{"id":112476,"date":"2018-05-14T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=112476"},"modified":"2018-05-14T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:00:44","slug":"chinese-in-dr-celebrate-new-relations-at-chinatown-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/05\/14\/chinese-in-dr-celebrate-new-relations-at-chinatown-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese in DR celebrate new relations at Chinatown event"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112460\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112460\" src=\"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Fu-Xinrong-Diario-Libre-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fu Xinrong \/ Diario Libre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The representative of the Chinese Commercial Office in Santo Domingo, Fu Xinrong, was at Chinatown in Santo Domingo to celebrate with local residents the signing of diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech in Chinatown, she highlighted how the signing opens up a new world of opportunities in tourism, commerce, investment, infrastructure, manufacturing, high tech, education, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking for the Chinese community, Su Kin Fung, president of the Center for the Chinese Colony, said that now the Dominican Republic will be named a travel destination open to Chinese tourists. He highlighted some 130 million tourists traveled last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Center for the Chinese Colony is an umbrella organization for entities working for increased relations with China. These include: Uni\u00f3n Empresarial Dom\u00ednico Chino, Asociaci\u00f3n de la Familia CHITACK (NG); Asociaci\u00f3n de las Familias Joa, Lai and Kong; Chi Kuntong Dominicana (Chinese Masons);<br \/>\nAsociaci\u00f3n Juventud China; Fundaci\u00f3n Flor para Todos, Fundaci\u00f3n Nuestra Familia, Asociaci\u00f3n de Comerciantes y Profesionales del Barrio Chino de Santo Domingo and Tai Kua Lo. Also the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Chinatown is flying the Dominican and People\u2019s Republic of China flags after the announcement of the new diplomatic relations on 30 April 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/noticias\/chinos-celebran-union-con-republica-dominicana-en-el-barrio-chino-DK9851225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diario Libre<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elnuevodiario.com.do\/banderas-de-rd-y-china-ondean-en-todos-los-negocios-del-barrio-chino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Nuevo Diario<\/a><\/p>\n<p>14 May 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The representative of the Chinese Commercial Office in Santo Domingo, Fu Xinrong, was at Chinatown in Santo Domingo to celebrate with local residents the signing of diplomatic relations. In a speech in Chinatown, she highlighted how the signing opens up a new world of opportunities in tourism, commerce, investment, infrastructure, manufacturing, high tech, education, among &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/05\/14\/chinese-in-dr-celebrate-new-relations-at-chinatown-event\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}