China

Jun 16, 2019

Plucky Pensioner Cliff-diving Daredevil

China Daily reports: Di Huanran …the 60-year-old daredevil is the resident waterfall diver at the northeast border city’s Jingpo Lake res...

Mar 29, 2017

China University says: ‘Students must Swim before they Graduate’

The BBC reports: Students applying to one of China’s most prestigious universities have been told they must learn to swim before they gra...

Feb 3, 2016

Can Winter Swimming Increase Stroke Risk?

Swimming in cold water—a popular Finnish winter pastime—increases the risk of strokes, according to a long-term study by Chinese scientis...

Aug 10, 2013

World Aquatics Championships 2011

World Aquatics Championships 2011 Competitors warm up ahead of the Synchronized Swimming Team Tech final, during the 14th FINA World Aqua...

Jul 18, 2013

Wild Swimming Picture of the Week: Wild Swimming in China

The Telegraph reports that thousands of people pack swimming pools and beaches in China to escape heatwave. Thousands of people pack swim...

Mar 21, 2013

Picture of the week: Wild Swimming in China’s Largest Urban Lake

Jan 24, 2013

Picture of the week: China—Frigid festivities from National Geographic

Photograph by Cancan Chu, Getty Images February 2013 China—Frigid festivities abound at the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Fest...

Oct 31, 2012

Hong Kong Parents Play ‘Swimming Roulette’

Only one in five of Hong Kong’s people can swim reports CNN. Alex Kwok, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Kowloon Lifeguards Union says:...

Aug 21, 2011

Chinese flock to the most packed swimming pool in the world

There’s strictly no diving and not a hope of doing any lengths, but the crowded conditions have not put off over a million people from he...

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