China holds int'l travel fair after one-year hiatus

STORY: China holds int'l travel fair after one-year hiatus DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:24 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: various of the fairvarious of activitiesSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU XIAOYUN, Official in charge of creative products development at National Museum of ChinaSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FU CHUNSHAN, Official of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism STORYLINE: The 2022 China International Travel Mart (CITM) kicked off Friday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, after a hiatus of one year due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Exhibitors from 71 countries and regions are attending the event online or offline, and officials from embassies and consulates of 31 countries have also joined the expo, according to the organizers. The three-day travel fair, with an exhibition area of 80,000 square meters, features various exhibition zones comprising seven themes such as culture and museums, overseas tourism and Yunnan touri

Monument unveiled to commemorate 50th anniversary of China-Malta relations

STORY: Monument unveiled to commemorate 50th anniversary of China-Malta relations DATELINE: April 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:29 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of temple fairvarious of Reno Calleja, president of the Malta-China Friendship Society, delivering a speechvarious of Yu Dunhai, Chinese ambassador to Malta, delivering a speechvarious of Malta's Foreign Minister Ian Borg delivering a speechvarious of the monument STORYLINE: The 50th anniversary of bilateral relations between China and Malta was commemorated on Sunday with the unveiling of a monument at the Chinese Garden of Serenity in the town of Santa Lucija. "This showcases the dynamism, cooperation and mutual respect that continues to foster the relationship between our two countries, setting an example by which differences in geographical size and distance become irrelevant," Malta's Foreign Minister Ian Borg said. "Our excellent relationship, based on mutual trust and respect, is a successful one and going from str