Date: May 12, 2014
Place: Beijing
State Gift: An Akhal-Teke horse
Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R, front) receives an Akhal-Teke horse presented by his Turkmenistan counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov during the opening ceremony of the International Akhal-Teke Horses Association Special Conference and China Horse Culture Festival in Beijing, May 12, 2014. Akhal-Teke, nicknamed "blood-sweating horse" in China, is one of the world's oldest and most unique breeds from Turkmenistan. |