By Li Yang, Zheng Yi, People’s Daily Among the 40 sports at the Hangzhou Asian Games, nine are non-Olympic, including mind sports go, chess, bridge, and e-sports, martial arts jujitsu, Kurash, and karate, as well as squash, cricket, sepak takraw, kabaddi, Wushu, dragon boat, and softball. Many of these events carry distinct Asian characteristics and […]
Category archives: Foreign
To carry on Flying Tigers spirit, promote people-to-people friendship between China, U.S
By Zhang Mengxu, Zhang Penghui, Li Zhiwei, People’s Daily Chinese President Xi Jinping recently replied to a letter from Chairman of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation Jeffrey Greene and Flying Tigers veterans Harry Moyer and Mel McMullen. In his reply dated Sept. 12, Xi said that “a sound and steady development of the relationship in […]
Intelligent Asian Games demonstrates China’s vitality in innovation
By Sun Longfei, Liu Junguo, People’s Daily The 19th Asian Games, which opened on Sept. 23 in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, has provided a stage for athletes from across Asia to surpass themselves, and has also opened a window showing China’s technological innovation. Various cutting-edge technologies such as 5G, internet of things, big data, […]
Traditional malls in China accelerate digital transformation
By Wang Ke, People’s Daily As dusk fell, Sanlitun, a popular destination for shopping, dining, and entertainment in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, was teeming with visitors. There, the crowds encountered various types of “intelligent” elements. It was the peak time for dining. Robots were seen guiding diners to queue and leading the way in many restaurants. […]
Ningbo advances rural vitalization with “courtyard makeover”
By Xu Jiawei, Li Yicheng In villages of Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang province, it’s common to see exquisite and beautiful courtyard houses standing alongside small bridges and flowing creeks. With fields blanketed by golden ripening rice and wheat, it presents a gorgeous scene reminiscent of a quintessential canal town in the lower reaches of the […]
Unleashing charm of Wushu at Hangzhou Asian Games
By Bao Han, People’s Daily Soaring kicks, side flips, spinning kicks… A set of smooth, flowing movements combining strength and grace fully demonstrated the stretch, elegance and fluidity of Changquan. On Sept. 24, the men’s Changquan final of Wushu was held at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Center in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, during the […]
Hangzhou Asian Games mascots mirror charm of host city
By Zheng Yi, People’s Daily Taking a stroll on the streets of Hangzhou, the host city of the 19th Asian Games, one can find elements of the Games everywhere – an “Asian flower carpet” consisting of over 200 varieties of flowers along the Qiantang River, synthetic racetracks in subway stations, and Asian Games-themed Fuxing bullet […]
Hangzhou Asian Games highlights power of intelligent technology
By Qiang Wei, People’s Daily On the evening of Sept. 23, the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games kicked off at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Combining the beauty of nature, culture, sports, and technology, it touched millions of viewers. What excited the audiences both inside the stadium and in front of TV […]
China, ASEAN join forces to build an ever closer community with shared future
By Pang Geping, Li Zong, People’s Daily The 20th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit was held on Sept. 16 in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Over the past 20 years, the expo and summit has built collaboration and cooperation mechanisms between China and ASEAN in multiple areas, injecting […]
Monroe Doctrine must come to an end in Americas
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily The U.S. government recently declassified two documents at Chile’s request. These two documents, together with previously declassified ones by the United States, indisputably prove that the United States was behind the scenes orchestrating the coup in Chile 50 years ago. This once again shows that the United States has long […]