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Next is a story of a young man from India named Zakka. He was born in the 1980s and is a very talented and successful newsreader from India.
He is one of those people who have come to China to experience life here. Lets find out why he made this choice.
Zakka is 30 years old and has been a part of CCTV English news channel for the past 1 year.
"Hello everyone, I am Zakka from India".
Before joining CCTV, Zakka worked as a newscaster for 8 years in a popular Indian channel named Headlines Today.
He began his career as a journalist and then moved on to work as a newsreader.
He was recently awarded one of the best news readers in China. Zakka has a passion for news and beleives CCTV offers a diverse platform to showcase his talent.
While considering an offer from the Middle East, an American friend from Beijing called him.
In April 2011, he along with his wife came to China for the first time and began his work at CCTV.
At CCTV, he has had the opportunity to broadcast important news including the North Korean missle crash.
I am Zakka's collegue. Zakka pays a lot of attention to detail and aims for perfection.
He always wants to do a better job and has his own ideas for programs. He performs very naturally and helps the news broadcasting here function smoothly.
In March 2012, the BRICS summit was held in New Delhi. Being an Indian native, he was the first preference to be sent to New Delhi.
During the 1 week summit, besides broadcasting and interviewing, Zakka played an important role in the news coverage for the BRICS summit.
In 2011, Zakka was presented with an award for outstanding foreign employee in CCTV.
Every week he attends Chinese classes and can now speak some simple sentences in chinese.
He enjoys learning chinese, singing karoke, watching chinese movies and eating schezwan food. He also tells his friends about India, its culture, films and landmarks.
All these experiences have helped him have a wonderful time in China.
Zakka has a good time with us and we even sing together. He is a very active and easygoing person.
What excites him the most is that he and his wife will welcome their first child in this Chinese Dragon Year. He intends to continue to live in China as long as he is happy.