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Inchon Plays Its Chinese Card As City Tries to Attract Tourists

INCHON, South Korea -- What this port city needs is a dumpling shop, a statue of Confucius and some dragon-wrapped street lamps.

At least that is how city tourism official Yoo Je Beom sees it. Mr. Yoo hopes Inchon, famous for the desperate amphibious landing that pushed back a North Korean invasion some 50 years ago, can use the World Cup soccer tournament to position itself for a future wave of Chinese tourists.