2024年11月6日水曜日

ISHIBA SAYS JAPAN WILL PREPARE FOR 'ANY DEVELOPMENT' OVER TAIWAN - TOKYO JAPAN

ISHIBA SAYS JAPAN WILL PREPARE FOR 'ANY DEVELOPMENT' OVER TAIWAN - TOKYO JAPAN

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Japan will prepare for "any development" over the situation surrounding Taiwan, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday, as China conducted large-scale military drills around the island.


"Peace and security in and around the Taiwan Strait are an extremely important issue for the region. Japan will carefully monitor the situation," Ishiba told reporters. "We will prepare to respond to any development."


Earlier in the day, Ishiba met with his defense and foreign ministers.


"We will be watching (the Chinese exercises) with great interest," Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters after the meeting at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.


Nakatani also said there is a possibility that missiles will fly into waters near Japan and that the Self-Defense Forces will take every precaution to gather information and monitor the situation.


The Chinese military conducted the drills as "a stern warning" to those seeking Taiwan's independence, ratcheting up pressure after the territory's President Lai Ching-te reiterated last week that the two sides are not subordinate to each other.

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2024年11月5日火曜日

VOTERS IN NOTO HIT BY QUAKE, RAIN CALL FOR SUPPORT TO REBUILD - KANAZAWA, ISHIKAWA JAPAN

VOTERS IN NOTO HIT BY QUAKE, RAIN CALL FOR SUPPORT TO REBUILD - KANAZAWA, ISHIKAWA JAPAN

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Voters in Ishikawa Prefecture, struck by a strong earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day, are calling for government support for swift reconstruction, but some have lamented that "now is not the time for elections" given the region was also hit by record heavy rainfall last month.


At the Wakura Onsen hot spring resort in Nanao, one of the areas significantly affected by the Jan. 1 earthquake, staff from shuttered "ryokan" inns and others in the tourism industry listened to stump speeches by candidates in the upcoming House of Representatives election, advocating for reconstruction.


"If the inns do not reopen, the town will not regain its vitality. I want support to quickly restore our former hot spring town," said 88-year-old Tazuko Tada.


A fisherman in his 80s at a water supply station in Suzu expressed frustration that the city, hit hard by both the earthquake and torrential rains, was once again experiencing water outages, with many locals having left since.


With the earthquake rendering the port unusable due to coastal uplift, he said, "I won't be able to earn a single yen as things stand now. I hope efforts will focus on restoring the fishing port."


After losing his home in Wajima to the earthquake and moving to an evacuation center when heavy rains flooded his temporary housing last month, Yoshiaki Sakakado, 61, said he felt "unmotivated to go vote" as his car had been submerged.


According to Wajima officials, polling station tickets are typically sent only to the address listed on a voter's residency certificate and are not sent to evacuation centers. It may not be widely known that voting is still possible without the ticket, as long as the voter's identity can be confirmed.


"I wasn't aware," said a 62-year-old man living at an evacuation center, adding with resignation, "It's not as if anything will change with the election, and I don't know what to hope for."

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31 TRAFFIC SUMMONSES ISSUES IN BAU KUCHING DURING ' OP KHAS MOTOSIKAL ' - BAU SARAWAK

31 TRAFFIC SUMMONSES ISSUES IN BAU KUCHING DURING ' OP KHAS MOTOSIKAL ' - BAU SARAWAK

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KUCHING, SARAWAK (OCTOBER 13, 2024): A total of 31 traffic summonses were issued on various offences during ‘Op Khas Motosikal’ held in Bau yesterday evening.


Bau district police chief DSP Dr Daram Ruer said the operation involved several locations, including Bau town, Jalan Bau-Lundu (Sibuluh), Jalan Bau-Krokong, Jalan Bau-Batu Kawa (Musi area), and Jalan Bau-Singai.


“During the operation, the Bau district Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department detained five motorcycles under Section 60 of the Road Transport Act 1987 and inspected a total of 28 motorcycles, while 31 individuals were checked around the Bau market area.


