Chinese New Year celebrated at Australian National Maritime Museum

STORY: Chinese New Year celebrated at Australian National Maritime Museum SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 24, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations at the Australian National Maritime Museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DARYL KARP, Director of Australian National Maritime Museum 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TRENT HARDY, Sydney citizen STORYLINE: A Chinese New Year celebration was held at the Australian National Maritime Museum on Saturday. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, marking the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DARYL KARP, Director of Australian National Maritime Museum "Isn't this absolutely glorious! What a beautiful memento of an extraordinary event. It's really a privilege for me to be able to sit at the museum and to experience the culture and the rich performance and the rich beauty in a way that we did today. I wish more Australians would have this oppor

Taiwan youth share experience of volunteering at Beijing 2022

STORY: Taiwan youth share experience of volunteering at Beijing 2022 DATELINE: April 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:40 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sharing activity 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIN CHIA HSUAN, Volunteer from Taiwan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN WEN CHENG, Volunteer from Taiwan STORYLINE: A volunteer experience sharing activity on the Beijing Winter Olympics was recently held in Beijing to strengthen the exchange of volunteer service across the Taiwan Strait. At the activity, young people from China's Taiwan shared their feelings about volunteering in the Games. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIN CHIA HSUAN, Volunteer from Taiwan "We were honored to be invited to watch figure skating, ice hockey and some other events at the Beijing Winter Olympics. We were very excited when watching the Games. The athletes gave full play to their advantage. We cheered up for them in the audience. I would like to thank the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics for giving me this oppor

Ugandan teacher on mission to spread Chinese language

STORY: Ugandan teacher on mission to spread Chinese language DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Florence Nakijoba teaching Chinese language 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FLORENCE NAKIJOBA, Chinese language teacher at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHARLES BWEBALE, Student at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EPHRAIM MUWONGE, Deputy headmaster of Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School STORYLINE: Florence Nakijoba, 26, teaches Chinese language at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School in Kitoro, a small village in the central Ugandan district of Wakiso. She was among the teachers who underwent a nine-month training course in Chinese language teaching in 2019, when the government rolled out Mandarin in the school curriculum. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FLORENCE NAKIJOBA, Chinese language teacher at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School "When the government of Uganda brought the oppor