STORY: South African official highlights comprehensive strategic partnership with China
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 7, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 9, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:19
LOCATION: TIANJIN, China
CATEGORY: POLITICS/CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Alvin Botes visits Tianjin Museum
2. various of Alvin Botes visits a martial arts school in China's Tianjin
3. SOUNDBITE (English): ALVIN BOTES, Deputy minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa

STORYLINE:

More efforts should be made to deepen pragmatic cooperation between South Africa and China in various fields, including sports, education, and tourism, said a South African official in an interview with Xinhua on Thursday.

Alvin Botes, deputy minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa, recently paid a visit to a famed martial arts school in China's Tianjin.

SOUNDBITE (English): ALVIN BOTES, Deputy minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa
"The relationship between South Africa and China is a comprehensive strategic partnership which is based on the bonds of friendship, brotherhood, and comradeship.
Chinese Kung Fu is known for being very important for the development of young people, both cultural discipline but also sports development. So we are very impressed of what we have seen.
We want to see more Chinese that visit South Africa. We want to see more South Africans coming to China."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China.
(XHTV)