# winter sports
Latest news and articles about winter sports
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From Wedding Rules to Winter Sports: How Beijing’s Year‑start Directives, Consumer Frenzy and Platform Policing Are Shaping China’s Early‑2026 Economy
Beijing’s latest No.1 document renewed efforts to rein in excessive rural bride prices and for the first time called for cross‑provincial coordination, even as state media celebrated mass participation in winter sports and officials moved to revive cross‑strait tourism. Markets were volatile: gold jewellery prices surged, bitcoin hit a 15‑month low amid AI‑related software fears, and regulators forced WeChat to block widely shared promotional links that were disrupting user experience.
Busy Slopes, Thin Margins: How China’s Ski Industry Is Being Forced to Reinvent Itself
China’s ski industry is booming in visitor numbers but struggling to turn foot traffic into sustainable profits. High fixed costs, short natural seasons, competition from indoor facilities and the collapse of property-financed models are forcing resorts to adopt four-season operations, flexible staffing and deeper service integration to survive.