Border ports in NE China see booming China-Russia trade

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Preparations going well for 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo: OCA

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Wei Jizhong (L), honorary life vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia, and Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, attend a press conference in Sapporo on Feb. 2, 2016. Wei said preparations are going well for the Winter Asian Games in Sapporo in February 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

OCA, JOC promote 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, north Japan

OCA, JOC promote 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, north Japan

Wei Jizhong (2nd from L), honorary life vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia, Tsunekazu Takeda (3rd from L) of the Japanese Olympic Committee and other officials pose on Feb. 8, 2015, during a campaign to promote the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido where the annual Sapporo Snow Festival is under way. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo