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# 2019 Empire Slovak Open

The 2019 Empire Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Trnava, Slovakia between 13 and 19 May 2019.

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| RUS | Evgeniya Rodina | 67 | 1 |
| USA | Bernarda Pera | 84 | 2 |
| SWE | Johanna Larsson | 99 | 3 |
| SLO | Dalila Jakupović | 110 | 4 |
| GER | Laura Siegemund | 111 | 5 |
| JPN | Misaki Doi | 112 | 6 |
| RUS | Natalia Vikhlyantseva | 114 | 7 |
| JPN | Nao Hibino | 118 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of 6 May 2019.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Tímea Babos
* Jana Čepelová
* Tereza Mihalíková
* Lenka Stará
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Denisa Allertová
* Başak Eraydın
* Réka Luca Jani
* Cornelia Lister
* Laura-Ioana Paar
* Ellen Perez
* Luisa Stefani
* Kimberley Zimmermann

## Champions
### Singles

* Bernarda Pera def. Anna Blinkova, 7–5, 7–5

### Doubles

* Anna Blinkova / Xenia Knoll def. Cornelia Lister / Renata Voráčová, 7–5, 7–5
# Choreotyphis pavlova

Choreotyphis pavlova is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
# Agymnastus venerabilis

Agymnastus venerabilis is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
# Griffin (1807 ship)

Griffin was a Spanish prize, that between 1807 and 1809 made one voyage as a whaler to the British southern whale fishery.
Griffin first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1807 with Folger master and owner, and trade London-South Seas. She was mentioned in 1807 in the Protection List, which protected seamen serving on her from impressment on the outbound leg of a voyage.
Captain Thomas Folger sailed from Deal on 29 December 1807 for the southern whale fishery. Griffin immediately ran into difficulties. On 1 December 1807 Lloyd's List reported that Griffin, Folger, master, had run onshore at the Sand Head, near Portsmouth, while sailing from London for the South Seas. On 15 December Griffin, Folger, master, sailed from Cowes for the South Seas.
On 13 May 1809 Griffin, Folger, master, arrived at Rio de Janeiro from the South Seas.
However, a few weeks earlier, on 20 April, Three Brothers, Long, master, had arrived at Rio from the Cape of Good Hope. Three Brothers, Folger, master, arrived at Liverpool on 9 September. Although there is a slight discrepancy in dates, Thomas Folger sailed Charlton from London on 4 September 1809 for Peru. All of this would suggest that Thomas Folger had sold Griffin and her cargo in Rio de Janeiro and then returned to England.
Lloyd's Register and the Register of Shipping continued to carry Griffin, Folger, master, to 1813 and 1811, respictively, but with stale data; they both showed her last survey as being in 1807.
# Group 1

Group 1 may refer to:
* Alkali metal, a chemical element classification for Alkali metal
* Group 1 (motorsport), a regulation set of the FIA for series-production touring cars used in motorsport.
* Group One Thoroughbred horse races, the leading events in the sport
* Group 1 Automotive, a publicly traded car dealership group in the United States
* Group 1 Rugby League, a Rugby League Competition in New South Wales, Australia
* Fax Group 1 & Group 2 are obsolete analog standards for sending faxes
* Group 1 Software, a former mail, messaging, and document management provider company, acquired by Pitney Bowes in 2004
# 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic, also known as Becoming Rocky: The Birth of a Classic, is a 2020 American short documentary film directed by Derek Wayne Johnson about the making of the original Rocky.

## Story

The film tells the story of Sylvester Stallone and the creation of the first Rocky film when he was an unknown actor. It is narrated by Sylvester Stallone as he takes the audience through rare and never-before-seen home movies, rehearsal footage and behind the scenes footage, giving insight into how the low budget fan-favorite film was made.

## Cast

The film is narrated by Stallone with archive footage starring the Rocky cast, including Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith.

## Production

Talking about the making of the film, Johnson describes how the series of events conspired that meant he was hand picked by Stallone to create this documentary.

## Distribution

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic was originally acquired by MGM for their streaming platform Epix, but has also been subsequently released on Transactional Video on Demand platforms Amazon and iTunes in the US and Canada by Virgil Films and as Becoming Rocky: The Birth of a Classic internationally by Branded Studios.
# 1921–22 Luxembourg National Division

The 1921–22 Luxembourg National Division was the 12th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.

