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Chengdu Universiade welcomes 1st batch of athletes

STORY: Chengdu Universiade welcomes 1st batch of athletes DATELINE: July 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of athletes going through customs 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LUKASZ SIEVERT, Brazilian athlete 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ISABELLE VAREJEAN, Brazilian athlete 4. various of athletes 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI XIAOLIN, Official of Shuangliu Airport Customs under Chengdu Customs STORYLINE: More than 40 athletes from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, France and other countries arrived at Chengdu Tianfu International Airport on Friday for the 31st FISU World University Games. Accompanied by more than 20 delegation officials, they are the first batch of athletes to pass through the official entry and exit ports for the Chengdu Universiade. They will compete in basketball, table tennis, taekwondo and other events. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LUKASZ SIEVERT, Brazilian athlete "Just to have fun, you know, try to win the championship, by enjoying the most

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Japanese lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Li Xiaolin, the head of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, ahead of talks in Beijing on May 5, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japanese lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (far R), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with Li Xiaolin (2nd from L), the head of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, in Beijing on May 5, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Chinese unofficial envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Xiaolin (R), the head of a key Chinese organization involved in people-to-people diplomacy with foreign countries, attends an exhibition in Tokyo of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy masters on April 2, 2013, together with former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) and his wife Miyuki (2nd from L). Li was in Japan in her capacity as president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

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Chinese unofficial envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Xiaolin (2nd from L), the head of a key Chinese organization involved in people-to-people diplomacy with foreign countries, attends the opening of an exhibition in Tokyo of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy masters on April 2, 2013, together with former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R). Li was in Japan in her capacity as president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

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China friendship ass'n chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2012. Li aired concerns over Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's policy of buying the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owner, saying a bilateral territorial row only damages public sentiment in the two countries.

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LDP's Nikai, CPAFFC president Li eye boosting cultural ties

Toshihiro Nikai (R), chairman of the General Council of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, raise their glasses in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2015. They agreed in their talks to promote bilateral cultural exchanges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Li Xiaolin, president of China's friendship association

Photo shows Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and daughter of former Chinese President Li Xiannian. She was at a meeting held by former Japanese home affairs minister Takeshi Noda and Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of the Communist Party of China, in June 2015 in Beijing and separately held talks with Noda during his visit to China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China friendship ass'n chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, gives a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2012. Li aired concerns over Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's policy of buying the disputed Senkaku Islands from their owner, saying a bilateral territorial row only damages public sentiment in the two countries. (Kyodo)