China Focus: Foreign tourists embrace ice and snow in northeast China

CHANGCHUN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Andrew Woods, a skier from New Zealand, enjoyed his time at the 23rd China Changchun Jingyuetan Vasaloppet International Ski Festival in Changchun, the capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, earlier this month.

"This is my first one in China," he said, discussing his experience of ski festivals. "I've done 20 others around the world. The conditions here are excellent -- perfe