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Workers Stadium
The Workers' Stadium () is a football stadium in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. It opened in 2023 on the site of the Workers' Stadium, which was demolished in 2020. One of the largest football stadiums in China, the stadium is the home of Beijing Guoan, a club that plays in the Chinese Super League. History On January 4, 2020, Workers' Stadium was announced as a host venue for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. After finishing the 2019 season, Beijing Guoan moved its home stadium the Beijing Fengtai Stadium for three years while renovations ahead of the tournament took place. The engineering firm of the rebuild project is Beijing Construction Engineering Group. However, on May 14, 2022, AFC announced that China would not be able to host the tournament due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 31, 2022, the new Workers' Stadium hosted its first event, as the New Year's Eve party called "Embrace a New Journey – 2023 BRTV New Year's Eve" took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaoyang, Beijing
Chaoyang District () is an urban list of administrative divisions of Beijing, district of Beijing. It borders the districts of Shunyi, Beijing, Shunyi to the northeast, Tongzhou, Beijing, Tongzhou to the east and southeast, Daxing, Beijing, Daxing to the south, Fengtai, Beijing, Fengtai to the southwest, Dongcheng, Beijing, Dongcheng, Xicheng, Beijing, Xicheng, and Haidian, Beijing, Haidian to the west, and Changping, Beijing, Changping to the northwest. Chaoyang is home to the majority of Beijing's many foreign embassies, the well-known Sanlitun bar street, as well as Beijing's growing Beijing central business district, central business district. The Olympic Green, built for the 2008 Summer Olympics, is also in Chaoyang. Chaoyang extends west to Chaoyangmen on the eastern 2nd Ring Road, and nearly as far east as the Ximazhuang toll station on the Jingtong Expressway. Within the urban area of Beijing, it occupies , making it the central city's largest district, with Haidian seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina National Football Team
The Argentina national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' (), represents Argentina in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (), the governing body of football in Argentina. It has been a member of FIFA since 1912 and a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916. It was also a member of Panamerican Championship#Panamerican Football Confederation, PFC, the unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961. They are the reigning world champions, having won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, most recent FIFA World Cup in 2022, earning their third star shown by the team's crest. Overall, Argentina has appeared in a List of FIFA World Cup finals, FIFA World Cup final six times, a record equaled by Italy national football team, Italy and surpassed only by Brazil national football team, Brazil and Germany national football team, Germany, they also appeared in the Football at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Chinese Architecture
Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present. In the social sciences, contemporary history is also continuous with, and related to, the rise of postmodernity. Contemporary history is politically dominated by the Cold War (1947–1991) between the Western Bloc, led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc, led by the Soviet Union. The confrontation spurred fears of a nuclear war. An all-out "hot" war was avoided, but both sides intervened in the internal politics of smaller nations in their bid for global influence and via proxy wars. The Cold War ultimately ended with the Revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The latter stages and aftermath of the Cold War enabled the democratization of much of Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Decolonization was another important trend in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa as new states ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tifo
''Tifo'' () is the phenomenon whereby ''tifosi'' of a sports team make a visual display of any choreographed flag, sign or banner in the stands of a stadium, mostly as part of an association football match. ''Tifo'' are most commonly seen in important matches, local derby, local derbies, and major football rivalries, rivalries, and although the tradition originated at club teams, some national teams also have fans that organise ''tifo'' on a regular basis. ''Tifo'' is primarily arranged by ultras or a supporter club to show their love to the club, but are sometimes sponsored or arranged by the club itself. ''Tifosi'' () is a fandom, group of supporters of a sports team, especially those that make up a ''tifo''. History The ''tifos'' culture, like the origin of its name, has its roots in Italy and Southern Europe, and has a strong presence in Eastern Europe. It has much in common with the ultras culture and appeared at the same time, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ''Tif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan Football Club (), known in AFC competitions as Beijing FC, is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in . Beijing Guoan plays its home matches at the Workers' Stadium, located within Chaoyang District. In early 2021, the shareholders changed from the real estate company Sinobo Group (64%) and CITIC Limited (36%) of CITIC Group to form Sinobo Group (100%). Beijing Guoan is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since the Chinese Super League's foundation in 2004. The club's predecessor was called Beijing Football Club and they predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. On 29 December 1992, the club was recognized to become a completely professional football club, making them one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-tier league in China. Since then, they have gone on to win their first ever professional league title in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Municipal Commission Of Transport
