The city won the hosting rights for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.

这座城市在2015年的时候赢得了2022年亚运会的主办权。它将是继1990年的北京和2010年的广州之后，第三个举办亚运会的中国城市。

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The other was the successful hosting of the Beijing Olympic Games.

第二件事是北京奥运会成功举办。

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And in Beijing, she has become something of a celebrity, frequenting local radio and television programs, hosting high-profile events and attending the city's most posh parties.

在北京，Trepte已成为名流之一。她接受广播与电视的采访，主持高规格的晚宴，出入京城最奢华的聚会。

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But,since China is hosting the six party talks and since Beijing is one of Pyongyang's biggest international allies, Baek says North Korea may think more positively on returning to the talks.

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Similar to how 2008 Beijing Olympic Games put the Chinese capital in the international spotlight, Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo has given the city of 20 some million people and China a chance to showcase its emergence as a global economic power.

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The cost of hosting the Olympics was evidently considered a sound investment for Beijing, and will be for Rio de Janeiro, as an announcement of a new found confidence and global status.

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Former Salt Lake City Deputy Mayor Brian Hatch, a key player in securing that city's winning bid for the 2002 Winter Games, recalled showing some Beijing officials around that year to help them prep for their city's hosting role in 2008.

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