Winter sports begin Chinese 'spring'

Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, an increasing number of Chinese are partaking in the joys of ice and snow

For 76-year-old Zhang Baohua, skiing has been a daily routine during the snowy season in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for six years.

For Zhang, who lives in Changji, it's a 90-minute drive from home to the Xinjiang Silk Road ski resort, where he has become something of an icon, known well to all of the resort staff and to his fellow skiers.