Japan's "Japan-China Business Daily": Overseas Chinese in Japan wish the Beijing Winter Olympics

Photo by Japan's Japan-China Business Daily

China News Network, February 4, Japan's "Japan-China Business Daily" reported that the first snow in Tokyo in 2022 came earlier than in previous years, and the overseas Chinese living in Japan were equally excited and looked forward to the early arrival of the 24th Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Since Beijing successfully bid for the Winter Olympics 6 years ago, the ancient land of China has set off a boom in winter sports, and the ice and snow venues built around the world are more modern than one, one more modern than the other, and participating in ice and snow sports has become a fashion for young people nowadays. According to the "Statistical Survey Report on "Driving 300 Million People to Participate in Ice and Snow Sports" commissioned by the National Bureau of Statistics entrusted by the State Administration of Sport of China, in the middle of 2021, the number of urban residents participating in ice and snow sports nationwide was 346 million, and the participation rate of ice and snow sports was 24.56%.

Chinese from the initial unfamiliar fear of ice and snow sports to today's enthusiastic embrace, active participation, reflecting the spirit of the times after the Chinese of life is rich. As the only city in the world that has hosted both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games, Beijing will certainly show a unique charm, make the Winter Olympics shine with brilliant brilliance, and join hands with the world to "go to the future together" and go to the ice and snow feast together.

Pure ice and snow, passionate dating.

The wind of the Winter Olympics inevitably also blew among the Chinese in Japan. Every weekend holiday, it has become a habit of life in the Chinese community to go skiing with three or five friends. As the Beijing Winter Olympics get closer and closer, the snow fields around Tokyo are almost unattainable, and many Chinese people do not hesitate to run to Niigata, hokkaido to fulfill their long-cherished wishes. Overseas Chinese are no less enthusiastic about the Beijing Winter Olympics than the people of the motherland, and they use their own practical actions to ignite the passion for the Olympic Games, pass on the Chinese voice, tell the Chinese story well, and send good wishes to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Wang Xianen, president of the General Association of Chinese Students Studying in Japan, said: "On the occasion of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, I am very happy, very excited and full of emotions like all the overseas Chinese students in Japan. Wang Zhengting, who stayed in Japan in 1905, was known as the pioneer of the Chinese Olympic Games, and with the efforts of him and Zhang Boling and others, in 1932, Liu Changchun participated in the Los Angeles Olympic Games for the first time as a Chinese, and the delegation fell into the dilemma of having no money to return to China, and finally relied on the help of overseas Chinese to embark on the return journey. With the passage of time, Beijing will not only successfully host the Summer Olympic Games, but also unveil the magnificent prelude to the Winter Olympic Games, which will undoubtedly inject new vitality into the Chinese nation and bring new hope to the people of the world. I wish the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success, and I wish the athletes of all countries good results! ”

Ms. Wang Hailan, president of the Japan Chinese Writers Association, said: "At the end of the year, I had the honor of getting a promotional poster of the ice pier and snow melting at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics from the Japan-China Business Daily, and I liked it very much. Two mascots, one is the image of the national treasure panda, the other is the lantern shape, the two can be described as the perfect combination of China's natural heritage and traditional culture, so the Beijing Winter Olympics will show the charm of athletes from all over the world, but also show the world the profound cultural soft power of the motherland. In the context of the global response to the new crown epidemic, more than 100 of us in the Japanese Chinese Writers Association will gather together to strive for upward mobility, hoping to carry forward the theme spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Together to the Future", just like the futuristic ice piers and the snow that symbolizes warmth, light and harvest, we must also give full play to the role of literature between China and Japan, and strive to use our writing to tell Chinese stories well and create a better future for overseas Chinese literature! Finally, I sincerely wish the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success! ”

Choi Hirobumi, president of Ashino Co., Ltd., who often organizes skiing trips to Nagano, Gunma and other places, said: "I hope that every Chinese can participate in ice and snow sports, feel the charm and joy of ice and snow sports, and practice the Olympic purpose of peace, friendship and progress with actions." ”

On behalf of all members, Ikeda Chengjiang, chairman of the China Returnees Japan-China Friendship Association, wished: "Every athlete can surpass himself on the white ice and snow, and achieve higher, faster and farther." It is expected that Beijing, as the city that hosted the Summer and Winter Olympic Games for the first time, can fully display its style and let the world see China. Under the guidance of the Olympic spirit, this memorial to peace can be carried out smoothly and bear fruitful fruits. ”

Song Qihai, president of the Japan Liaoning Hometown Association, sighed: "When I was a child, I liked to skate on the frozen lake with my friends in winter, and play snowball fights on snowy days, and now I look back on it and I am still happy." Unfortunately, at that time, I did not know what the Winter Olympics were, and now that the Winter Olympics are held in China, I feel extremely proud and proud, and I wish the athletes of the motherland to play out their style and level. ”

Zhao Changbo, president of the Japan Heilongjiang Hometown Association, said affectionately: "The long-awaited Winter Olympics are about to open, and Beijing is about to become the first "city of double Olympics". Over the past hundred years, under the leadership of the party Chinese people have finally entered the era of independence and self-reliance after arduous struggle. Following the 2008 Olympic Games, today China once again hosted the World's Attention Winter Olympics, showing China's style and Strength to the world! As a member of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese, we will remember and carry forward the spirit of the Chinese nation, even if we are in a foreign country, we will unite Chinese knots and gather Chinese hearts, and sincerely bless the Chinese athletes who will fight in the Winter Olympics in the distance to promote the national prestige, work hard, and show their glory again! (End)