{"id":6572,"date":"2006-03-16T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/16\/powder-to-the-people-hannah-beech\/"},"modified":"2006-03-16T09:52:02","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T16:52:02","slug":"powder-to-the-people-hannah-beech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/powder-to-the-people-hannah-beech\/","title":{"rendered":"Powder to the People &#8211; Hannah Beech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom Time Asia (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/asia\/magazine\/article\/0,13673,501060320-1172781,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>):\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/china_ski.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china_ski.jpg','popup','width=300,height=199,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/china_ski-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"150\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"China Ski\" \/><\/a>The first sign that Lotus Mountain is not Aspen comes from the man skiing down the hill in a pin-striped business suit. Other skiers are dressed in more sporty Gore-Tex outfits, but many share the snow-dusted rear of the man dressed for a day at the office. After all, most of the visitors to this newly built ski resort in China&#8217;s northeast only began strapping on ski boots in the last couple of years. Few know how to negotiate a gentle slope without a few spills&#8221;or realize that the dried squid and sauteed pig kidney on the mountain-lodge menu are not usual ski-resort fare. &#8220;Now that Chinese have more money, they are looking for new forms of entertainment,&#8221; says Yu Huiyang, the vice manager of Lotus Mountain, which opened last year near the northeastern city of Changchun and now draws 1,000 people a day on weekends. &#8220;Skiing is seen as a trendy and elegant activity, and many Chinese like to try it so they can gain status in their social circle.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOn skiing in Ancient China, see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/silkworms.chinesetriad.org\/?p=283\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese Skiers and the Western Media Filter<\/a>&#8221; from Musing Under the Tenement Palm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Time Asia (link): The first sign that Lotus Mountain is not Aspen comes from the man skiing down the hill in a pin-striped business suit. 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