Guitars to be presented to Chinese president

Guitars to be presented to Chinese president

A group of guitar makers, two from Hokkaido and one from Tokyo, hand three classical guitars to Wang Taiping (2nd from R), Chinese Consul General in Sapporo, on Nov. 17 as presents to Chinese President Jiang Zemin on the occasion when he visits Japan in late November. Hiroshi Komori (L), said, ''We decided to present the guitars to Mr. Jiang as we learned he loves guitars.''

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