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Rowing Expedition from China to Japan in search of the elixir of immortality

On Monday 3rd June 2024, 6AM Beijing time, Asia’s first ocean rower, Chinese national 孙海滨 (Sun Haibin) and Denmark’s first ocean rower, Christian Havrehed ( 黄思远 ), embarked on a 1,300km row from Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China, to retrace the route of China’s first maritime explorer, Xu Fu (徐福), who in 210BC was sent by the First Emperor, Qin ShiContinue reading “Rowing Expedition from China to Japan in search of the elixir of immortality”

Rowing team pulls together from China in search of immortality despite political headwinds

In just under 2 days, on Saturday 25 May, two friends from Denmark and China, will set out in a rowing boat from Shensi Island off China’s east coast province of Zhejiang on Stage 1 of an epic expedition. The first 800km of this the New Xu Fu Voyage East will take the rowing pairContinue reading “Rowing team pulls together from China in search of immortality despite political headwinds”