Shanghai becomes new winter sports hotspot
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
As more ice and snow venues are developed and made accessible to the public, the barriers of time and geography have been broken down, allowing residents of Shanghai and its surrounding areas to enjoy winter sports year-round.
In recent years, participation in these activities has grown exponentially. In 2018, over 600,000 people took part in skating and skiing. By 2021, that number had surged to 2.8 million, and by 2024, it reached 4.52 million. Shanghai is swiftly establishing itself as a leading hub for ice and snow sports in China.
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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.…
