KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Jiang Liping (back) works with apprentice Horace Owiti in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Jiang is a train driver of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. He came to Kenya in 2018 and was responsible for the technical training of drivers and supervision of standardized operation. Horace is Jiang's apprentice, and they work together along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. "Horace is intelligent and hardworking," Jiang said, "I hope the apprentices will come to visit China as guests, because we are not only colleagues but also friends." Horace said that he has benefited a lot from the professional training of the Chinese instructors. "I hope they can come back to Kenya often," he said. In the future, he plans to train more reliable drivers for the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and a demonstration projec

Chinese enterprises in Pakistan provide support to flood-hit areas

STORY: Chinese enterprises in Pakistan provide support to flood-hit areas DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flooded areas in Pakistan 2. various of infrastructure in Pakistan 3. various of Chinese construction workers handing out supplies to flood-affected locals 4. various of medical camp 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): SOOMAR BHUTTO, Bhutta village head 6. various of Chinese construction team repairing damaged infrastructure 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IMRAN, Dasu town official STORYLINE: Chinese enterprises carrying out projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have taken action to provide relief to people suffering from floods in Pakistan. As the city of Sukkur in the southern province of Sindh has been severely flooded, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), constructor of the Sukkur-Multan Motorway, donated rice, grain, oil and other urgently needed supplies to 800 affected locals. The 392-km-long projec

Pakistani postdoctoral fellow pursues dream in Gansu, China

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Displaced Iraqi makes living by drawing wood-burning paintings

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3 Japanese astronauts hope to contribute to space station projec

3 Japanese astronauts hope to contribute to space station projec

WASHINGTON, United States - Naoko Yamazaki (C), one of three Japanese astronauts, speaks at a ceremony at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Johnson Space Center in Texas before the start of their training on June 14. Yamazaki, 33, said she wants to contribute to an international project to build a space station. The two other Japanese astronauts taking part in the training are Satoshi Furukawa, 40, and Akihiko Hoshide, 35. This photo was provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which hired the three as astronauts for a stay on the international space station. (Kyodo)