Mahjong, Poker Venues Targeted Amid New Cases
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CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | 3 TOP NEWS Drawing Mahjong, poker wisdom A teacher performs the Kaibi ceremony for a child at a teaching institution in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Tuesday. A series venues targeted of rituals were performed at the traditional cultural ceremony, including drawing red dots on children’s foreheads to open their “wisdom eye” (a ritual to amid new cases encourage children to study hard), beating drums to awaken Official says 40 patients in Jiangsu’s children’s minds and performing calligraphy. Yangzhou found to have visited sites TAN YUNFENG / FOR CHINA DAILY By CANG WEI in Nanjing Yangzhou and has had severe ram- [email protected] ifications, according to police. Yangzhou, in the interest of To contain the spread of COVID- timely epidemic intervention, has 19, Jiangsu province has suspend- offered a reward of up to 10,000 ed 45,371 mahjong and poker yuan ($1,550) for information that lounges, the province’s Informa- leads to locating people who tion Office said on Tuesday. played mahjong in three lounges Zhou Minghao, deputy director where people who have confirmed of the provincial health commis- COVID-19 cases had registered. sion, said at a news conference on Anyone reporting a person Tuesday that about 64 percent of playing mahjong in the three the 94 locally transmitted cases lounges will be rewarded 5,000 reported in Yangzhou involved yuan, while an additional 5,000 mahjong enthusiasts, and the rest yuan will be given if the person were their close contacts. who is reported is confirmed to be Chinese delegation first to win Games: On Tuesday, Yangzhou, a popu- infected with the virus. lar tourist city, saw 40 new locally Jiang Yan, a teacher from one of transmitted COVID-19 cases, Yangzhou’s top elementary schools, over 30 golds at Tokyo Olympics Refugee mostly involving elderly mahjong said she was not too optimistic enthusiasts. about the city’s prevention work. By WANG XU in Tokyo later than other people, so I think Wang Zongyuan, with whom he team drives “Most of them are senior people “I don’t think that the virus can and SUN XIAOCHEN in Beijing this is a good result for me. Even had earlier partnered to win the age 60 and above,” Zhou said. be contained soon,” she said. “I though this competition is very tir- men’s 3m synchronized diving He said that all those confirmed know that many of the senior peo- China became the first country ing, I’m very happy with this result.” event. motivation to be infected in Yangzhou have ple in Yangzhou don’t take pre- to win more than 30 gold medals at Tang took the early lead with The 25-year-old burst into tears been sent to Nanjing, the provincial ventive measures seriously. Some the Tokyo 2020 Games, as victories 14.233 points for her routine. Biles after his win. From page 1 capital, for treatment, including the of them don’t wear masks, nor do came at the gymnastics venue and moved into second after a clean “It’s really not been easy all these “patient zero” who transmitted the they possess a smartphone that diving pool on Tuesday. and confident routine gained her years,” Xie said. “I feel like all the The refugee team was created by virus from Nanjing to Yangzhou. can allow telecommunications Team China leads the medal 14.000. The American star, who stress and burdens I was carrying the International Olympic Commit- That patient, a 64-year-old companies to trace them. table with 32 golds, 21 silvers and won a team silver medal last were relieved in that moment (of tee to allow athletes to keep compet- woman surnamed Mao, is suspect- “Some even refuse to admit that 16 bronzes, ahead of the United week, has been in the spotlight victory).” ing even if they have been forced to ed of impeding the prevention of they’ve been to mahjong lounges, States with 24 gold, 28 silver and after withdrawing from several On the track, Wang Chunyu leave their home countries. infectious diseases and is under because they are afraid that their 21 bronze medals. individual events, citing mental made history by finishing fifth with The team, also known by its IOC investigation. children might blame them for At the Ariake Gymnastics Cen- health challenges. a personal best of 1 minute 57 sec- code EOR, the abbreviation for the Mao arrived in Yangzhou on going to risky places and bringing tre, Guan Chenchen grabbed her Despite the pressure, Guan onds in the women’s 800m final. It French name Equipe Olympique July 21 from Nanjing, which