After several rounds of "air shouting", the "trans-ocean dialogue" between CGTN anchor Liu Xin and Fox Business Channel anchor Tracy Reagan in the United States was finally presented in front of everyone.
In this dialogue, Liu Xin is not humble, maintains a consistent atmosphere of rigor, wisdom and peace, and has won the praise of many media and netizens at home and abroad.
Liu Xin's confidence today stems from her solid English foundation and sense of mission as a Chinese journalist.
Winner of the National Collegiate English Speech Contest
How hardcore is Liu Xin's English?
As early as 1995, she had emerged as the first national college english speech competition champion.
In that year, Liu Xin was given the opportunity to represent Nanjing University in the first China Daily "21st Century Cup" National English Speech Competition. Although Liu Xin, who participated in the competition for the first time, was very nervous, she won the favor of the judges with confidence and humor at that time, and finally won the championship.
Looking back on this award experience, Liu Xin said that in fact, this is largely due to timing: "Maybe my eloquence, literary style, and content are not the best, but that timing made me finally successful." ”
Participating in the "21st Century Cup" National English Speech Contest of China Daily is a new starting point for Liu Xin in her life. After this competition, Liu Xin not only won the applause of the audience and the recognition of the judges, but also formed an indissoluble relationship with television since then. Mr. Yang Weiguang, then director of CCTV, invited her to join CCTV to participate in the creation of the English channel. Since then, Liu Xin's pure English, dignified temperament and unique personal charm have begun to be understood by the public.
To this day, Liu Xin is still a role model for many "21st Century Cup" players.
Overall winner of the World English Speech Contest
Liu Xin is also the first Chinese to win the International English Speech Contest.
In 1996, Liu Xin and three other students represented China in the World English Speech Contest held in London, and finally won the overall championship and received numerous praises.
"The theme of the speech was Mirror and I, and as soon as I came on the stage, I saw that there was a mirror on the stage, so the first sentence was played on the spot."
Liu Xin received the World English Speaking Competition certificate from Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace
Liu Xin once recalled that because the question-and-answer session was too tense, she felt that her performance was not good. "There was no reaction at that time, and I pondered for half a day, is it really me?" Until the moment of receiving the award, Liu Xin was still a little confused and couldn't believe it.
In fact, Liu Xin, who wore a cheongsam specially customized according to the theme, impressed the judges with his wit as soon as he came on the field, firmly grasping their eyes.
The confidence and confidence to tell the Chinese story well
After graduation, Liu Xin entered the CCTV International Channel as a host of Chinese and British programs. Since 2011, he has been the chief correspondent of CCTV in Geneva, Switzerland.
Engaged in foreign news dissemination for many years, Liu Xin once shared her experience as a foreign communication worker and her mission in the new era of China Daily.
She said, "China's entry into a new era fully proves the correctness of China's development path, highlights China's road confidence, theoretical self-confidence, institutional self-confidence, cultural self-confidence, and also makes her more firm in her self-confidence and confidence in basing herself on Chinese practice and telling Chinese stories well." ”
On January 22, 2018, Liu Xin walked into the "New Era Lecture Hall" of China Daily
"Due to the differences between China and the Western ideological field, China has always been the object of criticism by the Western media, often with some fierce criticism based entirely on untrue content, and the world urgently needs to hear China's voice." Liu Xin said.
After the speech, Liu Xin also stressed the importance of objective reporting in an interview: not to beautify, not to embellish, the courage to admit that China is not perfect, but we strive to make ourselves perfect.
"21st Century Cup" National English Speech Competition
As a traditional project in China's English education community, since its inception in 1996, the "21st Century Cup" National English Speech Contest of China Daily has been actively participated in by teachers and students and experts in the field of English education, and has been designated as the only selection competition in China for the International English Speech Contest held annually in London, England, for students in colleges, middle schools and primary schools across the country.
In fact, in addition to Liu Xin, CCTV host Wang Guan, the famous foreign ministry translator Sun Ning, Zhang Lu, Zhang Jing, etc. have all been outstanding winners of the competition, and represented China in international competitions and won awards.
Zhang Jing, a Hangzhou girl and a famous translator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also won the second place in the 10th "21st Century Cup" National English Speech Competition.
Source: China Daily