“Throughout the operation, a total of 31 summonses of various offences were issued. These included nine summonses for having no side mirrors; six for not having  motorcycle plate numbers; six for illegal modifications; five for plate numbers not according to regulations and five for not having driver’s licence,” he said in a statement today.


Daram urged road users, especially motorcyclists, to abide by the rules and regulations and to emphasise personal safety.


Meanwhile, those with information regarding road bullies in Bau can contact the district police’s Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department at 082-763311.

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2024年11月3日日曜日

AT LEAST 22 PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN BEIRUT - STRIKE ON GAZA SCHOOL KILLS 27

AT LEAST 22 PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN BEIRUT - STRIKE ON GAZA SCHOOL KILLS 27

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Israeli airstrikes hit different areas of central Beirut on Thursday evening, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, leaving two neighborhoods smoldering and further escalating Israel’s bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.


The air raid on central Beirut — the deadliest in over a year of war — apparently targeted two residential buildings in separate neighborhoods of western Beirut at the same time, according to an AP photographer at the scene, bringing down one multi-story building and wiping out the lower floors of another.


The Israeli military said it was looking into the reported strikes on the Lebanese capital. Israeli airstrikes have been far more common in Beirut’s tightly packed southern suburbs, where Hezbollah bases many of its operations.


Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported that an attempt to kill Wafiq Safa, a top security official with the group, had failed. It did not specify whether Safa had been inside either of the targeted buildings.


Thursday's strikes followed a year of tit-for-tat exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel that boiled over into all-out war in recent weeks, with Israel carrying out waves of heavy strikes across Lebanon and launching a ground invasion. Hezbollah has expanded its rocket fire to more populated areas deeper inside Israel, causing few casualties but disrupting daily life.


The attack came the same day as Israeli forces fired on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon and wounded two of them. The attack drew widespread condemnation and prompted the Italian Defense Ministry to summon Israel’s ambassador in protest.


Before the latest Beirut strikes, Lebanon's crisis response unit said Israeli attacks over the past day had killed 28 people, bringing the total to 2,169 killed in Lebanon since the war erupted last October.


Hezbollah attacks have killed 28 civilians in northern Israel since the war began, as well as 39 Israeli soldiers, both in northern Israel since October 2023 and in southern Lebanon since Israel launched its ground invasion on Sept. 30. Israel says the invasion, so far focused on a narrow strip along the border, aims to push militants back so that tens of thousands of Israelis can return to their homes in the north.


Even as attention has shifted to Israel’s close combat with Hezbollah in Lebanon and rising tensions with Iran, Israel has continued to strike at what it says are Palestinian militant targets across the Gaza Strip.


Earlier on Thursday, an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 27 people, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted Palestinian militants, but people sheltering there said the strike hit a meeting of aid workers.


Israeli strikes hit central Beirut

Witnesses reported a large number of ambulances and people gathering in the rubble of two sites that were hit in central Beirut.


The Lebanese Health Ministry said 22 people were killed and 117 others wounded, without elaborating on their identities. It wasn't immediately clear what was targeted. Recent Israeli airstrikes in neighborhoods adjoining Beirut, in particular the densely populated southern suburbs, have killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and other senior commanders.


In the neighborhood of Ras al-Nabaa, the airstrike appeared to have struck the lower half of an eight-story apartment building, setting off a series of loud explosions. A second Israeli strike, in the western area of Burj Abi Haidar, collapsed an entire building, which was engulfed in flames.


Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in support of Hamas and the Palestinians, drawing Israeli airstrikes in retaliation.


Hezbollah kept up rocket fire into Israel on Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in parts of northern Israel. Several drones heading toward Israel were intercepted, the military said.


Iran — which supports Hamas, Hezbollah and other armed groups across the region — launched some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel last week in retaliation for the killing of top Hamas and Hezbollah militants.


Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that its response to the Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising,” without providing further details, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Joe Biden.


Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Israel’s security cabinet would convene Thursday night to discuss the country’s response.


U.N. peacekeepers caught in intensified fighting in Lebanon

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said in a statement that its headquarters and positions “have been repeatedly hit" by Israeli forces.


