Cultural gala held in Zimbabwe to welcome Year of Dragon

STORY: Cultural gala held in Zimbabwe to welcome Year of Dragon SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): TAFARA MUGWARA, Xinhua reporter 2. various of the gala 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHOU DING, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KIRSTY COVENTRY, Zimbabwe's Minister of Sports, Arts, Recreation and Culture 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BARBARA RWODZI, Zimbabwe's Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): PEACE NDLOVU, Harare resident STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): TAFARA MUGWARA, Xinhua reporter "As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, a gala was held in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital on Thursday to welcome the Year of the Dragon. About 2,000 guests attended the event, and they were entertained by a variety of performances including Chinese martial arts, traditional song and dance, and stunt performances." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHOU DING, Chinese Ambassador to Zimba

Zimbabwean president commissions Chinese-built lithium processing plant to develop mining industry

STORY: Zimbabwean president commissions Chinese-built lithium processing plant to develop mining industry DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: GOROMONZI, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the lithium processing plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, Zimbabwean President 3. various of the lithium processing plant 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, Zimbabwean President STORYLINE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday commissioned a Chinese-built lithium processing plant at a mine in Goromonzi District, some 40 km east of the capital Harare. The plant at one of the world's largest hard rock lithium resources, the Arcadia Lithium Mine, was constructed by the Chinese firm Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. from May 2022 to January this year. It has an installed capacity to process 4.5 million tonnes of lithium ore every year, from which 450,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate will be exported. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, Zimba