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Figures & data
Figure 1. Promoting the new Beijing (2008). Photo by Gladys Pak Lei Chong.
Figure 2. One World One Dream (2008). Photo by Gladys Pak Lei Chong.
Figure 3. Beijing: the first duo Olympics city (2022). Source: http://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2022/0123/c1012-32337641.html (accessed on 17 February 2022).
Figure 4. The 2022 Olympics would be the first in the Olympics history to use 100 percent green energy. Source: https://2022.cctv.com/2022/01/18/VIDENHYopjgqTumXVuoUmVrN220118.shtml?spm=C67245673465.P7DLnZmkcxGg.0.0 (accessed on 21 January 2022).
Figure 5. Wolfgang Schädler, the head coach for the Chinese Luge team, said “This is unquestionably the world’s most splendid luge track.” Source: https://sports.cctv.com/2022/01/16/VIDEX49CQgo3tOiPukZGDujc220116.shtml?spm=C73465.PPhwmWKcKcH2.EKT5Lpy95bel.4. (accessed on 21 January 2022).
Figure 6. “We need to perform much better than them,” said the doctor in China’s first Winter Sports medical team (2022). Source: https://tv.cctv.com/2022/01/16/VIDEd2ZVWcDqSRLQTLebRpR8220116.shtml?spm=C55924871139.PT8hUEEDkoTi.0.0 (accessed on 21 January 2022).
Figure 7. Destruction of old hutongs in 2008. Photo by Jeroen de Kloet.
Figure 8. Building a new Beijing on a hazy day (2008). Photo by Gladys Pak Lei Chong.
Figure 9. The construction of China’s first railway in pre-modern time. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upfuhOLqY4c&list=PLryvsQ9JUl__OC1x4srHQcw6NiPK3NOb1&index=6. (accessed on 16 February 2022).
Figure 10. China’s custom-made bullet train for the 2022 Olympics. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upfuhOLqY4c&list=PLryvsQ9JUl__OC1x4srHQcw6NiPK3NOb1&index=6. (accessed on 16 February 2022).
Figure 11. The 360-degree Chinese dragon-shaped National Sliding Centre (2022). Source: https://sports.cctv.com/2022/01/16/VIDEX49CQgo3tOiPukZGDujc220116.shtml?spm=C73465.PPhwmWKcKcH2.EKT5Lpy95bel.4. (accessed on 21 January 2022).
Figure 12. “Snow Ruyi,” the National Ski Jumping Centre (2022). Source: https://2022.cctv.com/2022/01/18/VIDENHYopjgqTumXVuoUmVrN220118.shtml?spm=C67245673465.P7DLnZmkcxGg.0.0 (accessed on 21 January 2022).
Figure 13. The Chinese ecological philosophy “the harmonious symbiosis between man and nature” repeatedly shown during the 2022 Winter Olympics. Source: https://sports.cctv.com/2022/01/16/VIDEX49CQgo3tOiPukZGDujc220116.shtml?spm=C73465.PPhwmWKcKcH2.EKT5Lpy95bel.4. (21 January 2022).
Figure 14. Using 95 percent of the original landscape without alteration (2022). Source: https://2022.cctv.com/2022/01/18/VIDENHYopjgqTumXVuoUmVrN220118.shtml?spm=C67245673465.P7DLnZmkcxGg.0.0 (accessed on 21 January 2022).
Figure 15. The use of gabion wall as decoration and structural support (2022). Source: https://sports.cctv.com/2022/01/16/VIDEX49CQgo3tOiPukZGDujc220116.shtml?spm=C73465.PPhwmWKcKcH2.EKT5Lpy95bel.4. (accessed on 21 January 2022).
Figure 16. “Smart Construction, Green Development” (2022). Source: https://tv.cctv.com/2022/01/15/VIDElAPBxLLAajSP7patk4Ql220115.shtml?spm=C55924871139.PT8hUEEDkoTi.0.0 (25 May 2022).
Figure 17. Carbon dioxide transcritical direct cooling ice-making, Created-in-China; while the white man is reduced to the role of operator (2022). Source: http://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2022/0123/c1012-32337641.html (accessed on 17 February 2022).
Figure 18. Zhang Yuting, born in the 1980s, was one of the architects of “Flying snow dragon” (2022). Source: https://sports.cctv.com/2022/01/16/VIDEX49CQgo3tOiPukZGDujc220116.shtml?spm=C73465.PPhwmWKcKcH2.EKT5Lpy95bel.4. (accessed on 21 January 2022).
