(SP)CHINA-GUIZHOU-TAIJIANG-VILLAGE BASKETBALL COMPETITION-LIFESTYLE(CN)

(SP)CHINA-GUIZHOU-TAIJIANG-VILLAGE BASKETBALL COMPETITION-LIFESTYLE(CN)

(230620) -- TAIJIANG, June 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gong Luming (3rd R), vice president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), watch the game at the China's Village Basketball Competition in Taipan Village, Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 20, 2023. China's Village Basketball Competition was launched with a match between Team Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and Team Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Taipan Village on Tuesday. The organizers stated that the competition aims to encourage villagers from across the country to form basketball teams representing their townships or villages. The finals are scheduled to take place in Taijiang this coming October. Basketball has a long-standing tradition in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, where Taipan Village is located. Initially, basketball games were part of the celebrations of the Miao ethnic harvest festival during the sixth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

(BEIJING 2022) CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(BEIJING 2022) CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(220202) -- BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Wang Luming runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Winter Olympic Park in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

(BEIJING 2022) CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(BEIJING 2022) CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(220202) -- BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearers Wang Luming (R) and Yang Le attend the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at the Winter Olympic Park in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)