DBS chief economist optimistic about China's growth outlook

STORY: DBS chief economist optimistic about China's growth outlook SHOOTING TIME: May 30, 2024 DATELINE: June 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of DBS 2. various of street views in China 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAIMUR BAIG, Chief economist and managing director of DBS Group Research 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TAIMUR BAIG, Chief economist and managing director of DBS Group Research 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TAIMUR BAIG, Chief economist and managing director of DBS Group Research STORYLINE: DBS, Singapore's major banking group, has recently raised its forecast for China's GDP growth in 2024 to 5 percent from 4.5 percent, as a better-than-expected upturn in China's property market and trade performance propelled the economy. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, Taimur Baig, chief economist and managing director of DBS Group Research, said China's economy has shown more positive signals of recovery. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAIMUR BAIG, Chief economist and man

China-proposed GDI envisions win-win solutions: observers

STORY: China-proposed GDI envisions win-win solutions: observers DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GULRU GEZER, Former Turkish diplomat and foreign policy analyst 2. various of Global Development Initiative-related footage 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GULRU GEZER, Former Turkish diplomat and foreign policy analyst 4. various of Global Development Initiative-related footage 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): KHALID TAIMUR AKRAM, Executive Director of Pakistan Research Center for Community with Shared Future 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): AKKAN SUVER, Head of Istanbul-based Marmara Group Strategic and Social Research Foundation STORYLINE: On the second anniversary of the China-proposed Global Development Initiative (GDI), observers have spoken positively about China's efforts to promote shared development worldwide on a win-win basis. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GULRU GEZER, Former Turkish diplomat and foreign policy analyst "One of the most importa

G20 Summit - New Delhi

G20 Summit - New Delhi

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left to right, President of the European Council Charles Michel, Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Asa'ad bin Tariq bin Taimur al Said, U.S. President, Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrive to take part in a plenary session at the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Saturday, September 9, 2023. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

China's modernization drive inspirational with opportunities for world

STORY: China's modernization drive inspirational with opportunities for world: experts DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KHALID TAIMUR AKRAM, Executive director of Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MELAKU MULUALEM, Senior international relations and diplomacy researcher at Ethiopia's Institute of Strategic Affairs 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BRENDAN AHERN, Chief investment officer, Krane Funds Advisors, U.S. STORYLINE: Experts have hailed China's modernization drive, saying the development course is inspirational and can provide experience for other developing countries. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KHALID TAIMUR AKRAM, Executive director of Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future "China, from a country constrained by backward productive forces, has become the world's second-largest economy and raised people's living standard from low

Scholars share views on CPC's role in China's development

STORY: Scholars share views on CPC's role in China's development DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:20 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the symposium 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): SHERADIL BAKTYGULOV, Kyrgyzstan's National Institute for Strategic Studies 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AUGUSTO SOTO, Director of "the Dialogue with China" Project & Professor of ESADE Business School in Spain 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SEAN SLATTERY, English expert at the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARTIN JACQUES, British scholar 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): KHALID TAIMUR AKRAM, Executive director of Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future (PRCCSF) 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): PEGGY CANTAVE FUYET, French expert at the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): DRAGANA MITROVIC, Director of Institute of Asian Studies of Political Science Department, Universit