Highlights of the closing ceremony of Milan-Cortina 2026
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This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2026 shows the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry addresses the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry waves the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
Giovanni Malago, president of the Milan-Cortina 2026 organizing committee, addresses the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
A pianist performs during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2026 shows the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2026 shows the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Members of the delegation of China attend the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2026 shows the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Athletes of Italy parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Athletes of France parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2026 shows the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Su Yiming, flag bearer of the delegation of China, parades during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Su Yiming, flag bearer of the delegation of China, parades during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Fireworks is pictured during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Su Yiming, flag bearer of the delegation of China, parades during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Jing)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2026 shows the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Su Yiming, flag bearer of the delegation of China, parades during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2026 shows the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Members of the delegation of China parade during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
Members of the delegation of the Netherlands attend the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
An actor performs during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
A pianist performs during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Verona Olympic Arena in Verona, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
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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.…
