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Chinese Man Trapped in India Goes Home After 50 Years
BBC ^

Posted on 02/11/2017 11:24:31 AM PST by nickcarraway

A Chinese man who was trapped in India for more than 50 years has finally been reunited with his family.

The BBC had reported how Wang Qi, an army surveyor who says he accidentally crossed into India in 1963, had not been given the necessary documents to leave the country.

Following the report, he was visited by Chinese diplomats, who told him efforts were being made to take him back. Mr Wang was met by family members when his flight landed in Beijing.

Later, in his home city of Xianyang, crowds met him with banners reading "Welcome home, soldier, it's been a rough journey". Mr Wang flew out from Delhi on Friday night accompanied by his adult children.

Chinese officials took him and his family shopping in a Delhi mall before they boarded the flight.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; china; india
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To: nickcarraway

A friend of mine crossed into Canada from NYS to photograph the north side of a boundary monument....the border guards were down on him in 20 seconds.


21 posted on 02/11/2017 12:05:31 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Disambiguator

If loving you is Wong, then let’s hide the Wang...


22 posted on 02/11/2017 12:09:39 PM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek

"It does have a little Wang to it!"

23 posted on 02/11/2017 12:12:25 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

LOL!


24 posted on 02/11/2017 12:14:21 PM PST by fhayek
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To: Timpanagos1

They didn’t say he was a GOOD surveyor.


25 posted on 02/11/2017 12:49:38 PM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: nickcarraway

Why didn’t he just walk across the border? Oh wait, that isn’t the U.S./Mexico border.


26 posted on 02/11/2017 12:54:49 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: Disambiguator

“According to my H.S. friend surnamed Wang, it’s pronounced like Wong. To sum up: if Wang is Wong, then Wong must be wight.”

So you are saying he might be related to Sum Ting Wong?


27 posted on 02/11/2017 1:07:11 PM PST by Clay Moore (JRandomFreeper, SWAMPSNIPER RIP)
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To: JimRed

Probably fear that his Chicom superiors would have executed him for ‘losing face’.


28 posted on 02/11/2017 2:45:27 PM PST by lacrew
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