GLOBALink | Beijing 2022 ignites winter sports passion in SW China
Beijing 2022 has ignited people's passion for winter sports in southwest China, where snow is rarely seen. Xinhua's Chen Qingbing takes you to a ski resort in Chongqing, to see how people enjoy skiing there. #GLOBALink
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GLOBALink | Beijing 2022 becomes most-streamed Winter Olympics in U.S., athletes continue to share experiences via social media
More than 100 million Americans have watched the Beijing Games on the networks of NBCUniversal, the U.S. media conglomerate has recently announced while underlining that it has also become the most-streamed Winter Olympics ever with 2.23 billion minutes consumed.
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GLOBALink | Swiss snowboarder Pat Burgener plans music career in China after Olympics
Swiss snowboard star and musician Pat Burgener is planning to shine off-piste after the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. He shared with Xinhua his dream of embarking on a music tour around China following the mega sporting event.
Burgener, a two-time snowboard Olympian, finished 11th in the men's halfpipe final run on Friday. He expressed his satisfaction with the organization of the Games.
Burgener said he will leave China on Sunday to return to Switzerland, with positive memories that will last for a lifetime.
Besides snowboarding, Burgener has pursued a parallel career in music since 2014.
The 27-year-old musician and snowboarder said nothing could spoil his mood as he has already had several creative projects in store.
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GLOBALink | When Spring Festival meets Winter Olympics - Happy Lantern Festival
Celebrated on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when a full moon appears in the night sky, the Lantern Festival symbolizes unity and perfection. At the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, there is also unity in another sense.
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GLOBALink | Paper pleating artworks help present charm of Winter Olympics
Bing Dwen Dwen, the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games' official mascot, and Shuey Rhon Rhon, mascot of the Paralympic Winter Games, are topping trends on China's Internet platforms, and the fervor for the mascots epitomizes Chinese people's increasing enthusiasm towards winter sports.
Li Xue is an inheritor of paper pleating and paper folding art in the city of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province.
She ingeniously makes the mascots with paper after a series of procedures including selecting materials, cutting, pleating, shaping and assembling.
Li hopes her paper-pleating artwork can present the beauty of China's intangible cultural heritage and the charm of the Winter Olympics.
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GLOBALink | Nothing worth having comes easy: Spanish silver medallist at Beijing 2022
Spanish snowboarder Queralt Castellet won a silver medal in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe on February 10 in the Beijing Winter Games.
It is the fifth Olympic medal Spain has won in its Winter Games history and its first ever silver medal.
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GLOBALink | Beijing 2022 ignites Chinese students' enthusiasm for winter sports
SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games have ignited Chinese students' great enthusiasm for winter sports.
Students from a primary school in Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei Province have joined various winter sport activities during their winter vacation.
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GLOBALink | Check out Chinese elements at Beijing 2022
When the traditional Chinese culture meets Winter Olympics... Explore the Chinese elements at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
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GLOBALink | Decoding the opening ceremony for Beijing 2022: Torch "lighting"
Torch placing instead of cauldron lighting, why did the team decide to keep the flame small? The directing team of the opening ceremony tells why they embraced the bold idea.
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GLOBALink | Forest patroller protects endangered birds in south China
Chen Zhengping, 49, is a forest patroller in the city of Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province. As the leader of a bird protection team, he and his colleagues are dedicated to protecting endangered birds and their habitats.
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