Khalid Khamis (right), an Omani soccer player, tackles the ball from a Lebanese footballer in the quarter finals of the First Asia Beach Soccer Tournament at the Ordos Sports Center, on Aug 23. [Photo by Deng Hua/Xinhua]
A bullet train departed Hohhot East Railway Station for Ulanqab marking the start of high-speed rail services using Inner Mongolia’s first newly-laid high-speed railway on Aug 3.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the autonomous region, during which various celebrations are planned to showcase its prosperity and ethnic diversity.