A year on from the Winter Olympic Games, has Zhangjiakou bounced back from the pandemic and lived up to its promise as China’s ski capital?
Yu Dian still remembers the thrill of seeing China’s snow sport stars Su Yiming and Gu Ailing (also known as Eileen Gu) competing at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province. “Zhangjiakou was a bustling, busy location crowded with Olympic stars,” 21-year-old Yu reminisces of her time working as a broadcast assistant for the Games in February last year.
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Shao Yefan is a contributing writer at The World of Chinese. She writes articles about economic and political changes in Chinese society, especially how these affect normal people’s lives. She is particularly interested in the impact of international events like the Olympic Games on Chinese society.
