1726
Romantic evening! First phase of snowmaking at Big Air Shougang completed!
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1728
"America has always prepared for war...for selfish interests...and...There were no boundaries...”-Oliver Stone, world-famous US film director&producer and his son, on America's addiction to endless wars & notorious record of interference in other countries' internal affairs.
1729
Big Air Shougang, with a remarkable transition from a huge & age-old steel industrial heritage to one of the most shining venues at #Beijing2022, will be the world's first permanent facility for Big Air.
Cool!
1730
The Big Air is sure to become a landmark of west Beijing. Another beautiful piece that adorns the skyline!
1731
#Beijing2022 #WinterOlympics, where history meets the present:
Cave paintings dated back 12,000 yrs ago have depicted Stone Age hunters skiing in Altay of northwest #China.
1732
China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (#FAST), also dubbed as the "China Sky Eye," has detected 509 new pulsars, four times of the total number of pulsars detected by other telescopes worldwide.
1733
Under the British colonial rule, there was no democracy in #HongKong at all, and residents there never enjoyed real #democracy, #humanrights and #freedom. But no "democracies" expressed any concern about the lack of democracy then.
1734
So far, 1,170 metric tones of pine nuts from #Afghanistan have reached #China, generating 100+ million RMByuan for the Afghan people.
To further aid its economic reconstruction, we will promote the export of agricultural specialties including saffrons to China.
1735
#Dumplings are for “Dongzhi”, or the Winter Solstice, one of Chinese traditional solar terms marking the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
These children pass on the tradition by learning to make colorful & lovely dumplings on this special occasion.
1739
“If you don’t find that attempt by the West to monopolize the ‘truth’ about China, from outside...to be absolutely terrifying, I bet you clearly haven’t read ‘1984’.”--Andy Boreham, a New Zealander, revealed how the West smears China online.
shine.cn/opinion/211217…
1740
This 11 months old starts skiing before she could even walk.
Like a real-life Bing Dwen Dwen, the #Beijing2022 mascot.
1741
78 billion trees have been planted since #China launched a nationwide voluntary tree planting campaign 40 years ago. Forest conservation is a critical part of China-initiated ecological civilization.
1742
1743
#Westlife, with great popularity in China for years, sang the Chinese song "the road to ordinary" at its online concert.
Favorite band singing a favorite song.
Happy.
1745
Pictures of the year — demonstration of #American #Democracy.
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50 days to go before #Beijing2022! The little Beijing-style clay animation inspired by China’s 12 zodiac animals gives a preview of the exciting sporting events. A fascinating Winter Olympics with a Beijing touch!
1749
President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin just held a virtual meeting. This has been the 37th meeting between the two leaders since 2013.
1750
日本との約束どおり、中国は東京オリンピックの開催を全力で支援しました。中日はいずれも「人、信なくば立たず」という考えを大切にしています。北京冬季五輪では日本の皆さんからの全力のサポートを期待しています！
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