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Jia Zongyang of China in action during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games

Jia Zongyang of China in action during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games Source: AAP

The Chinese government has begun pouring billions of dollars into building a winter-sports culture from nothing, the government is spending large amounts of money on transforming rural towns outside Beijing into skiing hubs ahead of the Olympics.

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The Chinese government has begun pouring billions of dollars into building a winter-sports culture from nothing, the government is spending large amounts of money on transforming rural towns outside Beijing into skiing hubs ahead of the Olympics.

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