had the virus home,” Jiang said. first Olympic medal — a gold — in executed her routines to near was the first appearance of a Chi- des Refugies, made its debut at the already banned people in COVID- Zhou, the health official, said that the women’s balance beam final. perfection, earning 14.633 points nese woman in a final of the event 2016 Rio Olympics, when 10 athletes 19 risk areas from leaving the city. experts have been sent to Yangzhou, Guan’s teammate Tang Xijing to claim the gold. at the Olympics. competed in the categories of athlet- Without reporting to the commu- Huai’an and Suqian to help with the won silver, while star US gymnast Minutes earlier, Zou Jingyuan Chinese hammer thrower Wang ics, judo and swimming. nity where she lived in Yangzhou, prevention and control work. Simone Biles took the bronze. collected China’s first gold on Tues- Zheng won silver with a throw of This year in Tokyo, the team has Mao frequented many local restau- Health workers across the province At the age of 16, Guan became day at the gymnastics arena when 77.03m in the final, 1.45m behind grown to 29 athletes competing in rants, stores, walk-in clinics, farm will be sent to Yangzhou to help one of the youngest winners of the he won the men’s parallel bars. gold medalist Anita Wlodarczyk 12 sports. product markets and mahjong conduct nucleic acid tests. event after Shawn Johnson from “Although I won a gold medal of Poland. Although Mahmoud did not lounges in the following six days. On Monday, Jiangsu reported 45 the US, who won the balance beam this time, there’s no way I could Sprinter Xie Zhenye, the current make a breakthrough against Indo- She visited a hospital due to cough locally transmitted cases. The at age 16 at the Beijing 2008 Games. have done this on my own. It really Asian record holder in the men’s nesia’s Jonatan Christie, the world’s and fever on July 27 and was con- province has reported 220 locally “I never expected that I would was a worldwide effort to hold the 200m, failed to reach the final seventh-best men’s singles player, he firmed the next day as having Yang- transmitted cases since July 20. get a medal. My coach said, ‘This is Olympics, and so I would like to with a time of 20.45 seconds. Xie is nonetheless proud of his achieve- zhou’s first locally transmitted case of Local authorities reported six cas- your first time in the Olympics and thank everybody who made a con- made history by becoming the first ment. In addition to realizing his COVID-19. However, she still refused es on Monday in Hunan province, no one knows you, so just go ahead tribution toward that,” Zou said. Chinese runner to reach the men’s dream of becoming a world-class to share her travel history when three in Hubei province, two each in and do your best’,” Guan said after In the diving pool, Xie Siyi took 200m semifinals at an Olympics. badminton player, he also had police launched an investigation. Henan and Yunnan provinces, and her victory. his second gold in Tokyo, winning scored 14 points to Christie’s 21 in Mao’s neglect of regulations one each in Beijing, Shanghai and Despite her young age, Guan said: the men’s 3-meter springboard. Contact the writers at their second match at Tokyo’s Mus- resulted in COVID-19 spreading Fujian province, the National Health “I actually started gymnastics much He finished ahead of teammate [email protected] ashino Forest Sport Plaza on July 24. widely in downtown areas of Commission said on Tuesday. “I represent me, I represent my family, I represent my sister,” Mah- moud was quoted by Olympics.com Sport jumps from streets to podium as saying after his match, adding: Stricter virus control rules “I’m playing not only for my country, but for refugees all around the By LI WENFANG in Guangzhou world. We can achieve something — required for aviation sector [email protected] and there are a lot of people who need that motivation to achieve the Once edgy and at the margins of I believe that with unexpected.” By LUO WANGSHU youth culture, skateboarders have Like Mahmoud, who had only [email protected] 3,700 entered the mainstream of sports a better atmosphere limited training, EOR athletes have Number of international cargo and today are Olympic athletes. ... the development not yet clinched a medal at the Airports and airline companies flights that China handles Now in his 40s, Tian Jun has wit- Tokyo Olympics. Nevertheless, their in China will soon be required to every week nessed the growth of the sport in of skateboarding in dedication and determination to carry out stricter epidemic pre- China in recent decades.