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, business and economics, education, research, language, tourism, media, sport, science and technology, transportation, and art. It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 3 (Beijing Subway)
Line 3 of the Beijing Subway () is a rapid transit line in Beijing, China. It opened on December 15, 2024. It is colored rose red in system maps. Description ;Phase 1 Phase 1 of Line 3 is with 10 stations. It is fully underground. Due to unstable planning east of Dongbabei station, line 3 will only open between Dongsi Shitiao and Dongbabei. It opened on December 15, 2024. ;Phase 1 East extension Phase 1 East extension from Dongbabei to Caogezhuangbei have been approved by NDRC in 2015. The extension will be 6.4 km in length with 5 stations. It will be fully underground. Stations , , , 0.000 , 0.000 , Dongcheng , - , , , , 1.269 , 1.269 , rowspan=9, Chaoyang , - , , , , , 0.934 , 2.203 , - , , , , , 1.757 , 3.960 , - , , , , , 1.669 , 5.629 , - , , , {{nowrap, {{rint, cn, rail, link=Beijing Chaoyang railway station IFP , {{small, 413 418区 911 夜13 专194 专195 , 1.218 , 6.847 , - , {{stl, BJS, Yaojiayuan , {{large, {{lang, zh-cn, 姚家园 , , {{sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 17 (Beijing Subway)
Line 17 of the Beijing Subway () is a rapid transit line that is partially in operation in Beijing. The line is fully underground and has a total length of . It is scheduled to open in parts between 2021 and 2025. The line is operated by MTR Corporation#Beijing, Beijing MTR Corporation Limited. Line 17's color is turquoise. The south section of Line 17 opened on 31 December 2021. The north section of Line 17 opened on 30 December 2023 (except ), while the middle section of Line 17 is expected to open in 2025. Description Line 17 is planned to run from the Future Science Park North station in Changping District to Jiahuihu station in Tongzhou District, Beijing, Tongzhou District. The line will be fully underground and have a total length of . The expected end-to-end travel time is approximately 56 minutes. Once complete, the line will help alleviate congestion on Line 5 (Beijing Subway), Line 5, Line 10 (Beijing Subway), Line 10 and Line 13 (Beijing Subway), Line 13. Rolling sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Stadium Station
Workers' Stadium station () is an interchange station between Lines 3 and 17 of Beijing Subway. The Line 17 platform opened on December 30, 2023 alongside the opening of Line 17's northern section, and the Line 3 platform opened on December 15, 2024. The Line 17 platform serves as the southern terminus of the northern section of the line until the middle section of Line 17 opens, which runs from the station to station, in 2025. History The construction of the station started in November 2018. The station is an interchange station between Line 3 and Line 17. The Line 3 portion and the Line 17 portion were constructed at the same time. The structure of the station was completed in March 2023, and Line 17 service between this station and Future Science City North commenced on December 30, 2023. Line 3 began serving this station on December 15, 2024. The Line 17 section between this station and Shilihe is scheduled to open in 2025. Station layout Both the Line 3 and Line 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Direct-controlled municipality, Municipality that consists of 29 lines including 24 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and two light rail, light rail tram lines, and List of Beijing Subway stations, 523 stations. The rail network extends across List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 12 urban and suburban districts of Beijing and into Guangyang District, one district of Langfang in neighboring Hebei province. In December 2023, Beijing Subway became the List of metro systems, world's longest metro system by route length, surpassing the Shanghai Metro. With 3.8484 billion trips delivered in 2018 (10.544 million trips per day) and single-day ridership record of 13.7538 million set on July 12, 2019, the Beijing Subway was the Metro systems by annual passenger rides, world's busiest metro system in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Beijing Subway ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanlitun
Sanlitun () is an area of the Chaoyang District, Beijing containing many bars, restaurants, and stores. It is a popular destination for shopping, dining, and entertainment. The area has been under almost constant regeneration since the late 20th century as part of a citywide project of economic regrowth. It currently houses many bars and clubs popular with both locals and foreigners as well as international brand-name stores such as Uniqlo, Apple, Nike, Adidas, KFC and Nathan's Famous. It is notable for housing the largest Adidas store in the world. History Prior to 1949, the Beijing Legation Quarter was the center of diplomatic activity in the capital. After the foundation of the People's Republic of China, the government wanted to move the diplomatic district outside the inner city. Sanlitun was chosen as the area where foreign legations and embassies were to be reallocated in the late 1950s. The area was called Sanlitun to designate its location from Dongzhimen gate (), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers Indoor Arena
The Workers' Gymnasium (official name) is an indoor arena located west of the Workers' Stadium in Beijing, China. It was inaugurated in 1961 for the 26th World Table Tennis Championships. It hosted the Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, boxing events at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the Judo events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. It is one of 11 Beijing-based venues to be renovated and upgraded for the Olympics. The arena has a seating capacity of 13,000. Notable events * 21 and 22 October 1981: Jean-Michel Jarre, first Western musician to perform in China. * 10 April 1985: Wham!, the first Western band to perform in China. * 19 February 1995: Roxette – Crash! Boom! Bang! Tour * 4 December 1998: Ricky Martin – Vuelve World Tour * 1 February 2000: 2000 H.O.T. Live Concert in Beijing * 31 March 2004: Deep Purple * 7 March 2005: Norah Jones – Norah Jones & The Handsome Band Tour * 1 November 2008: Kanye West – Glow in the Dark Tour * 1 December 2008: Kylie Minogue – Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
