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We've received many Chinese customers during the weekend. Normally most customers are local residents."

Steve Hollings, landlord of The Plough at Cadsden, the British pub that President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister David Cameron visited in Buckinghamshire on Oct 22. The pub has become an overnight tourist attraction.

"There are many more children, most from well-off families, embracing ice hockey as an affordable hobby, with more accessible facilities in Beijing and more exposure of the sport."

Liu Ge, vice-president and secretary-general of the Beijing Hockey Association, on the momentum generated by Beijing's successful bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

(China Daily European Weekly 10/30/2015 page3)