It said an Israeli tank “directly” fired on an observation tower at the force’s headquarters in the town of Naqoura, Lebanon, and that soldiers had attacked a bunker near where peacekeepers were sheltering, damaging vehicles and a communication system. It said an Israeli drone was seen flying to the bunker’s entrance.


The two UNIFIL troops wounded in the attacks and hospitalized are Indonesian, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.


The Israeli military acknowledged opening fire at a U.N. base in southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it had ordered the peacekeepers to “remain in protected spaces.”


UNIFIL, which has more than 10,000 peacekeepers from dozens of countries, was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after Israel’s 1978 invasion. The United Nations expanded its mission following the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, allowing peacekeepers to patrol a buffer zone set up along the border.


Israel accuses Hezbollah of establishing militant infrastructure along the border in violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war.


The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, sharply condemned Israeli strikes that hit UNIFIL positions as “an inadmissible act, for which there is no justification.”


From Italy, which has about 1,000 soldiers deployed as part of UNIFIL, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto went further, claimed Israel deliberately targeted the UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon in strikes that “could constitute war crimes.”


Several other countries, including France, Spain and Jordan, also denounced the Israeli attacks.


The U.N. peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said last week that peacekeepers would stay in their positions on Lebanon’s southern border despite Israel’s request to vacate areas before it launched its ground operation against Hezbollah.


Crosetto added: “The U.N. and Italy cannot accept orders from the Israeli government."


Aid group says staff killed in strike on school

The Israeli strike in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah killed 27 people, including a child and seven women, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the bodies were brought.


An Associated Press reporter saw ambulances streaming into the hospital and counted the bodies, many of which arrived in pieces.


The Israeli military said it targeted a militant center inside the school, without providing evidence. Israel has repeatedly attacked schools that were turned into shelters in Gaza, accusing militants of taking cover in them.


Witnesses said the strike occurred while school managers were meeting with representatives of Terre des Hommes, a Swiss aid group, in a room normally used by Hamas-run police who provide security. They said there were no police in the room at the time.


The Palestinian branch of Terre des Hommes said that the airstrike killed members of its children’s health team, without specifying how many.


“There were no militants. There was no Hamas,” said Iftikhar Hamouda, who had fled from northern Gaza earlier in the war.


“We headed to tents. They bombed the tents ... In the streets, they bombed us. In the markets, they bombed us. In the schools, they bombed us,” she said. “Where should we go?”


The Hamas-run government operated a civilian police force numbering in the tens of thousands. They largely vanished from the streets after the start of the war as Israel targeted them, but plainclothes Hamas security personnel still exert control.


Israel's offensive in Gaza started after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, when militants stormed into Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250 others.


Israel’s offensive has killed over 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not specify between militants and civilians. The war has destroyed large areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of its population of 2.3 million people, often multiple times.

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2024年11月2日土曜日

CONCERNS PERSIST OVER OSAKA EXPO PREPARATIONS 6 MONTHS BEFORE OPENING - OSAKA JAPAN

CONCERNS PERSIST OVER OSAKA EXPO PREPARATIONS 6 MONTHS BEFORE OPENING - OSAKA JAPAN

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With Sunday marking six months until the opening of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, there is persisting concern about whether the construction of pavilions and other facilities will be completed in time.


Achieving organizers' target of 28.2 million visitors, 1.3 times the number at Expo 2005 in Aichi, central Japan, is key to covering the construction and operation costs of the event to be held on Yumeshima, a man-made island in Osaka Bay, from April 13 through Oct 13.


But construction of many of the pavilions has fallen behind schedule, with concern growing some will not be completed by the opening.


A plan to operate flying taxis, viewed as one of the event's highlights, has been dropped after all four operators gave up on carrying passengers in their electric aircraft due to safety challenges, adding to worries about ticket sales.


Over 7 million tickets had been sold as of Oct 6, according to the organizers, half of the 14 million advance tickets aimed for, but some officials from participating companies say they are not very optimistic about sales.


Purchasers of the tickets can reserve their visits as early as six months in advance. Those wishing to visit on the opening day can make reservations starting Sunday, with separate bookings required for visits to pavilions and certain events.


