Philippines, Indonesia agree to boost ties

STORY: Philippines, Indonesia agree to boost ties SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Widodo and Marcos greeting each other 2. various of Widodo and Marcos speaking 3. various of Widodo signing the guest book and visiting the presidential palace 4. various of both leaders speaking STORYLINE: The leaders of the Philippines and Indonesia on Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral ties. Indonesian President Joko Widodo was received in the morning by his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos during a three-day official visit in Manila. After the meeting in the presidential palace, Widodo said during a news conference that he discussed with Marcos ways to enhance trade by opening market access. "Indonesia seeks the Philippines' support related to special safeguard measures on Indonesian coffee products," Widodo said. For his part, Marcos said the two leaders had a fruitful and honest discussion on regi

China's retail sales up 10.1 pct in November

STORY: China's retail sales up 10.1 pct in November SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU AIHUA, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics 2. File footages of Chinese economy STORYLINE: China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of the country's consumption strength, registered a double-digit year-on-year growth in November, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU AIHUA, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics "In November, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 4,250.5 billion yuan (about 597.8 billion U.S. dollars), up by 10.1 percent year on year, 2.5 percentage points higher than that of the previous month. Total retail sales of consumer goods topped 42.79 trillion yuan (about 6.03 trillion U.S. dollars) in the January-November period, up 7.2 percent from one year earlier." Retail sales in the country's urban regi

Vlog: Chinese modernization in eyes of attendees at WMS

STORY: Vlog: Chinese modernization in eyes of attendees at WMS SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 2-4, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fifth World Media Summit 2. STANDUP (English): ZHENG XIN, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of participants in the summit 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARK LEVINE, American professor with the Minzu University of China 5. various of China's Guangzhou (File) 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FRANCISCO ALBERTO TAIANA, Historian, sinologist, Argentina's National News Agency Telam 7. various of China's Guangzhou (File) 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARTIN JACQUES, Former senior fellow at Department of Politics and Int'l Studies, Cambridge University 9. various of China's Guangzhou (File) 10. various of China's Shanghai (File) 11. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): LUIS AUSAN MORENTE, Head of the Philippine News Agency (PNA) 12. various of China's Guangzhou (File) 13. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): NAJUM IQBAL, Head of Communications with the Regi

CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit a traditional village of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 16, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came later to the regi

China making example of sustainable development to Asia-Pacific region: Thai official

STORY: China making example of sustainable development to Asia-Pacific region: Thai official DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of general views 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHERDCHAI CHAIVAIVID, Director-general of the Department of International Economic Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of Thailand STORYLINE: A Thai official has said that China has a big say in how the Asia-Pacific region moves forward and can lead certainly by making an example to the rest of the region, especially in terms of sustainable development. SOUNDBITE (English): CHERDCHAI CHAIVAIVID, Director-general of the Department of International Economic Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of Thailand "We believe that China has a big say in how we move forward, let's put it this way, the BCG (Bio-Circular-Green) economy agenda. And the cooperation and support we have received from China for our process. So China can lead certainly by making an example to the rest of the regi

Coordinated development energizes Chinese port city

STORY: Coordinated development energizes Chinese port city DATELINE: July 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tianjin 2. various of the Tianjin Binhai-Zhongguancun Science Park 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HU JIANLONG, Coresense (Tianjin) Eco-Agri Technology Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YIN LI, CEO of CARALE 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): BIAN WEIGUANG, Director of the green ecological barrier construction headquarters office STORYLINE: A major task of the coordinated development strategy of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital. In line with the program, the Tianjin Binhai-Zhongguancun Science Park was formally established in November 2016 in Tianjin Binhai New Area. After six years of development, the science park has now become the city's scientific and technological innovation highland, attracting the settling down of over 3,000 enterprises, with a total regi

ASEAN defense ministers vow to strengthen bloc's centrality, unity

STORY: ASEAN defense ministers vow to strengthen bloc's centrality, unity DATELINE: June 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:31 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cambodia's defense minister Gen. Tea Banh greeting other ASEAN counterparts 2. various of the 16th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting STORYLINE: The defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) vowed on Wednesday to strengthen the bloc's centrality, unity and rules-based order for the benefit of the people in the region, said a joint declaration. The declaration was released after the 16th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM), which was held in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, under the chair of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh. "We reaffirm our adherence to the fundamental principles and purposes enshrined in the ASEAN Charter and Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in strengthening ASEAN centrality and unity and upholding a rules-based regi