Name card of China's 'Ice City' dazzles in the frozen world

10:33, January 11, 2020

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  Ice Climbing World Cup gets underway in northeast China

  (Photo: Xinhua)CHANGCHUN, China, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A leg of the 2019-2020 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup kicked off on Friday in Changchun, capital city of northeast Chinas Jilin province, with Chinese athletes failing to get through the first round of qualifications in both mens and womens difficulty events.A total of 31 players competed in the womens difficulty qualification on the first day, and six competitors reached the top with last seasons champion Maria Tolokonina of Russia finished the first. All six Chinese women players failed to qualify, and the highest-ranked Li Lan finished the 22nd.Nine Chinese started the mens dificulty qualification, all failed to reach the semifinals with the highest-ranked Zhang Dingfeng sitting on the 25th.The Chinese national team coach Li Guangxu said that Chinese players still had more to learn, given that the sport is a young one in China. "Hopefully we can make some breakthrough in the speed races later in this three-day World Cup," he said.Founded in 2002, the Ice Climbing World Cup is the highest level event of the sport, consisting of four events, namely the mens and womens speed races and difficult races. Chinas leg this year has attracted nearly 80 athletes from 16 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Canada, Russia and France.

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  Major part of China's Yellow River frozen solid

  The frozen Linhe section of the Yellow River in Bayan Nur City, north Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Jan. 3, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)HOHHOT, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Driven by cold temperatures, the frozen section of Chinas Yellow River in north Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has reached 559.9 km as of Jan. 3, according to local authorities.The flood control headquarters of the Yellow River announced the river entered its 2019-2020 frozen period at 10 a.m. on Dec. 6, 2019.The meteorological and hydrology departments in the region and local authorities along the river have taken precautions against ice-jam flooding and dam breaches, said Qiao Jianzhong with the water affairs bureau in Linhe District, Bayan Nur City.The 5,464-km-long Yellow River is the second-longest river in China and its section in Inner Mongolia accounts for one-sixth of the rivers total. The Yellow River rises in the northwestern province of Qinghai and runs through nine provinces and autonomous regions in western, central, northern and eastern China.

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  China's Spring Festival gala to dazzle viewers with new technologies

  (Photo: Xinhua)BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming annual Spring Festival gala will bring television audience new viewing experiences by using 5G, virtual reality and higher-definition display technologies, said the China Media Group (CMG) Tuesday.The gala will be broadcast live on the Chinese Lunar New Years eve, which falls on Jan. 24 this year.Viewers can also watch the panoramic performance via livestreaming on its flagship short-video mobile app, the media conglomerate said.Meanwhile, it will produce an 8K version of the gala with the support of 5G technology, the CMG said.