More countries line up to join BRICS as growth opportunities abound

STORY: More countries line up to join BRICS as growth opportunities abound DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in South Africa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BARIS DOSTER, Scholar with the Istanbul-based Marmara University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDRE EDGAR ANTONIO THOMASHAUSEN, Professor Emeritus of International Law at University of South Africa 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Portuguese): DRUMOND MAFUTA, Angola's November Publishing House's Chairman of the Board of Administration 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MELAKU MULUALEM, Senior international relations and diplomacy researcher, Ethiopia's Institute of Strategic Affairs 6. various of BRICS countries STORYLINE: The 15th BRICS Summit is set to be held in South Africa's Johannesburg on Aug. 22-24. There are high expectations among experts and observers about the outcomes of the summit. One major focus is the membership expansion of the group. Attracted by the openness and i

BRICS playing stabilizing role for developing world: observer

STORY: BRICS playing stabilizing role for developing world: observer DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG ZHIHUAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDRE EDGAR ANTONIO THOMASHAUSEN, Professor Emeritus of International Law at University of South Africa 4. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHANG ZHIHUAN, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Spanish): EDUARDO REGALADO, Researcher at the International Policy Research Center of Cuba 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): MUKHTAR GHOBASHI, Vice President of the Arab Center for Political Studies, Egypt 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG ZHIHUAN, Xinh

BRICS cooperation injecting impetus into global development: experts

STORY: BRICS cooperation injecting impetus into global development: experts DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI, Former chairman of Mumbai-based think tank Observer Research Foundation 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy institute, Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist STORYLINE: Experts have said BRICS cooperation is injecting impetus into global development and helping build a community with a shared future for mankind. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business "The BRICS not only plays a development role focused on developing countries, but contributes significantly to humanity's development by establishing a more just and egalitarian world. The BRICS countries need to reinforce ac

"BRICS Plus" provides unique "soft" approach to regional cooperation: economist

STORY: "BRICS Plus" provides unique "soft" approach to regional cooperation: economist DATELINE: June 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of street view of BRICS countriesSOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economistSOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economistSOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist STORYLINE: In a recent interview with Xinhua, South African economist Andre Thomashausen said that the "BRICS Plus" will continue to provide a unique "soft" approach to regional cooperation. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist "BRICS countries are very successful in health and infrastructure, and educational and science cooperation, and these are the growth areas for the BRICS. The BRICS cooperation will continue to refuse to be drawn into an arms race and into conflicts. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist "The 'BRIC

What BRICS cooperation means for world

STORY: What BRICS cooperation means for world DATELINE: June 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the BRICS countries 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO, Africa Policy Institute, Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Turkey 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): B. R. DEEPAK, Professor and sinologist at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director, Center for China studies, Nigeria 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Russia): ILIA GONCHAROV, Commentator, Sputnik, Russia 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): WANG LEI, Director of Center for BRICS Cooperation Studies, Beijing Normal University 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of the China-Brazil Center for Research and Business, Brazil 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director, center for China studies, Nigeria 11. S

BRICS cooperation champions multilateralism

STORY: BRICS cooperation champions multilateralism DATELINE: June 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:51 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of general views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG LEI, Director of Center for BRICS Cooperation Studies, Beijing Normal University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): EVANDRO CARVALHO, Brazilian professor at Getulio Vargas Foundation 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI, Former chairman of Mumbai-based think tank Observer Research Foundation STORYLINE: The 14th summit of BRICS will be held this week in the virtual format in Beijing. The emerging-market bloc groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Practical cooperation has been carried out in dozens of areas over the past 16 years since its establishment, making it a true practitioner of multilateralism. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG LEI, Director of Center for BRICS Cooperation Studies, Beijing Normal University "The

Experts applaud "BRICS Plus" cooperation model

STORY: Experts applaud "BRICS Plus" cooperation model DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDRE THOMASHAUSEN, South African economist 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EVANDRO CARVALHO, Brazilian professor at Getulio Vargas Foundation 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): LUIS ANTONIO PAULINO, Professor at Sao Paulo State University STORYLINE: "BRICS Plus" cooperation model promotes globalization and strengthens multilateral cooperation and development, experts from Kenya, South Africa and Brazil have said. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER KAGWANJA, CEO of Africa Policy Institute "There is needed to transform BRICS into a south-south multilateral framework that can counter all demonic tendencies within the world that are a threat to globalization trends in the world. And we have seen a lot of these anti-globalization trends. And you need a powerful movement, like 'BRICS Plus,' to c