STORY: Georgian expat's homecoming journey in Spring Festival
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 5, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024
LENGTH: 0:02:08
LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
8. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
9. SOUNDBITE 9 (Chinese): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
10. SOUNDBITE 10 (Chinese): Traveler
11. SOUNDBITE 11 (Chinese): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
12. SOUNDBITE 12 (Chinese): Traveler
13. SOUNDBITE 13 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
14. SOUNDBITE 14 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
15. SOUNDBITE 15 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
16. SOUNDBITE 16 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
17. SOUNDBITE 17 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
18. SOUNDBITE 18 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
19. SOUNDBITE 19 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
20. SOUNDBITE 20 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"Hello there, David is here. The Chinese Spring Festival is known for its largest-ever migration, so I got really lucky to experience this incredible event. So I am here with my friend Liang Qi."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"Hi, David. So there is a special travel we called 'chunyun.'"

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"Yes, let's go. Go, go. Very cool."

SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"Take me back home. Okay, Let's go."

SOUNDBITE 5 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"Lian Qi is using autopilot."

SOUNDBITE 6 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"Yeah, we turned on the autopilot."

SOUNDBITE 7 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"So he doesn't have to do the driving actually because the car recognizes other cars. Pretty cool, huh? Are we gonna show the charging? 

SOUNDBITE 8 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"Yes, charge the car."

SOUNDBITE 9 (Chinese): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"Where are you heading for?"

SOUNDBITE 10 (Chinese): Traveler
"We are going back to Guangxi."

SOUNDBITE 11 (Chinese): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"Cool. What's your name?"

SOUNDBITE 12 (Chinese): Traveler
"Wangcai (prosperity)."

SOUNDBITE 13 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"David, now our car is in charge, (and will last) for about 15 minutes. This is a rest station. You can see a lot of people in 'chunyun.'"

SOUNDBITE 14 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"I notice that families are resting here and (there are) lots of Spring Festival decorations."

SOUNDBITE 15 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"And they have many delicious restaurants."
  
SOUNDBITE 16 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"You know what, I'm very hungry. Let's try to eat. How about we first take a picture here? We can take a selfie. It's a memory. Let's do it."

SOUNDBITE 17 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"Yeah. Use my cellphone."

SOUNDBITE 18 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"Okay, let's do it."

SOUNDBITE 19 (English): DAVIT KHUTSISHVILI, PhD student at Tsinghua SIGS
"Okay, we are done. Let's remove this and put it back. It was pretty fast. Very nice. Okay, the car is charged and we are well-fed. Now let's continue our journey."
  
SOUNDBITE 20 (English): LIANG QI, Davit's friend
"In the new year, everyone wants 'Gong Xi Fa Cai.' Gong Xi Fa Cai (wish you prosperity)."

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