STORY: Italian chef aspires to forge friendship with Chinese via food
SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024
DATELINE: March 26, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:12
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Italian chef Maurice making pizza
2. SOUNDBITE (English): MAURICE, Pizza store owner in Nanning

STORYLINE:

Italian chef Maurice, who is running a pizza store in the southern Chinese city of Nanning, hopes to use food as a bridge of people-to-people exchanges between countries.

SOUNDBITE (English): MAURICE, Pizza store owner in Nanning
"These are our pizzas. Our store is called 'Call Me Pizza.' I called it 'Call Me Pizza,' because I think it's a funny name, easy to remember. We've been open in this location for 5 months. We are slowly, slowly growing and getting new customers every day. Our cuisine is a little bit different from local food. I think many cuisines from around the world coming here to Nanning is a nice thing because it's bringing people closer together. When you know somebody's cuisine and you can get to know the people well and brings people together like friends. So I hope that people enjoy and become friends while eating together."

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