Winter sports begin Chinese 'spring'
Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, an increasing number of Chinese are partaking in the joys of ice and snow.
Xinjiang, which boasts areas of both ice and snow, has stepped into the fast lane in terms of developing its winter sports. In an echo of China's overarching ambition to encourage 300 million people in the country to participate in winter sports ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Xinjiang Sports Administration has taken measures to provide a better environment for people in the region to partake in winter sports. Xinjiang has also been making efforts in winter sports infrastructure construction, with projects to build venues for ski jumping, cross-country skiing and freestyle skiing. Xinjiang is also planning to host a winter sports meeting for teenagers called Stars of the Future, in a bid to stimulate youngsters' interest in and passion for winter sports.
As the main venue for the 2017 edition of Stars of the Future, China's northeast province of Heilongjiang has always been one of the main forces behind winter sports in China. Stars of the Future attracted 37 delegations from different provinces and regions in China this year. China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region has mapped out a detailed plan to consolidate a mass base of support for winter sports. More skating rinks and ski resorts will be built, more winter sports schools will be established and more courses will be opened.
UK schools eye Shanghai math books
First, Shanghai math teachers arrived in Britain, and now Chinese math textbooks will be published for use in UK classrooms. An agreement to publish English translations of texts used by Shanghai's primary school math program was signed Tuesday at the London Book Fair between Collins Learning and Shanghai Century Publishing Group. Collins is part of giant Harper Collins Publishing. Collins plans to release Real Shanghai Mathematics, a series of 36 textbooks, starting in September.
The campus football
Plans to open 20,000 specialist football schools in 2017, aimed at training young players and cultivating talent, are part of the government's latest plan to advance China's ability to compete on the global pitch.
For instance, the current Chinese market leader, OPPO, made features like rapid charging, low-light photography and 6GB memory standard (the iPhone still lacks quick charging). OPPO is now focusing its energies on the camera, targeting selfieobsessive youngsters, as well as amateur snappers.
Above all, more people taking part in winters sports means more talent at the professional level. Yang Yang, a member of International Olympic Committee and the first Chinese Winter Olympic champion, believes that mass participation will help spread Olympism and help China become competitive in international competitions.
Imitation or innovation: Can Chinese brands flourish worldwide?
For years, Chinese phone makers served in the shadows as manufacturers for Nokia and others. Everything changed after Google introduced Android in 2008. The inexpensive and customizable mobile operating system, an answer to Apple’s status-quo– shattering iPhone, made it possible for any electronics company with some savvy to develop a worthy alternative. In no time, Chinese companies shifted their strategies from churning out white-label devices for others to building brands for themselves. Gradually they have won over Chinese consumers. Local names displaced iPhones and Samsung Galaxy devices by market share in 2016, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). They have done so by going steadily up-scale, employing vast retail networks, and speeding up packing the bells and whistles.
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Chinese phone brands diaБайду номын сангаас up efforts to go global
China’s smartphone makers were out in force at the Mobile World Congress in the Spanish city of Barcelona last week, demonstrating that they are not just fast adopters, but innovators as well. They hope that cutting-edge technology will take them global.
In Barcelona, OPPO unveiled what it calls its most advanced mobile photography technology yet. Its “go five times further” tagline at the Mobile World Congress referred to an optical zoom technique that combines telephoto and wide-angle lenses and a specially designed prism with software to achieve a 5x zoom effect.