STORY: China doing great in advancing and safeguarding human rights in Xinjiang: Tanzanian woman recalls life in Kashgar
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 25, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:03:53
LOCATION: ZANZIBAR, Tanzania
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Hadiya Msham Abdulla and Dilshat Tursun in Zanzibar
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HADIYA MSHAM, Resident in Zanzibar, Tanzania
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DILSHAT TURSUN, Resident from Kashgar, Xinjiang
4. various of Kashgar and Urumqi
5. various of Hadiya Msham Abdulla and Dilshat Tursun in Kashgar
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HADIYA MSHAM, Resident in Zanzibar, Tanzania

STORYLINE:

A Tanzanian woman who married a man from China's Xinjiang recalled her time in the northwestern Chinese region, saying Xinjiang is a beautiful region, and she enjoys living there.

Hadiya Msham Abdulla from Zanzibar, Tanzania, tied the knot with Dilshat Tursun in Kashgar in Xinjiang three years ago. Interviewed when spending a holiday at their father-in-law’s house in Chuini village in Zanzibar, the couple said they tried to learn each other's culture, which also explains why they blend so well.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HADIYA MSHAM, Tanzanian married to man from China's Xinjiang
"Coping with different cultures is very easy because we are all humans and our basic needs are to eat, sleep and breathe, so it's very easy for me to cope with those and I tried to learn their culture and they learn my culture and that is the way we blend together very well."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DILSHAT TURSUN, Husband of Hadiya Msham
"Because we are educated, we are very open-minded, we can accept new things together and we can learn together. We understand each other. This is a very important thing for me and my wife."

Hadiya said, based on her own experience, China is doing a great job in advancing and safeguarding human rights in Xinjiang.

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HADIYA MSHAM, Tanzanian married to man from China's Xinjiang
"China is a very beautiful country, but if I have to describe China in one word, that would be peace and safety, and that is the most important thing. I have traveled in Xinjiang, more than three cities in Xinjiang, and Xinjiang is very beautiful. I have been in Kashgar where we have settled down now with my husband, and I have been in Urumqi, which is a very developed city, tall buildings, so many developed areas. And Kashgar is still a developing city but it's more traditional and more cultural and colorful, and there is nice food, there is delicious food, there is excellent, beautiful music. So there are tourists that come from around the world to visit Kashgar. So it's a very beautiful city, very peaceful. People are very warm-hearted and loving. I think it's an excellent idea to take development as a key to improving human rights. That is something that China is doing, developing their society in order for people to live, for people to learn, education systems and then in oder for people to grow in every aspect of life. So that is an excellent idea, if you are going to develop a country, you are going to develop the human rights of the people in that country. I love living in Xinjiang, I love being in Kashgar. In Kashgar, where Uyghur people live in majority, and their lifestyle is good, their food is good, they have work, they go to work, they provide jobs, people can do their own businesses, so I think there is no discrimination when it comes to different ethnicities in China. The government treats everyone equally and that is an excellent way to run a country."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zanzibar, Tanzania.
(XHTV)