BUSINESS

Post-Pandemic, Can China’s Winter Olympic Town Thrive Again?

​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?

NEWS

Winter Olympics Close With a Bang and Other Trending News

Spectacular Winter Olympics closing ceremony, crackdown on fake Bing Dwen Dwens, kidnapped man turned into “blood slave,” farmer accidentally roasts ducks—it’s Viral Week

MODERN HISTORY

Vanished Mountain: Zhangjiakou’s First Ski Resort

Opened in 1997, the Saibei Resort in Chongli county introduced China’s first generation of ski enthusiasts to the sport

SPORTS

From Boycott to Host: China’s Road to the Winter Olympics

How China went from boycotting the Games in the 1950s to hosting it in 2022, and how its athletes trained to compete

STREET TALK

The Online Slang of the Beijing Winter Olympics

Learn some of the Winter Olympics slang popular with Chineses netizens

SPORTS

Alpine Ambitions

TWOC’s first cover story of 2020 explores China’s plan to get millions involved in winter sports—and the realities on the slopes

ARTS

Show of the Week: The King of Kanone

Reality TV on ice, the King of Kanone wants to capitalize on the Winter Olympics craze, but barely skates through

SPORTS

Cold Lessons

Beijing’s winter carnivals help the government to proselytize winter sports ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games

TRAVEL

Road to Winter

The Olympics put it on the map, but there’s more to see now in Zhangjiakou and its nearby northern charms