The Beijing Winter Olympic Games were held from February 4 to 20, 2022 in three competition areas — downtown Beijing, its northwest Yanqing and Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province. High-tech things are everywhere, from the AI robots in the Olympic village, the referee system camera (裁判系统摄像机) to the building of the 12, 000-square-meter ground of Ice Ribbon (冰丝带) . The Ice Ribbon was also called the "fastest ice" by the players to help them achieve their best performances. |
Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guanglu were out of the return capsule (返回舱) of the Shenzhou-13 spaceship at the Dongfeng landing site in North China's Inner Mongolia on Saturday morning, April 16, 2022. The three astronauts were all in good physical condition. They completed six-month space tasks, including two spacewalks and two science lectures. During their time in space, they made many achievements for China's space program. |
Chinese researchers reached the top of Qomolangma on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. They set up the world's highest weather station at a height of 8, 800 meters to study the effects of climate (气候) changes on the environment of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (青藏高原) . The station allowed Chinese scientists to directly collect information for the first time from the top of the world's highest mountain, which is 8, 848. 86 meters high. |