24-Year-Old Chinese Swimmer Clinches Four Gold Medals at FINA World Championships, Sets Historic Record
Newsletter July 31, 2023
Hello from Shanghai, China. Here’s our pick for today’s news：
- 24-Year-Old Chinese Swimmer Clinches Four Gold Medals at FINA World Championships, Sets Historic Record
- Beijing Issued Red Alert as Typhoon Swept Across the City.
- A Restaurant in Fujian Went Viral as it Fight Against Floods.
1. 24-Year-Old Chinese Swimmer Clinches Four Gold Medals at FINA World Championships, Sets Historic Record
On July 28, at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang made history by breaking the men’s 200m breaststroke world record and winning the gold with a remarkable time of 2 minutes and 5.48 seconds. He becomes the first athlete ever to sweep all the gold medals in the men’s 50m, 100m, and 200m breaststroke events at a single edition of the World Championships.
As the 2023 Fukuoka FINA World Championships came to a close, Team China emerged as the dominant force with an impressive haul of 20 gold, 8 silver, and 12 bronze medals, topping the gold medal tally. The swimming team’s remarkable performance marks a historic milestone for the Chinese swimming team at the World Championships, surpassing their previous best result achieved back in 1994 in Rome.
2. Beijing Issued Red Alert as Typhoon Swept Across the City
At 6 a.m., July 31st, the Central Meteorological Observatory issued a rainstorm Red Alert as the Typhoon “Doksuri” moved northwards, resulting widespread heavy rainfall in several northern regions in China.
Due to the impact of the extreme weather and torrential rains, numerous tourist attractions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, including the Forbidden City, the Tiananmen Square and Universal Studios, have been closed. The Beijing municipal government has urged citizens to stay indoors unless necessary and encouraged working from home. Meteorological experts have stated that this round of heavy rainfall is extensive, with significant accumulations and extreme intensity, affecting around 130 million people. As of this moment, there are two people dead due to the ongoing rainfall.
3. A Restaurant in Fujian Went Viral as it Fights Against Floods
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Recently, a popular restaurant in Fujian named “筷子豪情”, (Kuaizi Haoqing, literally translated to chopsticks passion) caught public attention as it miraculously protected itself from the Typhoon. As Typhoon Doksuri bringing deadly heavy rainfall to China, people in the affected regions quickly organized to fight this disaster. It is one of the strongest storms to hit China in years, with winds equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane when it hit China’s coast province, Fujian. The said restaurant is located on the most flood-prone road, Wusi Road, and even worse, it is underground. However, as you can see in the video, the restaurant is well-protected when the adjacent roads have become literally rivers. Seeing the pictures and videos of this restaurant fighting the floods, netizens in China commented on the internet that it made them gain more confidence in fighting typhoons.
