1st freight train of the land-sea trade corridor running via China-Laos-Thailand Railway departs from Chongqing

STORY: 1st freight train of the land-sea trade corridor running via China-Laos-Thailand Railway departs from Chongqing SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a freight train departing the Tuanjiecun Central Station in Chongqing 2. various of the Tuanjiecun Central Station 3. various of a freight train leaving the station 4. various of a freight train moving on the railway STORYLINE: A freight train departed Friday morning from the Tuanjiecun Central Station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality for Map Ta Phut Station in Thailand, marking the opening of the first international freight train of New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor that runs via China-Laos-Thailand Railway. Loaded with 64 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of chemicals, the train is scheduled to arrive in Map Ta Phut via Laos' Vientiane in 5 days. In the meantime, a freight train loaded with 30 TEU containers of agricultu

GLOBALink | U.S. manipulations behind so-called global food crisis: Turkish expert

STORY: U.S. manipulations behind so-called global food crisis: Turkish expert DATELINE: Sept. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of global food crisis in various countries 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): CIHAT YAYCI, Retired Turkish admiral 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): CIHAT YAYCI, Retired Turkish admiral 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): CIHAT YAYCI, Retired Turkish admiral STORYLINE: A Turkish expert said that the global food security issue has been consciously manipulated by the United States for pursuing its hegemony and making profits. Cihat Yayci, a retired Turkish admiral spoke to Xinhua about the global food security issue, which was aggravated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): CIHAT YAYCI, Retired Turkish admiral "It seems like there are some manipulations to strengthen and mobilize the economies of big powers that have fallen for some reasons, including the pandemic, by taking some actions to restrict the food supply and the supply of agricultu