Xiamen performers in photo with local residents. [Photo from xmwenlian.com]
The large Culture Festival also saw art troupes from the United States, Poland, Romania, and South Korea and served as a site for mingling art and culture worldwide. This lovely tourism city in East Java province is also a famous trading port. It established the sister city relationship with Xiamen in June 2006, and has developed ties in the economy, culture, education, and sports.
Xiamen opera performer posing with a local child in Surabaya, Indonesia. [Photo from xmwenlian.com]
China has extended its 240-hour visa-free transit policy and Hainan's 30-day visa-free entry policy to citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam, the National Immigration Administration said on Aug 20.
