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Beijing on Friday narrowly won an IOC vote for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games that secured its place in sporting history. The result of the first vote was not disclosed.

Kazakhstan, a former Soviet state, pitched itself as a model for future hosts, embracing all the new reforms with a low-cost bid in a city which already has most of the facilities in place after hosting the 2011 Asian Winter Games. And just like before and after the city was...

Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun called China’s winter, “spectacular”.

Bach congratulated Beijing on winning the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, and expressed his confidence on a successful delivery of the Games.

This reminds me of the time when I sat in front of TV and saw Beijing was announced to be the city to host 2008 Olympic Games.