Digital tech brings better dinning experience to Chinese customers

STORY: Digital tech brings better dinning experience to Chinese customers DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of a restaurant in FuzhouSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIANG WENCHUN, Restaurant managerSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIANG WENCHUN, Restaurant managerSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Dinner in Fuzhou STORYLINE: Digital technologies have been improving customers' dining experience in Fuzhou, China. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIANG WENCHUN, Restaurant manager "In this area, we have greeting robots and the dish passing robot. Consumers just need to scan a QR code to order food. It's more convenient for consumers." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIANG WENCHUN, Restaurant manager "We prepare the seasonings for each dish, and then we put them in the cooking robot, which will automatically stir food within a preset time, and when it's done, it will automatically move food onto the plate." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Dinner in Fuzhou "When I first saw this, I thought it was quit

Chinese companies help rejuvenate major seaport in Bangladesh

STORY: Chinese companies help rejuvenate major seaport in Bangladesh DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of the seaportvarious of dredging vesselsSOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): ABU SUFYAN, Project coordinatorSOUNDBITE 2 (English): LI HUISHENG, Project managerSOUNDBITE 3 (English): REAR ADMIRAL M MUSA, Chairman of Mongla port authority STORYLINE: Despite COVID-19, Chinese and Bangladeshi technicians are working hard to help rejuvenate Mongla, Bangladesh's second largest seaport. Due to increasing congestion in Bangladesh's largest Chattogram seaport, many international shipping firms have turned to Mongla as an alternative. Also, Mongla is set to emerge as an attractive gateway because of the construction of the country's largest Padma Bridge and Padma Rail Link. The two major projects in Bangladesh are expected to connect the port to the national capital Dhaka. But the port is currently underutilized due to the navigability problem of its key Pashu

Interview: Hedge fund billionaire warns of disorder, low investment returns in U.S.

STORY: Interview: Hedge fund billionaire warns of disorder, low investment returns in U.S. DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:11 LOCATION: New York, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: Various of RAY DALIO being interviewedSOUNDBITE 1(English)RAY DALIO, U.S. billionaire investor and hedge fund manageSOUNDBITE 2(English)RAY DALIO, U.S. billionaire investor and hedge fund managerSOUNDBITE 3(English)RAY DALIO, U.S. billionaire investor and hedge fund managerSOUNDBITE 4(English)RAY DALIO, U.S. billionaire investor and hedge fund managerSOUNDBITE 5(English)RAY DALIO, U.S. billionaire investor and hedge fund manager STORYLINE: The United States is facing great challenges due to disorder and investors are expected to experience a period of very low investment returns amid high inflation and monetary tightening, U.S. billionaire investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has told Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1(English): RAY DALIO, U.S. investor and hedge fund manager "I think the great risk of the western powers is the polit