U.S. hegemony tactics doom to fail: experts

STORY: U.S. hegemony tactics doom to fail: experts DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:36 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the countries in the Middle East 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): VLADIMIR ZHARIKHIN, Deputy director, Commonwealth of Independent States Institute, Russia 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AKRAM HOSSAM, Egyptian political expert, deputy chairman of Ra Center for Strategic Studies, Egypt 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOSEPH MATTHEWS, Senior professor, BELTEI International University in Phnom Penh 5 SOUNDBITE 4 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish veteran journalist and analyst STORYLINE: The United States has coercively promoted American values in the Middle East, pushing for regime change, forcibly transplanting "American democracy," and infringing upon others' sovereignty and human rights. This is according to a report released Tuesday by an NGO, the China Society for Human Rights Studies. The report said the U.S. attempts to transform regional countries and establish fragile, depen

Russian expert hails successful hosting of Winter Olympics amid pandemic

STORY: Russian expert hails successful hosting of Winter Olympics amid pandemic DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Russian): VLADIMIR ZHARIKHIN, Deputy director, Commonwealth of Independent States Institute, Russia STORYLINE: The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics "is an important event that was carried out very well amid the very difficult COVID-19 conditions," said Vladimir Zharikhin, deputy director of the Commonwealth of Independent States Institute, a think tank that studies the former Soviet republics. SOUNDBITE (Russian): VLADIMIR ZHARIKHIN, Deputy director, Commonwealth of Independent States Institute, Russia "I think that, of course, attentions will be paid to the results of the brilliantly held Winter Olympics in Beijing. This is an important event that was carried out very well amid the very difficult COVID-19 conditions, which should be emphasized." The Beijing Winter Olympics is the first international multi-sport event that's been he