China sees winter sports boom as Olympics near

The World

Winter sports are not popular in China. As for winter sports gold medals, China has less than 15. So, when China became the 2022 Olympics host, President Xi Jinping announced a new initiative: getting 300 million Chinese into winter sports. The World’s Rebecca Kanthor reports from Shanghai on how the plan is going.

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