Lebanon's first Xiangqi championship held in Beirut

STORY: Lebanon's first Xiangqi championship held in Beirut SHOOTING TIME: April 21, 2024 DATELINE: April 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of participants 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANI MIKATI, Participant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ELIAS ABOU JAOUDE, Head of the Xiangqi Committee in Lebanon 4. various of participants STORYLINE: Lebanon's first annual tournament of Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, was held Sunday in the Jal El Dib area, north of the capital Beirut. Some 70 players of all ages participated in the game. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANI MIKATI, Participant "We are here with the Chinese players, learning from their years of experience in the Chinese chess. And we are learning about the Chinese culture through the Chinese chess game, which is a very old and traditional game in China, and the insightful player is the one who wins at the end." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ELIAS ABOU JAOUDE, Head of the Xiangqi Committee in Lebanon "Xiangqi, which is the Chinese chess,