HANGZHOU — The Chinese city of Hangzhou was confirmed Wednesday as the host of the 2022 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced at its General Assembly. The capital of China's Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, was the sole bidder to stage the 19th edition of Asia's biggest multi-sports event. China has hosted the Asian Games twice before, at Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010, and has already been awarded the Winter Olympics in 2022. Held every four years, the next Asian Games will take place in Jakarta in 2018. — Reuters
