Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Saturday. (AFP)
Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Saturday. (AFP)
The 19th Asian Games began in a colourful ceremony in Hangzhou on Saturday. The theme of the ceremony was water and it also celebrated Hangzhou’s ancient history and landscape, while giving a nod to the city’s reputation as the unofficial home of China’s tech industry. A “digital torch bearer” strode into the stadium and was projected onto a large screen behind the Games cauldron at the climax.