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Mao Jingdian (C) of China celebrates during the medal presenting ceremony after Women's Singles Class 8 Gold Medal Match of Table Tennis against Thu Kamkasomphou of France at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Nike Air Force 1 Noir Mid Pas Cher , Brazil, Sept. 12 Nike Air Force 1 Noir Basse Pas Cher , 2016. Mao Jingdian won the Gold. (XinhuaZhu Zheng)
RIO DE JANEIRO， Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Mao Jingdian revealed that a note scrawled on her hand was crucial to the successful defense of her Paralympic table tennis singles CL 8 title at the Rio Games on Monday.


The 21-year-old needed just 18 minutes to defeat France's Thu Kamkasomphou 3-0 (11-6， 11-8， 11-3) in the final at Riocentro.


"I wrote， 'Be determined and confident' on the palm of my hand before my first game and I looked at it again last night， but it wasn't there anymore so I wrote it again to remind myself and looked at it before the game，" Mao told the Paralympic News Service.


"I knew I had to have confidence in myself and I got so engaged in the match I really started to enjoy it."


Mao， whose impairment stems from a hip injury in 2005， said she was looking forward to celebrating with her family.


"I want to call my dad but I know because of the time difference that he will be sleeping. But I have sent him a text. I am looking forward to going home and eating homemade food made by my dad and I will then go back to school，" she added.




KATHMANDU， March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Belt and Road International Trade and Investment Platform， a mutual exchange platform of global purchasers and suppliers， has agreed to promote Nepalese pashmina products in China， local chapter of the platform said.


The international trade and investment platform was formed with a joint initiative of chambers of commerce， associations and authoritative organizations from countries and regions along the Belt and Road routes.


The Belt and Road initiative， proposed by China in 2013， aims at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road.


A local chapter of the platform， launched in November， said a team of the international platform had come to Nepal recently to take part in the Nepal Investment Summit on March 2-3.


Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar， chairman of the local chapter， told Xinhua that an understanding has been reached between the two sides on selling Nepalese pashmina in China， one of the largest markets in the world through the platform.