ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 4月23日 23時36分

Ski students passed by a hotel that’s under construction for the 2022 Winter Olympics outside Beijing. President Xi Jinping decreed that China would have 300 million winter sports enthusiasts by the time it hosts the Olympics. Since then, ski tour companies have begun opening their doors in the #Xinjiang region, found between Mongolia and Kazakhstan. This winter, the first heli-skiing and snowmobile-access tours began heading deep into the heart of the Altai Mountains there. Chinese archaeologists claim that a cave painting found there dates back more than 10,000 years. A plaque that explains the history is etched in both Chinese and Kazakh, with parts of the latter scratched out. While scholars and historians debate whether skiing was born in China, a deeper battle over its origins is already being waged. Ethnic minorities like the Kazakhs are afraid to have their way of life choked off by encroaching modernity — and China’s ethnic Han Chinese majority, which dominates a government that’s had no qualms shaping Chinese culture in its own image. China’s next steps will ultimately determine the survival of ancient ways that could have birthed a modern sport. Visit the link in our profile to see more photos by Garrett Grove. #?

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