The Dabao Cup Yanhuang World Dragon Boat, Dragon Dance and Lion
Dance Festival ended yesterday in Xiamen, a city in East China's
Fujian Province.
The Chinese Nanhai Dragon Boat Team won the championship after it
came first in the Beijing, Hangzhou and Xiamen sections. The
competition, co-sponsored by the State Sports General
Administration, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas
Chinese and the State Tourism Administration, is aimed at
demonstrating the Chinese people's strong desire to unify the
country.
(People’s Daily 10/11/2000)