MOZAMBIQUE-MAPUTO-CHINA-STARTIMES-SATELLITE TELEVISION SIGNAL-PROJECT STAFF

MOZAMBIQUE-MAPUTO-CHINA-STARTIMES-SATELLITE TELEVISION SIGNAL-PROJECT STAFF

(230911) -- MAPUTO, Sept. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager watches a satellite television program at home in Goba Village, Maputo Province, Mozambique, July 26, 2023. Government of Mozambique announced in May 2020 the completion of a project to bring digital satellite television signal to 1,000 villages in the country, which has benefited over 20,000 families. The project, covering all the ten provinces and the capital city of Mozambique, was co-funded by China and implemented by the Chinese electronics and media company StarTimes. It trained work force particularly young people to be in charge of the maintenance and provide assistance to the beneficiaries. Nunes Guardagea, a 31-year-old engineer, is one of them. Guardagea joined StarTimes in 2016 and participated in the maintenance of the project after training. He considers the job as one of the most meaningful experiences in his career. Guardagea traveled across the country and learned a lot on the job. His family condition has undergone eart

Fresh Chinese humanitarian aid reaches quake-hit Syria

STORY: Fresh Chinese humanitarian aid reaches quake-hit Syria DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of humanitarian aid from China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHI HONGWEI, Chinese Ambassador to Syria 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOATAZ DAWJI, Assistant minister of Syria's Local Administration and Environment Ministry STORYLINE: A plane landed in Damascus on Wednesday with a batch of humanitarian aid from China to help Syria overcome the repercussions of last week's powerful earthquakes. Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei and Moataz Dawji, the assistant minister of Syria's Local Administration and Environment Ministry, were at the airport to witness the transfer of the aid supplies. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHI HONGWEI, Chinese Ambassador to Syria "We will provide more urgent humanitarian assistance from the Chinese government, whether food or medicinal materials as well as communication equipment to support the Syrian efforts in overcoming the eart