Xinhua Headlines: Xi Jinping's vision drives China's winter sports boom

by sportswriters He Leijing and Dong Yixing

BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- As winter settles across China, excitement for winter sports is in full swing, with skiers carving down slopes and ice skaters gliding across rinks from north to south. Enthusiasm is especially high as the 9th Asian Winter Games opens Friday in Harbin, marking another milestone for China's winter sports development.

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