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Entertainment seems to mean beer for most people, foreigners too. But there are active sports clubs, notably soccer, and movie theatres. Two professional basketball players from the United States show how it's done.

Rumour is there will soon be a cricket team.

There are also live theatres featuring a local type of comedy famous throughout China. There's boating on South Lake. Pond fishing for carp is a popular pastime. In the winter, ice skating and skiing.

Trade fairs are a regular fixture, good entertainment even if you do not buy. Art, agriculture, education, technology and automotive shows draw great crowds to purpose built exhibition centres. It is sometimes so crowded that even the locals complain so plan to avoid the crush.

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