Period of West-dominated world is ending: Putin

STORY: Period of West-dominated world is ending: Putin DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Putin at the plenary session of the 19th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club STORYLINE: The historical period of boundless Western domination in world affairs is coming to an end and the unipolar world is becoming the past, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The West aims to maintain hegemony on global economy and politics with so-called "rules" they created, Putin said at the plenary session of the 19th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in the Moscow region on Thursday. However, as soon as non-Western states, including Asian countries, began to benefit from globalization, the West immediately changed or fully abolished many of those rules, he stressed. The West is unable to rule humanity single-handedly despite their attempts to do so and "the majority of nations no longer want to put up with this,"

China urges U.S. to give comprehensive and detailed clarification on its bio-military activities

STORY: China urges U.S. to give comprehensive and detailed clarification on its bio-military activities DATELINE: April 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: China urges the U.S. to give comprehensive and detailed clarification on its bio-military activities and stop single-handedly opposing the establishment of a multilateral verification mechanism, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Thursday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "I noticed these remarks. The U.S. has so far failed to give any convincing explanation on its bio-military activities. Undertaking consultation and cooperation to address concerns is a requirement enshrined in the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), but the U.S. has no right to evade the issue. And the U.S. remarks have so far been ambiguous and self-contrad