BEIJING – In the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, which has sweltering temperatures for much of the year, children are ditching their flip-flops for skis and hitting the indoor slopes.
Out west, high up on the Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai province has become an unlikely center for curling, the traditional Scottish sport known as “ice kettle” in Chinese.
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