Discussion keeps the world turning.
In southern China, where the weather is warmer, winter means a construction project.
And you'll find it inside a mall.
A mountain of steel and manufactured snow,
where pros train and the after-ski activities include a spicy hotpot.
That sounds yummy.
It's a perfect permanent cold in the middle of a tropical city.
But how does a region bring the hobbies of the cold north to the warm south?
We are live from our studios in Beijing.
This is Round Table.
I'm Steve.
Thank you very much.
for sharing your time with us today and for the show I'm with Fei-Fei and Ding-Hong.
First up...
Ever had that dream when you're walking through a tropical humid city and your flip flops and then you round a corner and stumble into a literal winter wonderland?
Well in southern China, that's not a dream at all.
It's just a Saturday afternoon at the mall.
I'm talking about a world where ski season never ends
because the mountains are made of steel and the snow is manufactured by giant machines that run 24-7.
It's a place where you can go from sweltering heat to subzero slopes in the time it takes to ride an escalator,