Cape Town Carnival showcases Chinese cultural highlights

STORY: Cape Town Carnival showcases Chinese cultural highlights SHOOTING TIME: March 16, 2024 DATELINE: March 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: Cape Town CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Cape Town Carnival 2. various of the Chinese performing group at the Cape Town Carnival 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): VAL ANDRIES, Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NICOLAS JOHNSON, Local resident 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): VAL ANDRIES, Local resident 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): RACHEL JAFTA, Chairperson of Cape Town Carnival 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): DONG GANG, Head of Chinese performing group STORYLINE: The annual Cape Town Carnival kicked off in the legislative capital of South Africa on Saturday evening with Chinese elements featured at the event. Under the theme of "Lekker" -- an Afrikaans word that means nice, pleasant or enjoyable -- this year's carnival saw over 1,000 performers from various communities across the city taking part in a parade to celebrate diversity, creativity and cultural understa

China's Fuzhou holds forum to promote China-U.S. people-to-people friendship

STORY: China's Fuzhou holds forum to promote China-U.S. people-to-people friendship DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Friendship Forum held in Fuzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KRISTINA WALKER, Deputy Mayor of Tacoma City, the U.S. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAM MOKU, Chief of Staff of City and County of Honolulu, the U.S. STORYLINE: "Bond with Kuliang: 2023 China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship Forum" was held in Fuzhou, east China's Fujian Province on Wednesday. During the forum, a number of attendees from the United States expressed their wishes for further cooperation and exchanges between the American and Chinese people. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KRISTINA WALKER, Deputy Mayor of Tacoma City, the U.S. "In Tacoma, we greatly value our important relationship with Fuzhou. We have been sister cities for almost 30 years. Lincoln High School and the Affiliated High School of Fuzhou Institute of Education signed a memorandum of understa