China endeavors to keep ancient city of Pingyao alive

STORY: China endeavors to keep ancient city of Pingyao alive DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:36 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Pingyao ancient city 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI YAXIAN, Director of Pingyao County cultural relics institute 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XUE SHENGJIN, Craftsman of Pingyao varnished lacquerware 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MENG JIAJIA, Xue's apprentice 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HU XIAOPENG, Resident 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): GENG BAOGUO, Resident STORYLINE: Pingyao in north China's Shanxi Province is an ancient walled city with a history of over 2,800 years. Boasting well-preserved urban planning and architecture from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), Pingyao was named a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1997. Covering an area of 2.25 square km, the ancient city is home to more than 300 cultural relics and nearly 4,000 traditional buildings. Over the past decades, the Chinese government has initiated a string of measures for the prote

Rise of female engineers in CAR thanks to Chinese company's support

STORY: Rise of female engineers in CAR thanks to Chinese company's support DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: BANGUI CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site of the Bangui University extension project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): BAITHIA EVODIE YANGUENDJI, Civil engineer of Anda 3. various of female worker tying steel bars at the construction site of Student Apartments of Bangui University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): PRINCIA HILLARY KOINDA YAMANGA, Intern civil engineer of Anda 5. various of the construction site of Student Apartments of Bangui University 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HE YAXIAN, Manager of Anda STORYLINE: It's unusual to find female engineers before in the Central African Republic (CAR). However, the situation has changed slowly as a new crop of trained engineers are being recruited by Anda, a Chinese construction company. Baithia Evodie Yanguendji is one of them. Having grown up in a low-income suburb where unemployment is common among the youth, the 23-year-