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Chinese envoy in Nepal asks people to follow and promote her on Twitter in lieu of movie tickets

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Dec 29, 2019, at 05:19 pm

Beijing/IBNS: In an unheard of social media diplomacy, the Chinese envoy in Nepal has offered people of the Himalayan nation to follow her on Twitter and retweet her posts in exchange for movie tickets.

Ambassador Hou Yanqi also made the offer to encourage people from the Himalayan nation to watch movies at the Chinese Film Festival which commenced in capital Kathmandu city on Friday.

The Opening Ceremony of Chinese Film Festival will be held on December 27 in Kathmandu.

-Follow me and retweet this post
-Comment on this post and tag 1 friend
-Ends at 12:00 AM on December 26

2 tickets will be given away to the Top 5 winners with the most likes! Good Luck! pic.twitter.com/nSL4wpiarl
— Ambassador Hou Yanqi (@PRCAmbNepal) December 24, 2019

She tweeted: "The Opening Ceremony of Chinese Film Festival will be held on December 27 in Kathmandu. -Follow me and retweet this post-Comment on this post and tag 1 friend-Ends at 12:00 AM on December 26 2 tickets will be given away to the Top 5 winners with the most likes! Good Luck!."

In return for your active participation, I decide to give away 20 tickets to 10 friends! Congrats to @sandeshsigdel8 @krmaharjan @physicsfever @realpbhattarai @urs_sigdel @Raj56123 @GautamNanu @suwaas @pra_adh1 @BidhayakB I will contact with you through twitter messages!ðŸ’ðŸ’ https://t.co/xIp3R7mTay
— Ambassador Hou Yanqi (@PRCAmbNepal) December 26, 2019

She later also posted: "In return for your active participation, I decide to give away 20 tickets to 10 friends! Congrats to @sandeshsigdel8 @krmaharjan
@physicsfever @realpbhattarai @urs_sigdel @Raj56123 @GautamNanu
@suwaas @pra_adh1 @BidhayakB I will contact with you through twitter messages!."

Image: Ambassador Hou Yanqi Twitter page

#Nepal #ChineseEnvoy #ChineseEnvoyTickets #ChineseEnvoyNepalTwitter #ChineseEnvoyTwitter

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