The organizers say the purpose of the reservation system is to prevent congestion. Tickets that do not require a particular day to be specified are also being sold, but holders will not be able to enter the venue on certain days.


"We hope to earn a profit that can be used for a future expo," said Masakazu Tokura, head of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition and chairman of the Japan Business Federation, the country's largest business lobby known as Keidanren.


The budget for construction has grown 1.9-fold from the original plan to 235 billion yen and that for operation of the venue has risen 1.4-fold to 116 billion yen.


Aside from the pavilions of participating countries, regions and companies, the main attractions include an artificial beating heart made of iPS cells and a "Mars rock" discovered in Antarctica.


Kura Sushi Inc's restaurant at the expo will serve sushi and dishes from other countries on a 135-meter-long conveyor belt.


The Grand Ring roof will be one of the world's largest wooden structures with a circumference of approximately 2 kilometers and a maximum height of around 20 meters.


According to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, 47 countries are planning to build their own pavilions, called Type A.


The association has requested that construction work requiring the use of heavy machinery be completed by mid-October so that work on other facilities will not be affected, but the exterior of only one pavilion has been finished so far.

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2024年11月1日金曜日

QANTAS APOLOGIZES AFTER R-RATED FILM AIRS ON EVERY SCREEN DURING SYDNEY-HANEDA FLIGHT - SYDNEY

QANTAS APOLOGIZES AFTER R-RATED FILM AIRS ON EVERY SCREEN DURING SYDNEY-HANEDA FLIGHT - SYDNEY 

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Qantas Airways has drawn up a stir after broadcasting a slightly-racy movie across an entire flight. And the Australian carrier now is apologizing to customers.


There were technical issues with the in-flight entertainment for a trip from Sydney to Haneda last week, Qantas confirmed to The Associated Press — making individual movie selection unavailable. As a result, the crew chose one movie to play on all screens “based on the request from a number of passengers," the company said.


Qantas did not identify the movie by name, but several media outlets have reported that it was “Daddio," an R-rated film that hit theaters earlier this year.


“Daddio" follows a woman (Dakota Johnson) who takes a cab from JFK airport and strikes up an extended conversation with her driver (Sean Penn) on her way back home to Manhattan — as the two discuss anything from what it takes to be a New Yorker to relationships and infidelity, notably her current affair with a married man. The film carries an R rating for “language throughout, sexual material and brief graphic nudity.”


Social media posts from users who claim they were on the Qantas flight said they were uncomfortable by nudity and sexting featured in the film — particularly for families and children who were on board. Two users on Reddit said that it was also impossible for individual passengers to turn off the movie.


After determining that the movie was not appropriate for all ages, the Qantas crew attempted to fix screens for travelers who did not want to watch it — but later found that this was not possible and changed course.


“The movie was clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight and we sincerely apologize to customers for this experience," a Qantas spokesperson said in a statement. “All screens were changed to a family friendly movie for the rest of the flight, which is our standard practice for the rare cases where individual movie selection isn’t possible.”


The spokesperson added that Qantas is “reviewing how the (initial) movie was selected.”


In the days following the incident, the airline has taken some flack online — including from travel rivals.


“Plot twist: We let you choose your movies,” Air New Zealand wrote in a reply to the news on social media platform X.

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2024年10月31日木曜日

DIET ENACTS AID LAW ON FORCED STERILIZATION VICTIMS - TOKYO JAPAN

DIET ENACTS AID LAW ON FORCED STERILIZATION VICTIMS - TOKYO JAPAN 

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Japan's Diet enacted Tuesday a law to pay 15 million yen each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, providing remedy to those who have not joined lawsuits to demand compensation from the state.


Under the law, designed to address what is considered the worst human rights violation in Japan's post-World War II history, spouses of victims will also receive 5 million yen. It follows a recent landmark top court ruling that said the eugenics protection law was unconstitutional, issuing a compensation order to the state.


A cross-party lawmakers' group proposed the legislation. The new law provides significantly higher damages than the one-time state compensation of 3.2 million yen paid under a different law enacted in 2019 and newly includes the victims' spouses as recipients.


