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SUVA Erik Karlsson Hoodie , Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Fijian President Jioji Konrote celebrated Spring Festival together with Chinese Fijians on Sunday, sending well wishes and recognizing the local Chinese community's contributions to the Pacific island country.


Braving tropical heat, a red shirt-clad Konrote, together with First Lady Sarote, who also wore a red dress, arrived at the Suva-based Yat Sen School, to the cheering and applause of the audience mostly composed of Chinese Fijians.


In the company of Gu Yu, charge d'affairs of the Chinese embassy in Fiji and Jenny Seeto, president of the Fiji Chinese Association, Konrote, as the chief guest of the event, followed the Chinese tradition by dotting the eyes of dance lions with red paint, which symbolizes injecting liveliness into them. Then, the Fijian president held a bamboo branch with a hong bao, or red packet, to interact with the lion dancers, which culminated when the hong bao was "eaten" by a dancing lion.


Later, Konrote handed out several hong bao to elderly Chinese Fijians and had a group photo taken with them, wishing the senior citizens good health and longevity.


In his keynote speech, the Fijian president lauded the Chinese Fijians' contributions to Fiji since their first settlement over 160 years ago.


"The Chinese community has contributed so much to the development of Fiji as a nation in many fields, including business, education and the professions. Their contributions have been immense. They have integrated well into the Fijian society and live harmoniously with all. They have set a very good example," Konrote said.


Chinese Fijians have brought with them many traditions and customs that have influenced the general society in Fiji, he said.


"Chinese performances are always a part of national and cultural events in Fiji and the celebration of the Chinese New Year including the special dinners, socials, the lighting of fire crackers, the lion dance, among others, are among the rich traditions that have been adopted across Fijian society," said Konrote.


Seeing Fiji's relationship with China as "a very close and special one", the Fijian president lauded the bilateral ties.


"Fiji has benefitted significantly from this unique relationship in terms of the many development projects that are being carried out in Fiji with assistance from China and the increasing trade and people-to-people contacts between our two countries," he said.


"Given China's ever-growing position in the international community, and its remarkable socio-economic advancements, it is only logical for developing countries like Fiji to look north and cultivate a relationship that is mutually beneficial to both nations," Konrote added.


In conclusion, the Fijian president used the Chinese expression of "xin nian kuai le"(Happy new year) to wish the local Chinese community as well as all other Fijians an ever-prosperous new year.


Police in the United Arab Emirates have arrested a woman they say is behind the stabbing death of an American teacher and a separate plot to bomb another American's house, a top official said Thursday as authorities moved swiftly to calm fears of instability in the normally peaceful Gulf nation.


Interior Minister Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is also deputy prime minister, said the attacker targeted her victims based on their nationality alone in an attempt to create chaos and terrorize the country. He called the stabbing of the woman, who previously lived in Colorado, a crime that is "alien to our secure country."


"The victim of this brutal crime was a schoolteacher who was committed to building strong future generations," he told reporters.


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Word of the gruesome killing, which left a trail of blood in a public restroom at an Abu Dhabi mall, has rattled the Emirates, a Western-allied, seven-state Gulf federation that includes the glitzy commercial hub of Dubai.


Violent crime and terrorist attacks are rare in the oil-rich country, which is home to a large foreign-born population that far outnumbers Emirati citizens.


Police say the teacher was stabbed to death by a butcher's knife-wielding attacker shrouded in the full black veil commonly worn by women throughout the Gulf Arab region. Emirati authorities identified the victim by the initials I.R. and said she was 47 years old.


The company that placed the victim in the Abu Dhabi teaching job, Vancouver, British Columbia-based Footprints Recruiting, gave her name as Ibolya Ryan. Managing Director Ben Glickman told The Associated Press she started teaching in the country last August or September and hoped to continue working in there.


"She was really a kind and enthusiastic person, and she was really enjoying her time over there," Glickman said.


Ryan taught in Colorado before moving to the Emirates, according to Glickman. She worked at Palmer Elementary School in Denver from 1997 to 2003, Denver Public Schools spokesman Doug Schepman said Thursday. Colorado records show Ryan had a license to teach in Colorado that was issued in December 2012 and that she was trained to work with special education students with moderate needs.


On a Footprints Recruiting webpage, Ryan describes herself as a Hungarian originally born and raised in neighboring Romania who trained as a teacher in the U.S. and Europe. She urged those considering teaching abroad to "be positive, open minded, flexible and take every challenge as a learning experience. "


Ildiko Gubanyi, a friend of Ryan in Denver, said "she had a simple, charming and sweet personality, made friends easily and was helpful to everyone." Gubanyi said she had known Ryan since moving from Hungary to the U.S. 14 years ago.


"When I moved to Denver, Ibi was the first to welcome me as a friend and show me around this world," Gubanyi said, adding . Wholesale Youth Jerseys Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Wholesale Womens Jerseys Wholesale Authentic NBA Jerseys Wholesale Authentic MLB Jerseys Wholesale NFL Womens Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys China Wholesale New NHL Jerseys Wholesale Football Jerseys Wholesale NCAA College Jerseys