Across China: Winter Olympics heat up ice-snow tourism in north China town


  • World
  • Sunday, 11 Oct 2020

SHIJIAZHUANG, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The residents of Chongli, a previously impoverished district in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, once saw snowy days with annoyance until a stroke of serendipity came about.

"Thick snow on the ground made it difficult to push open the door of the house, let alone the biting cold," said Qian Xuesen, 58, a local resident.

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