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(250130) -- HARBIN, Jan. 30, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 27, 2025 shows Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Speed Skating Oval in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The 9th Asian Winter Games will take place in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province from Feb. 7 to 14, 2025. The Games will feature six sports, 11 disciplines and 64 events. The ice events will be held in Harbin, using the existing venues from the 1996 Asian Winter Games, while the snow events will be in Yabuli, 193 km from Harbin. The regional games will be staged in China for the third time, following Harbin in 1996 and Changchun, capital city of Jilin Province, in 2007. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
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The 9th Asian Winter Games will take place in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province from Feb. 7 to 14, 2025. The Games will feature six sports, 11 disciplines and 64 events. The ice events will be held in Harbin, using the existing venues from the 1996 Asian Winter Games, while the snow events will be in Yabuli, 193 km from Harbin. The games will be staged in China for the third time, following Harbin in 1996 and Changchun, capital city of Jilin Province, in 2007.
This aerial photo taken on Jan. 16, 2025 shows Slopestyle Stadium and Big Air Stadium at the Yabuli Ski Resort in Yabuli, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)This aerial photo taken on Jan. 16, 2025 shows Biathlon Gymnasium at the Yabuli Ski Resort in Yabuli, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)This aerial photo taken on Jan. 27, 2025 shows Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Speed Skating Oval in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)This aerial photo taken on Jan. 27, 2025 shows Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Center Multifunctional Hall in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)This aerial photo taken on Jan. 26, 2025 shows the night view of the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)This aerial photo taken on Jan. 26, 2025 shows the night view of the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)This aerial photo taken on Jan. 21, 2025 shows Harbin Pingfang District Curling Arena in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
