Turkish scholar hails China's win-win approach

STORY: Turkish scholar hails China's win-win approach DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): OKTAY TANRISEVER, Scholar of foreign policy at Middle East Technical University STORYLINE: A Turkish scholar has projected that China's economy will grow by at least 5 percent in 2023. Oktay Tanrisever, a scholar of foreign policy at the Middle East Technical University in the capital city of Ankara, made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua. He added that China has proved that countries could benefit each other with a win-win approach, a requirement of today's world. SOUNDBITE (English): OKTAY TANRISEVER, Scholar of foreign policy at Middle East Technical University "I think the world economy is recovering from the COVID crisis, and I expect economic growth throughout the world. The Chinese economy is very likely to grow around 5 percent, even more. Because the demand for China's products will increase, and more trade with China is

China's economy rapidly rebounding from pandemic shock

STORY: China's economy rapidly rebounding from pandemic shock DATELINE: Jan. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OKTAY F. TANRISEVER, Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BILAL AHMAD, Pakistani public health specialist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG XIQIANG, Executive Vice President, Nestle S.A. STORYLINE: China's economy is shaking off the shadow of COVID-19. The country's continuously optimized anti-virus response has promoted work and production resumption. Sectors ranging from tourism to services and catering are trickling back to their pre-pandemic level. During the 40-day-long Spring Festival travel rush that is underway, the number of passenger trips is expected to surge 99.5 percent year on year to nearly 2.1 billion, resuming 70.3 percent of that in 2019. Major projects nationwide have started construction again, and many factories are running at

China's COVID response policy seen as science-based, effective

STORY: China's COVID response policy seen as science-based, effective DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of city scenes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenya-based international relations scholar 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): OKTAY F. TANRISEVER, Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BILAL AHMAD, Pakistani public health specialist STORYLINE: China has changed its COVID response in light of the evolving situation and coordinated epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development. Some experts said that the optimization of China's COVID response policies is science-based, effective and consistent with the country's national realities. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenya-based international relations scholar "I think that the containment measures th

China's COVID response shift to positively influence global economy: expert

STORY: China's COVID response shift to positively influence global economy: expert DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OKTAY F. TANRISEVER, Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OKTAY F. TANRISEVER, Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University STORYLINE: In recent months, China has made an array of active adjustments in its COVID response. An Ankara-based expert on international relations has said the downgrade in China's COVID-19 management policy will positively influence global economy. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OKTAY F. TANRISEVER, Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University "Now with these measures lifted, I think there will be more room for trade, more interaction and global economy will be affected positively from that. China is the largest producing country in the world. It will also increase not