STORY: British expats savor special flavors of Zongzi delicacy in China's Nanning
SHOOTING TIME: June 10, 2024
DATELINE: June 11, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:30
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE (English): LUKE & ALEX, British expats living in Nanning, China
2. various of British expats tasting Zongzi

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE (English): LUKE & ALEX, British expats living in Nanning, China
"Look what we got!
Oh wow, what's that?
These are Dragon Boat Festival gifts from our friends from Nanning. We have their sweet ones and we have salty ones. Do you know which is which?
I don't know.
It could be any. Any could be any.
Right.
So we'll try. 
Pick one we open first. Let me see if this is the sweet one.
So, Zongzi is glutinous rice and inside you have sweet filling or savory filling, and it's wrapped in a leaf.
So like Jiaozi (Chinese dumplings), we know that Zongzi has many different flavors. If you think this is the sweet one, I'm guessing these are salty.
Try it. It's like opening a present. We're told that these are special food for the holidays, for Dragon Boat Festival. So this is pretty cool. Okay, this one looks similar color. Alex, there's the bag of sugar. Open that and leave it beside the sweet one. I guess I'm gonna let you try first.
Okay.
How's this? Is it the sweet one?
I don't think so.
Oh, you don't think so. 
That's salty. One of these has to be the sweet one.
Unless both of them. 
I'm gonna try this one first. Let me go for it. It's really nice, but that's not sweet either. That's salty. All right that's quite good. You would like that one.
Okay. Luke thinks this is pork and I'll like this one better. So let's try it. Yummy!
This must be the sweet one. That's not sweet either! But I actually quite like that one. That is the sweet one. That's the chestnuts. That's it. I like this one! 
Which one's your favorite?
My favorite is definitely the chestnut.
I'd go chestnut first too. I'd like to thank our Nanning friends for giving us these Zongzi gifts. They were really nice and you know it's really nice to get gifts, and it's a special holiday this year. So we would like to know what's the best Zongzi that you can taste? Do you like sweet? Do you like them salty or is there a special flavor that you would like us to try? Please let us know.
Yes, please let us know.
Wish you a good Dragon Boat Festival. Goodbye!"

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