Parliament and the government "accept responsibility for legislative acts and enforcement in violation of the Constitution and sincerely and deeply apologize," the preamble to the law says.


It was passed by the House of Councillors on Tuesday following its passage in the House of Representatives on Monday.


Under the law, if the victim or his or her spouse has died, their relatives, including children, grandchildren, or siblings can receive the compensation.


Those who have been forced to undergo abortion surgery under the eugenics law will also be eligible to receive a lump sum of 2 million yen.


The funds will be paid on request from the victims, with the deadline five years from the law's implementation. To ensure prompt compensation without going through litigation, a board at the Children and Families Agency will take charge of identifying the extent of damage.


The eugenics law, in effect from 1948 to 1996, permitted the sterilization of people with intellectual disabilities, mental illnesses, or hereditary disorders without their consent, aiming to prevent "inferior" traits from entering the gene pool.


About 25,000 people were sterilized, 16,000 of them without consent, according to government data.


In July, the Supreme Court, ruling on five lawsuits among a series of lawsuits seeking damages against the state over the forced sterilization, said that the statute of limitations of 20 years for an unlawful act does not apply to cases involving the eugenics law.

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2024年10月30日水曜日

PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA AGREE TO DEEPEN MARITIME COOPERATION - MANILA PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA AGREE TO DEEPEN MARITIME COOPERATION - MANILA PHILIPPINES

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MANILA (OCTOBER 08, 2024): The Philippines and South Korea committed Monday to deepening maritime cooperation, their presidents said, in the face of China’s assertion of its claims over the South China Sea.


South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos met in Manila and agreed to closer ties between their coast guards.


Yoon said they will strengthen “tackling transnational crime, information sharing and conducting search and rescue missions.”


“We shared a common understanding about the importance of peace, stability and safety in the South China Sea,” Yoon told reporters after the bilateral meeting.


“Our two countries will continue to work together in order to establish a rules-based maritime order and for the freedom of navigation and overflight pursuant to the principles of international law in the South China Sea,” he added.


South Korea has repeatedly commented on tensions in the disputed waters.


In March, Seoul expressed its “grave concern” over China’s “repeated use of water cannons against the Philippine vessels” in the area.


China has for years sought to expand its presence in contested areas of the South China Sea, brushing aside an international ruling that its claim to most of the waterway has no legal basis.


It has built artificial islands armed with missile systems and runways for fighter jets, and deployed vessels that the Philippines says harass its ships and block fishing.


Cooperation agreements signed in the bilateral meeting Monday cover areas such as critical raw material supply chains, as well as a feasibility study on reviving the Philippines’ mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.


“As the geopolitical environment is only becoming more complex, we must work together to achieve prosperity for our peoples and to promote a rules-based order,” the Philippines’ leader Marcos said ahead of the meeting.

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2024年10月29日火曜日

CHINESE REVEL IN CULTURE, TOURISM FEAST DURING WEEK-LONG NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY - BEIJING

CHINESE REVEL IN CULTURE, TOURISM FEAST DURING WEEK-LONG NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY - BEIJING

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BEIJING (OCTOBER 08, 2024): During China’s National Day holiday, 18 students participated in a study tour in north China to learn about and appreciate traditional Chinese architecture.


They explored features like mortise-and-tenon joints and the iconic loong figures curled around pillars at Jinci, a renowned temple complex in Shanxi Province, dating back over 1,400 years.


“We hope this tour will inspire an appreciation for architectural aesthetics in these children from Sichuan Province and allow them to experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture,” said Kan Li, one of the four teachers who served as guides during the study tour.


During the week-long National Day holiday starting on Oct. 1, Chinese people take a break to travel and enjoy leisure activities.


This year, the country’s transport sector is expected to handle a daily average of 277 million passenger trips during the holiday, a 19.4 percent increase compared to the same period in 2019, according to the Ministry of Transport.


Culture, tourism feast

The holiday has seen a surge in cultural tours focused on ancient architecture, spurred by the popularity of the video game “Black Myth: Wukong.” The game is based on Sun Wukong, the iconic character from “Journey to the West,” one of China’s four great classical novels, frequently adapted into TV series, movies and games over the years.


