Sports Focus: From playgrounds to podiums: How China is building a sporting powerhouse

From grassroots football leagues and booming running communities to Olympic success and a rapidly expanding sports economy, China is integrating sports into everyday life as part of its drive to become a sporting powerhouse by 2035. by sportswriter He Leijing BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- On a humid summer evening in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, dozens of young office workers race