Kazakstan city can promise snowy conditions where rival bidder for 2022 event Beijing will fake the flakes,but human rights concerns leave both under a cloudAs the International Olympic Committee (IOC) prepares to announce the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kazakhstan believes it has a trick up its sleeve to defeat China: snow. Almaty, or the financial capital of the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan,is the underdog against Beijing as the IOC prepares to declare the winner at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. But it hopes the presence of actual snow might give it the edge over its competition.
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Source: theguardian.com