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Ice skating in Beijing

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Ice Skating

1DmkIV and 7D on Ice – Winter fun on Beijing’s Houhai lake from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
Another wonderful video from Dan Chung, award-winning photojournalist at The Guardian’s Beijing bureau.  This reminds me a lot of my childhood. :-)  Go here to read about Beijing’s winter sports in the old days.

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‘Niu’ Year For Chinese Snowboarders

November 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Extreme Sports, Skiing, Sports

Apparently Mellow Parks Construction — China’s experts for all things snowboarding — never bothered to check the calendar when they released its Magnum opus Nov. 14. For the snowboarding community both in China and around the world, the New Year comes six weeks early with the release of “Happy Niu Year,” a film documenting some [...]

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Aiming Vancouver, China Won Gold in 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship

March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Curling, Sports Regime

China women’s curling team defeated Sweden by 8 : 6 in 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship in South Korea, winning the first-ever gold in the tournament. The team, skipped by 25-year-old Wang Bingyu, continued their 11 game winning streak in the final, knocking off Swedish player Anette Norberg, the Olympic champion in Turin. The women’s [...]

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Harbin Winter Universiade Cold-shouldered by Chinese

February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Government, Ice Hockey, Sports Regime

Of  about 25 friends we talked to yesterday, three Canadians included, only one person actually knew that the Harbin Winter Universiade was coming.
“I won’t watch any of the games, as I don’t play those sports,” said Liu Hongchao, a 25-year-old Beijinger who plays football in his free time. “No one here even watches Universiade, let [...]

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