## Overview

It was contested by 8 teams, and CS Fola Esch won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CS Fola Esch | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 22 |
| 2 | Union Luxembourg | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 20 |
| 3 | Jeunesse Esch | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 16 |
| 4 | Sporting Club Luxembourg | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 16 |
| 5 | Stade Dudelange | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 16 |
| 6 | FA Red Boys Differdange | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 13 |
| 7 | Tricolore Muhlenweg | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 65 | −48 | 5 |
| 8 | National Schifflange | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 53 | −43 | 4 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | FOL | JEU | NAT | RBD | SCL | STD | TRI | UNI |
| Fola Esch | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 8–1 | 3–1 |
| Jeunesse Esch | 7–1 | | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| National Schifflange | 0–3 | 3–4 | | 1–5 | 0–9 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Red Boys Differdange | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| SC Luxembourg | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Stade Dudelange | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Tricolore Muhlenweg | 0–3 | 0–9 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–9 | 3–1 | | 1–8 |
| Union Luxembourg | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–2 | |
* ↑ Match awarded.
# Eremophila laanii

Eremophila laanii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with many tangled branches and flowers in a number of colour forms. It seems to be mostly restricted to the upper reaches of the beds and nearby flats of two rivers.

## Description

Eremophila laanii is a shrub or small tree usually growing to a height of 1–3 m (3–10 ft), sometimes twice as high which sometimes produces suckers. Its branches are spreading or drooping and are covered with a dense layer of fine hairs. The leaves are linear to elliptic in shape, mostly 26–40 mm (1–2 in) long, 2–7 mm (0.08–0.3 in) wide, sometimes glabrous, sometimes covered with fine hairs.
The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a hairy stalk 3–6 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and are usually clustered near the ends of the branches. There are 5 green, egg-shaped, tapering sepals which are mostly 7.5–10.5 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long, glabrous on the outer surface but hairy on the inside. The petals are 20–30 mm (0.8–1 in) long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. The petal tube is sometimes pink to red with pink spots on a light colour inside the tube, or cream and without spots. The petal tube is mostly glabrous except that the inside of the tube is filled with long, soft hairs. The 4 stamens extend beyond the end of the petal tube. Flowering occurs from June to December and is followed by woody, oval-shaped to top-shaped fruits with a pointed end and which are 8–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long and have a thin, papery covering.

## Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1884 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Australasian Chemist and Druggist.The type specimen was collected on the Upper Murchison River, near Mount Hale, by Charles Crossland. The specific epithet (laanii) honours Dr van der Laan, a 19th-century Dutch promoter of scientific research.

## Distribution and habitat

Eremophila laanii occurs on clay or sandy clay soils on floodplains and riverbanks along the upper reaches of the Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers in the Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison and Yalgoo biogeographic regions. It can reproduce by root suckering and often forms dense thickets.

## Conservation status

This species is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

## Use in horticulture

This eremophila is well known in cultivation. It is a large, tough shrub and is suitable for large gardens where there is little competition and it can be used as a screening plant. It is most easily grown from cuttings or from its root suckers and grows in most soils, especially heavy clay. It grows naturally near rivers and although drought resistant, flowers profusely after a deep watering. It is also frost tolerant but needs to occasionally be heavily pruned in order to maintain its shape and to remove dead wood.
# 2014 Powiat Poznański Open – Doubles

The tournament in Sobota was a new addition to the ITF Women's Circuit.
The fourth seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Aleksandra Krunić won the tournament, defeating third seeds Anastasiya Vasylyeva and Maryna Zanevska in the final, 3–6, 6–0, [10–6].

## Seeds

* Stephanie Vogt / Renata Voráčová (semifinals)
* Tatiana Búa / Daniela Seguel (first round)
* Anastasiya Vasylyeva / Maryna Zanevska (final)
* Barbora Krejčíková / Aleksandra Krunić (champions)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | S Vogt R Voráčová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Kawa K Kramperová | 4 | 2 | | 1 | S Vogt R Voráčová | 7$^7$ | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Doroshina N Dzalamidze | 6 | 4 | [10] | | O Doroshina N Dzalamidze | 6$^2$ | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Sobaszkiewicz S Zagórska | 1 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 1 | S Vogt R Voráčová | 6 | 6$^9$ | [7] | | | | | |
| 3 | A Vasylyeva M Zanevska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | A Vasylyeva M Zanevska | 2 | 7$^{11}$ | [10] | | | | | |
| | K Barrois D Pfizenmaier | 2 | 2 | | 3 | A Vasylyeva M Zanevska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kunčíková K Stuchlá | 4 | 6 | [7] | WC | M Fręch N Suk | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Fręch N Suk | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Vasylyeva M Zanevska | 6 | 0 | [6] |
| | G Gatto-Monticone A Grymalska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Krejčíková A Krunić | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| | D Marcinkēviča K Wlodarczak | 3 | 4 | | | G Gatto-Monticone A Grymalska | 6 | 0 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hogenkamp J Ozga | 2 | 1 | | 4 | B Krejčíková A Krunić | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Krejčíková A Krunić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | B Krejčíková A Krunić | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | L Kerkhove A Rus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Kerkhove A Rus | 4 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | I Ferrer Suárez B García Vidagany | 1 | 2 | | | L Kerkhove A Rus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Birnerová H Birnerová | 6 | 4 | [10] | | E Birnerová H Birnerová | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Búa D Seguel | 1 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# Dunstable, New Hampshire

