Elderly people dance at a square in Chongqing. [Photo/VCG] You might think square dancing is no more than a leisurely exercise for elderly people. Well, think again. The popular exercise has been listed as a competition event in China's 13th National Games, the organizing committee of the Games announced on Tuesday. The Games, to be held in Tianjin next month, allows teams to sign up and submit their dancing videos on its website. The winning teams selected through online voting will make it to the finals in Tianjin. This year, the quadrennial National Games will include amateur competitors in events traditionally exclusive for professional athletes for the first time. Amateurs are allowed to take part in 19 events, including badminton, marathon and Chinese chess. In addition, eight events that involve online competition, including square dancing, will be open to ordinary people. cheap wristbands ukwristband makerrubber bracelets custom cheapadjustable wristbandstrio spinnerssilicone keychain
SEOUL -- The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States on Wednesday conducted joint ballistic missile exercises a day after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared a successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). ROK's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement that the missile units of the ROK and the US carried out joint ballistic missile drills in the East Sea at 7 am local time (2200 GMT on Tuesday) in response to the DPRK's repeated ballistic missile provocations. The joint exercises mobilized the South Korean military's Hyunmoo-II ballistic missiles and the eighth US Army's ATACMS ground-to-ground missiles to show their combined capability in emergency situations, the statement said. The joint missile drills followed the DPRK's claim on Tuesday that it successfully test-fired a new type of ICBM, called Hwasong-14, which flew about 930 km and was lofted as high as some 2,800 km. The joint drills were conducted as South Korean President Moon Jae-in proposed it to US President Donald Trump, Yoon Young-chan, Moon's senior press secretary, told reporters. President Moon said it would be necessary to clearly show the South Korea-US combined missile preparedness to the DPRK as just announcing a statement was not enough.
