new zealand journalist an bairan: i hope to interview more stories about the belt and road initiative and share them with the world
2024-08-29
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from august 28 to 29, the 2024 belt and road media cooperation forum was held in chengdu. more than 200 heads and editors from 191 media outlets in 76 countries, responsible comrades from relevant departments, experts and scholars, and corporate representatives attended the forum, including new zealand journalist an bairan. he is a video director at the shanghai daily and hosts the "foreign media views on china" column. he has millions of fans at home and abroad. he said: "i am trying to tell the world the real china."
as a video director, an boran has a keen sense of capturing news value. a few years ago, when he learned about the story of the china-laos railway, he immediately decided to go there to shoot a documentary. in an boran's view, the construction of the china-laos railway can well embody the spirit of mutual assistance and cooperation of the "belt and road" initiative.
▲an boran
"when you look at it from the outside, you can only see the new railway and you don't really see the individual stories." in order to talk to more local people, an boran took a train on the china-laos railway.
on the train, he met a laotian girl who was traveling abroad for the first time to kunming. the girl's excitement and excitement deeply touched an boran. later, he met a laotian student who was going to shanghai to study railway engineering. he learned that the young man's class was full of young people from laos who went to china to learn technology. when they graduate, they will return to their hometown with chinese technology and ideas to build railways so that more people can enjoy the convenience of railways.
"there's a chinese proverb that goes, 'it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.' i deeply understand what it means," an boran said.
countless lives have been changed because of the railway, and an boran has recorded them all. "as a journalist, once you get to the scene, meet the people here, and learn how the railway affects their lives, these stories are very valuable. going to the scene is the coolest thing for a journalist."
after the trip to laos, an boran has a stronger sense of identity with the belt and road initiative. an boran's camera has also focused on projects in other countries that are co-building the belt and road, such as the jakarta-bandung high-speed railway in indonesia. taking advantage of the interview opportunity, he went to many places he wanted to go, made new friends, and felt the pulse of the times in the subtleties. he always told himself: record everything truthfully, the more truthful, the more powerful it is.
an boran has been in china for nearly ten years, and has been to chengdu many times since he went to study at fudan university. he is interested in pandas, beautiful scenery, and delicious food, but what he is most looking forward to is meeting and talking with local people and learning their stories. "i have met many lovely and enthusiastic chengdu people and established friendships. at this 'belt and road' media cooperation forum, i can meet media friends from all over the world, and visit their countries in the future to interview more 'belt and road' stories and share them with the world."
red star news reporter zhang zhiyi, photojournalist wang xiao
edited by yu mange
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