STORY: Exploring Chinese elements in Nauru
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 18, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:51
LOCATION: Yaren
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): WANG SHEN, Xinhua correspondent
2. various of Nauru, shot on Jan. 17, 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English): JACOB SCOTTY, Local resident in Nauru
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU LIQING, Chinese national living in Nauru

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): WANG SHEN, Xinhua correspondent
"This is Wang Shen with Xinhua News Agency. I'm now in the Pacific island country of Nauru.
Earlier this week, Nauru announced that it recognizes the one-China principle and had severed so-called 'diplomatic relations' with Taiwan.
Today I'm gonna take you for a tour in Nauru."

Nauru is an island country with a land area of 21.1 square kilometers and a marine exclusive economic zone of 320,000 square kilometers.

For the people of Nauru, Chinese restaurants have become a go-to choice.

SOUNDBITE (English): JACOB SCOTTY, Local resident in Nauru
"We usually eat at the restaurant. That's why we know how to use chopsticks nowadays. Back then, we eat with our parents. They always tell us to try chopsticks, and that's how we know."

This is a shop run by a Chinese lady,
who has been doing business in Nauru for over 30 years

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG SHEN, Xinhua correspondent
"I just found that many Nauruan people were shopping here just now. What are the things they particularly like?"

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU LIQING, Chinese national living in Nauru
"They often buy clothes and wear them to parties. Just like these shirts."

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG SHEN, Xinhua correspondent
"So these are the colorful shirts that locals like, right? I saw that there are so many kinds of shirts in the shop."

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU LIQING, Chinese national living in Nauru
"Yes, we have shirts for both men and women. They also like buying these as gifts to go with the skirts. The colors are well-matched."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yaren.
(XHTV)