China adopts Little New Zealand

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Updated November 27, 2009 09:59:52

An original and ambitious project is underway to build a replica New Zealand city in northern China. Private investors from both China and New Zealand have started on the New Zealand Gardens Qufu project in Shandong Province in a bid to boost tourism from the Asian nation to New Zealand.

Presenter: Stephanie March
Speaker: Anthony Wilson, Awataha Marae; Bruce Bassett, New Zealand tourism ministry spokesman; Professor Manying Ip, Auckland University's Asian Studies Centre

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