China wins first gold at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
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Meng Xin, Wu Xiyao and Zhang Mingyu (from L to R) of Team China react on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
China claimed its first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in the modern pentathlon women’s team event on Sunday. ■
Gold medalists team China (C), silver medalists team South Korea (R) and bronze medalists team Japan pose during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
Meng Xin, Wu Xiyao and Zhang Mingyu (from L to R) of team China react on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)
Meng Xin, Wu Xiyao and Zhang Mingyu (from L to R) of team China wave hands on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
Meng Xin, Wu Xiyao and Zhang Mingyu of team China (from L to R) react on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
Members of team China celebrate on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)
Gold medalists team China (C), silvers medalists team South Korea (R) and bronze medalists team Japan pose on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
Meng Xin, Wu Xiyao and Zhang Mingyu (from left to right) of the Chinese team react on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s team of modern pentathlon at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
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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.…
