1st Nepal-China friendship dragon boat race festival to be held in Nepal

STORY: 1st Nepal-China friendship dragon boat race festival to be held in Nepal DATELINE: June 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. promotion video STORYLINE: A Nepal-China friendship dragon boat race festival is to be held for the first time in the South Asian region from June 23 to 24 in Pokhara, Nepal's second largest city. During the two-day festival co-hosted by Pokhara Tourism Council and Overseas Chinese Association of Pokhara, a total of eight teams involving 120 Nepalis and Chinese will compete on Pokhara's Phewa Lake, a popular tourist attraction in Nepal. Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu on Thursday, CEO of Nepal Tourism Board Dhananjay Regmi voiced his appreciation of efforts by the Chinese embassy to bring Chinese tourists to Nepal. "The dragon boat competition will not only bring Chinese tourists to Nepal, it will also mark the commencement of international flights to the Pokhara International Airp

Chinese activist leaves Japan after 92-day protest at Narita airp

Chinese activist leaves Japan after 92-day protest at Narita airp

NARITA, Japan - Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, 55, shows his passport to reporters before leaving Japan from Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture for Shanghai on Feb. 12, 2010, after a stay that included 92 days at the airport near Tokyo in protest at China's refusal to allow him home. He had been sleeping near the immigration counter at one of the airport's two terminals since Nov. 4 to protest China's decision to refuse him entry and send him back to Japan. (Kyodo)