Harbin extravaganza to expand ahead of ninth Asian Winter Games

HARBIN, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The landmark ice-and-snow theme park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, will expand ahead of the ninth Asian Winter Games, said local authorities.

The Ice-Snow World, built on the northern bank of the Songhua River which flows through the city, will cover a million square meters in the coming snow season, up from 810,000 square meters in the last season. Wi