An international dragon-boat team will compete in a dragon-boat race later this month in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, according to local paper Shaanxi Daily report.

Some 24 foreign students from countries including the United States, Germany, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea and Ghana will attend the annual dragon-boat festival from April 28 to May 3.

The international team will compete against 20 other teams.

(China Daily April 21, 2006)