China Radio International reporter Bi Wei is turning quite a few Indian heads wherever she goes
China Radio International reporter Bi Wei is turning quite a few Indian heads wherever she goes. In a land where locals struggle to speak English, which is regarded as a universal language, this Chinese national speaks fluent Hindi.
Wei has studied India's national language at the Beijing University and goes about her job here and even interacts with Indians in Hindi. India's ace marksman Gagan Narang too was taken aback when she approached him for a sound byte after he shot silver in the 10m Air Rifle event on Sunday.
However, her questions too are just like the ones India's Hindi-speaking journalists ask.
"Bharat ke liye silver medal jeet kar aapko kaisa lag raha hai?" she asked Narang, who paused for a moment, stunned by the dialect, before firing back: "Bahut accha lag raha hai."
1000 gold medals in 36 years!
China's dominance in Asian sport touched new heights yesterday when swimmer Zhu Qianwei clinched gold in the 200m freestyle event at the Asian Games here. Qianwei entered the history books by claiming what was China's 1000th gold medal in the quadrennial event - a feat no other nation has achieved. And all this within a short span of just 36 years given that China competed in an Asiad for the first time in Tehran in 1974.
Guns and roses
Afghanistan's Sayed Javed Athar may be living by the gun back home, but is keen to ensure his countrymen don't use it for violence. The war-torn nation's only professional shooter here finished 50th and last in the 10m Air Pistol event, but had a golden message for the world nevertheless. "My purpose is to show to the world that we are here and that we don't want war anymore. We want to show the world that we can use guns in a different way," he said.
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