Dunstable, New Hampshire was a town located in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It has been divided into several current cities and towns, including Nashua, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, and Merrimack.
The town was originally part of a larger town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, when Massachusetts stretched from Rhode Island up to Maine. The original tract of land was bisected by the Merrimack River, an important route for the lucrative fur and log trade. Dunstable was incorporated as a township in 1673. On July 3, 1706, during Queen Anne's War, tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy raided the town, killing nine while seven of the natives were killed.
When the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border was surveyed and adjusted in 1741, the northern part of the town was determined to be in New Hampshire, and was incorporated as a New Hampshire town in 1746. Both the northern New Hampshire half and the southern Massachusetts half prospered, and various villages were formed along the Merrimack, but also along Salmon Brook, the Nashua River, Pennichuck Brook, and the Souhegan River, which also ran through the tract.
Over the years, other towns were formed from parts of the original area on both sides of the state line, and in 1836 the remaining part that still bore the name of "Dunstable, New Hampshire" was renamed "Nashua", after the name of the river that flowed into the Merrimack at the location then referred to as "Indian Head". Six years later Nashua split into "Nashville" and "Nashua", but in 1853 they rejoined and became the "City of Nashua". The name Nashville is preserved in the city's Nashville Historic District, and the name Dunstable can still be found in the streets "New Dunstable Road", "Main Dunstable Road", and "East Dunstable Road" .
# 2018 Ronde van Drenthe

The 2018 Ronde van Drenthe was the 56th edition of the Ronde van Drenthe road cycling one day race. It was held on 11 March 2018 as part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.
The race was won by František Sisr of CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice.

## Teams

Twenty-two teams of up to seven riders started the race:
UCI WorldTeam
* Lotto–Soudal
UCI Professional Continental teams
* Vérandas Willems–Crelan
* Aqua Blue Sport
* UnitedHealthcare
* CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
* Vital Concept
* Cofidis
* Wanty–Groupe Gobert
* WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
* Israel Cycling Academy
* Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
* Alecto Cycling Team
* Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
* Gazprom–RusVelo
UCI Continental teams
* BEAT Cycling Club
* Metec–TKH
* Monkey Town Continental Team
* Canyon Eisberg
* Delta Cycling Rotterdam
* Riwal CeramicSpeed
* Vlasman Cycling Team
National team
* Netherlands

## Result

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | František Sisr (CZE) | CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice | 4h 36' 28" |
| 2 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Vérandas Willems–Crelan | s.t. |
| 3 | Preben Van Hecke (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | s.t. |
| 4 | Zak Dempster (AUS) | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 5 | Wesley Kreder (NED) | Wanty–Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 6 | Rick Ottema (NED) | Alecto Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Floris Gerts (NED) | Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 8 | Joey van Rhee [fr] (NED) | Monkey Town Continental Team | + 3" |
| 9 | Johan Le Bon (FRA) | Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 10 | Jasper Bovenhuis (NED) | Vlasman Cycling Team | s.t. |
# Chovan

Chovan (Slovak feminine: Chovanová) is a surname. It is usually of Slovak or Czech origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adrián Chovan (born 1995), Slovak football player
* Martin Chovan (born 1986), Slovak ice hockey player
* Matúš Chovan (born 1992), Slovak ice hockey player
* Michal Chovan (born 1987), Slovak ice hockey player
* Vladimír Chovan (born 1963), Slovak politician
# Agios Georgios Kontou cemetery

The Saint George Monastery cemetery (Greek: Agios Georgios Kontou) in Larnaca, Cyprus is an ancient cemetery.
An "Ancient Kition" text on a (governmental) roadsign, points toward this cemetery.
It is located on Agiou Georgiou Kontou Street.
# Guajara

Guajara can refer to:
* Guajará, a Brazilian municipality
* Mount Guajara, a canarian mountain
* Guajara, a guanche princess
# 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

The fourth competition weekend of the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the M-Wave arena in Nagano, Japan, from Saturday, 8 December, until Sunday, 9 December 2012.