“Black Myth: Wukong” features 36 filming locations across the country, with 27 located in Shanxi, leading to a phenomenal travel boom in the province.


Data from Qunar, a leading online travel agency in China, shows that hotel bookings for the National Day holiday in Shanxi doubled year on year.


Shanxi is home to over 28,000 ancient structures, including 80 percent of China’s ancient wooden buildings from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and earlier.


According to Qiu Ping, vice curator of the Jinci Museum, signs have been placed to highlight filming locations from the TV series “Journey to the West.” The museum also organized staff to dress as characters from the series and interact with tourists.


“While ensuring the protection of cultural relics, we aim to shift from static sightseeing to more dynamic experiences, bringing history and culture to life,” Qiu said.


According to a report from online travel services provider Ctrip, museums and study tours are among the top five most popular search topics for National Day holiday travel. Study tour bookings have surged, and museums in cities like Shanghai, Nanjing and Xi’an have extended their opening hours.


Earlier this year, the Chinese television drama series “To the Wonder” became a breakout hit, turning Altay Prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region into a sought-after tourist destination.


On Oct 1, over 1,000 visitors immersed themselves in the nomadic lifestyle of Jilin New Village in Habahe County, the shooting location of the TV series. Some purchased belts, alcohol and other souvenirs inspired by the series, while others enjoyed horse riding and playing with lambs, capturing memorable moments in photos.


“The integration of television and cultural tourism transforms tourists’ imaginations of plays into reality, satisfying their diverse emotional experiences,” said Delida Nabi, head of the culture, sports, radio, television and tourism bureau of Altay. She added that the prefecture is developing cultural tourism scenes and creative products based on the IP of popular works.


To meet the growing demand for cultural and tourism products, China has been offering a wider array of cultural activities and tourism options during the holiday, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.


“The cultural tourism consumption model that deeply integrates local characteristics and cultural customs has huge development potential,” said Zhao Huanyan, a senior economist in the tourism and hospitality industry.


Diversified engagement

During a friendly football match on the evening of Oct. 1 between teams from China’s Chongqing and Malaysia, held in Rongjiang County in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, players passionately aimed for the goal as over 10,000 spectators shouted and cheered.


The Guizhou Village Super League, also known as “Cun Chao,” was initiated in Rongjiang in 2023 and quickly became a hit in China and globally, making this small county with a population of 385,000 well-known far and wide.


During the halftime break, a group of Dong ethnic villagers dressed in festive costumes sang folk songs, prompting the audience to join in the chorus, while tourists also experienced the local dance, embroidery, and other forms of intangible cultural heritage of Rongjiang.


“I did not expect to see an international game in a village stadium. It is worth driving this far to watch the game,” said Li Jingjing, a tourist from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan.


According to Ctrip, tourists from first and second-tier cities are flocking to counties for leisure travel and to visit relatives, leading to a more than 60 percent increase in orders for rural tours and a 20 percent rise in county tours during the holiday.


Major cities like the Chinese capital Beijing remain popular tourism hotspots. The addition of Beijing’s Central Axis to the UNESCO World Heritage List has further elevated landmarks such as the Drum Tower, Jingshan Hill and other cultural and historical sites along this 700-year-old axis.


Orders for tourism products related to the Central Axis have increased by 69 percent year on year during the holiday, particularly attracting a surge of visitors from villages, townships, young travelers and families, according to various reports.


Cross-border tourism also thrived during the holiday. Online travel platform Fliggy said its air ticket and hotel bookings for outbound travel saw a remarkable growth from the same period last year, with Japan, Thailand, Australia, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam, among others, emerging as popular destinations.


Optimized visa policy and the growing popularity of “China Travel” on global social media have helped attract more overseas tourists to China during the holiday. Ctrip data shows its inbound tourism orders rose 60 percent year on year.


China is projected to see 1.75 million inbound and outbound trips per day during the National Day holiday, up 18.5 percent year on year, according to the National Immigration Administration. 

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