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Asian Winter Games: 34 nations’ athletes arrive in China, as Harbin hits -24 degrees Celsius
China will welcome a mix of world-class athletes and relative novices from desert and tropical nations when the Asian Winter Games officially open in the city of Harbin on Friday. It is the ninth edition of the event, stretching back to 1986, but the first …