Tong is still on the cutting edge

China's icon of the ice now focusing his energy on building a business empire, writes Xinhua's Xu Zheng.

Chinese figure skating icon Tong Jian has blossomed into a successful businessman with the same ease and grace he demonstrated when gliding across the ice in his heyday.

And the man who married Pang Qing, with whom he won Olympic pairs silver (2010) and two world titles, is still an old romantic.