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Beijing, June 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wu Hong) China celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional festival that commemorates the life and death of the poet Qu Yuan and for which people dress in hanfu, traditional Chinese clothing, and hold lanterns to celebrate the holiday. FOOTAGE FROM THE BEIJING FESTIVAL
Beijing, Jun 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wu Hong) Beijing prepares boats, driven by the force of rowers, are used every year to celebrate the so-called "Duanwu Jie", or Festival of Boats Dragon, the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar, in which rowing races are held in commemoration of the death of the poet Qu Yuan, who committed suicide by jumping into a river 2,300 years ago.FOOTAGE OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE "DUANWU JIE" THAT WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR ON JUNE 14.
Dragon boat race teams compete in Taiwan in an event held annually to commemorate the death of a legendary hero 2000 years ago. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Pacific nation Solomon Islands begins voting in a national election that could reshape regional security, with citizens in effect choosing if their nation will deepen ties with China. IMAGES
Artists in Beijing perform a dragon dance to celebrate Lunar New Year, as the country's Year of the Dragon kicks off this Saturday. IMAGES
Two China Coast Guard aluminium hulled boats chase a Philippine Coast Guard inflatable speed boat with media in the disputed South China Sea. The high seas pursuit near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands ended when Philippine Navy inflatable speed boats deployed from the crumbling BRP Sierra Madre blocked the approaching Chinese vessels. IMAGES
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