URNA BASNET SHENZEN (CHINA), Jan 30: Chen Yingying, English News Editor of en.kunming.cn, a Yunnan-based digital newspaper, often logs on to Sina Weibo, a microblogging site, to get preliminary information about Nepal. On Sina Weibo, postings about Nepal have increased of late, says Chen. Therefore, we rely on it to get information about Nepal. Chen adds, Weibo is very popular in China. So, it is emerging as the most effective medium to introduce Nepal in China. Over the past few years, more and more mediapersons, travel agencies and ordinary people are using social networking sites. As Sina Weibo contains more postings about Nepal than any other microblogging site, it is turning into a wide platform to promote Nepal in China. The latest posting about Nepal in Sina Weibo is an advice by Nepal ´s President Dr Ram Baran Yadav to Chinese journalists. Two months ago, a group of Yunnan- based Chinese journalists had visited Nepal and met President Dr Yadav, who advised them to raise awareness about the birthplace of the Buddha among the Chinese people in Chinese language. The birthplace of the Buddha is Lumbini, which is in Nepal and not in India, said President Dr Yadav, who understood the power of Chinese language during his visit to Shanghai three years ago. I hope you will tell the Chinese people in Chinese language that the Buddha was born in Nepal. There is no alternative to using the Chinese language if Nepal needs to be promoted in China. And this is exactly what Sina Weibo is doing - without charging a single penny. Sina Weibo contains a lot of information, pictures and videos about Nepal´s popular tourism destinations like Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur durbar squares, Baudha Stupa, Swayambhu, Mt Everest, Fewa Lake, Machhapuchchhre, the Chitwan National Park and Lumbini.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:11:35 +0000
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