Economic Watch: China's skiing fervor glides into southern shopping malls

NAMPA / Xinhua

2026-03-03

by Xinhua writers Yue Wenwan, Gong Liankang and Yao Yuan WUHAN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- A row of Nordic-style wooden cottages, roofs blanketed with artificial snow, and a 200-meter slope dotted with skiers: a bustling shopping mall in central China's Wuhan is the unlikely setting for this winter wonderland. Natural snow is a rare sight in the city, which is located in Hubei Province, but that does not douse the growing passion for skiing among......

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