GLOBALink | Winter Olympics venue hosts New Year celebrations for media workers
In the Main Media Center of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, media workers write Chinese character "Fu," which means good fortune, and Spring Festival couplets to greet the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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GLOBALink | Athletes Village of Zhangjiakou Competition Zone officially opens
Olympic Villages for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in downtown Beijing, the Chinese capital's Yanqing district and Hebei province's Zhangjiakou officially opened their doors to athletes and team officials for the Games on January 27, 2022.
Take a look at athletes and team officers as they check into the Athletes Village of the Zhangjiakou Competition Zone.
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GLOBALink | Creating a shared future in Beijing
Global attention is turning to Beijing as the 2022 Winter Olympics is set to kick off on Feb. 4.
For athletes, it will be a dream coming true to compete on the highest level. For audiences, it will be a spectacle on snow and ice.
The passion about this upcoming winter sports extravaganza has been monumental.
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GLOBALink | Malaysian aquarium holds underwater lion dance for Lunar New Year
Divers performed an underwater lion dance show at the Aquaria KLCC aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Jan. 21 to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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GLOBALink | Marine trash-collecting robot put into trial operation in south China
Chinese researchers have completed the trial operation of a marine trash-collecting robot in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province.
The robot, developed by researchers with Shanghai Jiaotong University Yazhou Bay Institute of Deep-sea Sci-tech, is capable of searching and collecting the trash both floating on water and buried in seabed.
The robot measures 1.76 meters long, 1.48 meters wide and 0.95 meters high.
It is designed to operate at depths up to 100 meters and can collect more than 200 litres of trash at a time.
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GLOBALink | Woman showcases impressive martial arts skills
A martial arts teacher in Gansu, China is known as a "wonder woman" for her impressive skills.
Zhang Hanliang hopes that by sharing her videos online, more people around the world can get to know about Chinese #KungFu.
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GLOBALink | Chinese people's determination for successful Olympic Games very impressive: HOC President
ATHENS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) President Spyros Capralos said in a recent interview that China will undoubtedly host safe and successful Olympic Games.
Capralos praised the Chinese people for their determination to achieve the most successful Olympic Games amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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GLOBALink | New metro line constructed by Chinese company facilitates travel in Vietnam
A new metro line project in Vietnam has been officially inaugurated.
The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line was constructed by a Chinese company.
It's the first one of its type completed in the Southeast Asian country.
Over the past two months of commercial operation, the metro line transported some 15,000 passengers per day and has welcomed 1 million passengers till last Thursday.
The Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway project is the first metro line in the Vietnamese capital city.
It's expected to solve the rapidly increasing traffic amount in the western area of Hanoi and contribute to the socio-economic development of the city.
Under a city development plan, Hanoi will have a total of 10 urban railway routes by 2030.
Construction of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway officially started in October 2011.
Its trial run was completed in December 2020, with thousands of trips covering over 70,000 km, enabling the system to operate commercially in late 2021.
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GLOBALink | Olympic Games must be instrument for peace: UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that Olympic Games must be an instrument for peace in the world.
The UN chief made the remarks at a press stakeout at the UN headquarters in New York in response to the question that why he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
"The Olympic Games is an extremely important event, and it's an event that symbolizes the role of sports in bringing people together and in promoting peace, and it is in this strict context and without any political dimension that I intend to be present in the opening, with this message that Olympic Games must be an instrument for peace in the world," said Guterres.
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GLOBALink | U.S. is a major factor causing global refugee and migrant crisis: spokesperson
"The U.S. is a major factor causing the global refugee and migrant crisis, and its belligerent approach of using force has triggered several risks of refugees," said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson. #GLOBALink
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