## Schedule of events

Schedule of the event:
| Date | Time | Events |
| 8 December | 14:50 JST | 500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men |
| 9 December | 13:50 JST | 500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.64 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 34.95 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.10 |
| 500 m | 2 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.14 | Gilmore Junio Canada | 35.16 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.18 |
| 1000 m | 1 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 1:09.52 | Samuel Schwarz Germany | 1:09.69 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 1:09.85 |
| 1000 m | 2 | Hein Otterspeer Netherlands | 1:09.20 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:09.64 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:09.72 |

### Women's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.63 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.96 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.01 |
| 500 m | 2 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.60 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.91 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.09 |
| 1000 m | 1 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.24 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.45 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:16.15 |
| 1000 m | 2 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.13 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.26 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:15.87 |
# 1922 Campeonato Gaúcho

The 1922 Campeonato Gaúcho was the fourth season of Rio Grande do Sul's top association football league. Grêmio won their second title. This was the last season played before the Federalist Revolution suspended play until 1925.

## Format

The championship was contested by the four regional champions in a single round-robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title. If two teams finished with the same number of points, a tie-breaking match would be played.

## Qualified teams

| Club | Location | Qualification method | Titles |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre | Champions of the Center Region | 1 |
| Bagé | Bagé | Champions of the South Region | 0 |
| Guarani | Alegrete | Champions of the Frontier Region | 0 |
| Guarany | Cruz Alta | Champions of the Highlands Region | 0 |
* Ideal were eliminated in the South Region Championship.
* FC Montenegro were eliminated in the Center Region Championship.
* 14 de Julho from Passo Fundo were eliminated in the Highlands Region Championship.

## Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grêmio (C) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Tie-breaking match |
| 2 | Guarani de Alegrete | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Tie-breaking match |
| 3 | Guarany de Cruz Alta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bagé | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
# 1929 English cricket season

1929 was the 36th season of County Championship cricket in England. South Africa were on tour and England won the Test series 2–0. In domestic cricket, Nottinghamshire overcame their two northern rivals, Lancashire and Yorkshire, to win the County Championship.

## Honours

* County Championship - Nottinghamshire
* Minor Counties Championship - Oxfordshire
* Wisden - Ted Bowley, K S Duleepsinhji, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt

## Test series

England defeated South Africa 2–0 with three matches drawn.

## Leading batsmen

Jack Hobbs topped the averages with 2263 runs @ 66.55

## Leading bowlers

Dick Tyldesley topped the averages with 154 wickets @ 15.57

## Annual reviews

* Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1930
# Akoniodes

Akoniodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Akoniodes kuyanianus, is found in Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1929.
# Annapurna FM

Radio Annapurna is an FM radio station that broadcasts out of Pokhara, Nepal on 93.4 MHz. It is popular among people in Pokhara city and around the western region. It broadcasts for 19 hours a day (5 am to 12 midnight).
# 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force

The 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force (5th Sasebo SNLF) was an infantry battalion of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Special Naval Landing Forces.
Formed at the Sasebo Naval District, the 5th Sasebo SNLF participated in the invasion of Buna-Gona, the New Guinea Campaign and the battle of Milne Bay.

## Citations

* ↑ National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) (1971). Southeast Area Naval Operations 1. 朝雲新聞社.
# Defender (1895 yacht)

Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III. Defender was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1895. It was Herreshoff's second victorious America's Cup defender design.

## Design

Defender was a sloop with all-metal construction: steel, aluminum, and manganese bronze. It was owned by William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin Dennison Morgan and Charles Oliver Iselin, and skippered by Henry C. Haff.

## Career

Defender defeated the New York Yacht Club's Vigilant then went on to defend the cup against British keel cutter Valkyrie III. Lord Dunraven of the Valkyrie alleged cheating by the Defender's crew.
Following the contest, Defender was towed to the residence of C. Oliver Iselin in New Rochelle, New York where it remained docked for four years without sailing. In 1899 J. Pierpont Morgan and W. Buttler Duncan rebuilt Defender to race trials against the America's Cup defense candidate, Columbia.
The yacht was towed to Herreshoff's Bristol yard for restoration to enable it to race in the selection trials for the 1899 defence. Following the selection trials, Defender returns to its mooring and was finally broken up in 1901.

## Model

Model of Defender on display at the MIT Museum
* overall view, showing the hull (including the keel) and rigging
* Bow
* Mast
* Aft
* Rigging
# China–Mauritius relations

The China-Mauritius refers to the bilateral relations between the island nation of the Republic of Mauritius and the People's Republic of China (PRC). A significant portion of the Mauritian population is of Chinese descent, known as Sino-Mauritians, having arrived on the island between the 17th and 19th centuries. Official diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 15 April 1972$^{:347}$ and, since then, relations between the two countries have been strong and have seen steady development. The Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Mauritius on 16 February 2009.

## Chinese development finance to Mauritius

From 2000 to 2012, there are approximately 47 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Mauritius through various media reports. These projects range from funding a terminal at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport through a $260 million concessionary loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, to the renovation and repair of the Plaza Theatre in Rose-Hill through interest-free loans offered by the PRC.