government in Alxa Left Banner proposed building an industrial base of saxauls and herba cistanches in 2010, which covers an area of about 66,667 hectares. One purpose of it was to improve the ecology, and the other is to facilitate the employment of farmers and herde