By Butler Cain, Alabama Public Radio
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Birmingham, AL – About an hour's drive up Interstate 59 from Tuscaloosa is the state's only major city that has an official program for cultural and economic exchanges with China. Birmingham has had official ties with that country for almost a decade. Butler Cain spoke with Scotty Colson, the director of the Birmingham Sister Cities program.
OUTRO: Scotty Colson is the director of the Birmingham Sister Cities program. He spoke with Butler Cain about his city's relationship with the Chinese city of Anshan and the cultural and business ties they share.