Guangzhou national botanical garden gets greenlight
China's second national botanical garden is to be built in Guangzhou, after the country's first opened in Beijing in April.
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China's second national botanical garden is to be built in Guangzhou, after the country's first opened in Beijing in April.
The Water Cube moves into its next phase of development
When the score - 239.88 points - was announced at the Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium, Chinese figure skating pair Sui Wenjing and Han Cong embraced each other and wept tears of joy. The two-time world champions broke the world record in the short program on Friday and earned a precious gold medal in pairs skating after the free skate on Saturday, one day before the successful ending of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Sunday.
With freeskier Gu Ailing winning gold medal at the women's halfpipe on Friday, Team China has amassed a record of eight gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, three more than the previous record of five at Sochi 2014; while for world winter sports, a bigger success is 1.4 billion people watching the Games, many for the first time, as their growing interest in the events, athletes and mascots could change the global landscape of winter sports.
With International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach's applause and the cheering of flag-waving audience, China's 18-year-old freestyle skier Gu Ailing, known internationally as Eileen Gu, with hands on her head and a look of excitement, captured the gold of the women's freeski big air final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.