Fifty Chinese shopkeepers and traders waving red flags and banners make for an unusual sight in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.
As the group of Fujianese waited by the road to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping, locals greeted them in turn with honking horns, thumbs-up signals and shouts of ni hao (hello) from public buses.
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