China Party Congress Preview USAGM
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- China Party Congress Preview USAGM
- October 14, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: China Party Congress Preview (TV) HEADLINE: China Expected to Become Increasingly Authoritarian as Xi Jinping Seeks Unprecedented Extension as Leader TEASER: The 20th Party Congress is expected to hand a third, five-year term to CCP’s General Secretary Xi Jinping PUBLISHED AT: 10/14/2022 BYLINE: Nike Ching DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Newhouse, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Reuters, AP PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: TV EDITOR NOTES: Radio track included.)) ((TV EDS: This script is expected to hold through Monday, October 17. The intro may need to be updated after Sunday’s Congress opening)) ((INTRO:)) China’s Communist Party Congress is expected to hand a third five-year term to CCP’s General Secretary Xi Jinping this month. As State Department Bureau Chief Nike Ching reports, some experts say Xi is expected to lead China toward an even more authoritarian government, while others predict competition between the U.S. and China will accelerate. ((All delegations to 20th CPC National Congress arrive in Beijing, Reuters, USN: WDGY676UH 19th CPC Central Committee concludes 7th plenum, Reuters USN: WDGXW7Q7D Press center for 20th CPC National Congress opened on Wednesday, APVideohub, Video ID: cns000202)) ((NARRATOR)) About 2,300 delegates are gathering in Beijing for several days to elect the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s central committee, and then the party’s Politburo. Delegates are expected to approve Xi Jinping to an unprecedented third term, leading the second-largest economy in the world and one of the biggest military forces. ((Radio track: Robert Daly is director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.)) ((Zoom interview https://app.frame.io/player/1f6a8055-7cf6-49d6-9b5a-b6e6596ca128 00:25-00:49 into the video)) ((Robert Daly, Wilson Center)) ((Mandatory Zoom)) “The overall purpose of these Congresses is to set the tone, the policy direction for the coming five years. This is a special year because the focus is going to be on one man, Xi Jinping, who has already been the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party for 10 years and he is going to be anointed for a third five-year term in what essentially could make him China's leader for life." ((Exterior of the White House)) ((NARRATOR)) China’s 20th Party Congress comes days after the White House released its national security strategy that identifies China as a fierce competitor to the United States. ((Radio track: Jake Sullivan is White House National Security Advisor)) ((https://app.frame.io/player/936f7a9d-8c58-4b50-95d1-681453eb58bd 00:13-00:24 into the video)) ((Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Advisor)) “The PRC represents America's most consequential geopolitical challenge. Competition with the PRC is most pronounced in the Indo Pacific, but it is also increasingly global.” ((Wide shot of the Georgetown event on 10/12 https://app.frame.io/player/7e7c5e0c-c0c6-41b5-8a3a-f99d474ae2fd)) ((NARRATOR)) But the White House says Washington is not looking for a conflict. ((https://app.frame.io/player/499016ef-f927-4d12-9e02-bc360164a853 00:27-00:49 into the video)) ((Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Advisor)) “We're intent to the extent that we are in a competition with the People's Republic of China, to not make this about the Chinese people, to make this about the government, and the policies and strategies that the government of the PRC is pursuing." ((Exterior of the State Department)) Former State Department officials predict a more authoritarian Chinese government. ((Radio track: Miles Yu is a former State Department advisor on China policy, now with the Hudson Institute)) ((https://app.frame.io/player/ad7b047b-0232-4a7f-aea2-e787d073769f 00:39-00:58 into the video)) ((Miles Yu, Hudson Institute)) “If Xi Jinping does get his will and he continued to rule China as a supreme dictator, which it is very likely because in that kind of system, there is no tangible dissent, powerful enough to change the final outcome.” ((China quashes social media about protest banners, APVideohub, Video ID: 4401889 China's year of protests and discontent hangs heavy ahead of party congress, Reuters USN:WD136811102022RP1 Press center for 20th CPC National Congress opened on Wednesday, APVideohub, Video ID: cns000202 )) ((NARRATOR)) In China, rare protests against government policies broke out ahead of the Party Congress. Banners strung from an overpass were quickly removed in Beijing. According to analysts, it is a sign that more Chinese people have grown weary of the strict zero Covid policy. ((Radio track: John Kirby is White House National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications)) ((D+ ad hoc 13, John Kirby interview with VOA, 10:15-10:37, 22 sec)) ((John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications)) “We continue, as we have all around the world, to make clear that we believe in the basic right of peaceful protest and that the people around the world, no matter where they live, no matter under what government they subsist, should have the right to peacefully protest, and to make their voices heard without fear of retribution or violence in return.” ((D+ ad hoc 13, John Kirby interview with VOA)) ((NARRATOR)) Kirby tells VOA the Biden administration will stay "laser focused" on the challenges that Beijing presents to the rest of the world. Nike Ching, VOA News.
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date October 14, 2022 18:12 EDT
- Byline Nike Ching
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English