China wants to hold the 2018 winter Olympic games on Paektu and list it as a UNESCO world heritage site.

中国想在长白山上举办2018年冬季奥运会，而且也希望将其列入联合国教科文组织的世界遗产名录。

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The contracts follow a major initiative last summer during the London 2012 Olympic Games to try to win contracts for UK firms around the 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 football World Cup in Russia.

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"Scotland has a growing reputation for staging successful world-class events and securing the 2018 Youth Olympic Games would be a fantastic opportunity to build on the experience and skills developed through delivering an outstanding Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, " he said.

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Up to 3, 600 athletes, aged 15-18, are set to take part in 28 Olympic sports at the 12-day 2018 Games.

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