Every Olympics is different. It’s a refrain echoed by many, but it’s also truer than ever with Beijing 2022 set to be contested in February amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and murmurs of a boycott.
Monthly Archives For October 2021
Another Chinese Property Developer Misses Interest Payment As Debt Crisis Grows
Another Chinese Property Developer Misses Interest Payment As Debt Crisis Deepens The property market crisis in China is growing, as another property developer failed to make a payment on a bond. Mode …
China Has Already Reached Exascale–On Two Separate Systems
Native CPU and accelerator architectures that have been in play on China’s previous large systems have been stepped up to make China first to exascale on …
Xi calls for building China’s strength in science, technology
BEIJING- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Tuesday called on the country’s scientific and technological workers to continue striving to build …
China’s Cryptocurrency Ban: Is FOMO Gradually Being Replaced by FUD?
After the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) prohibited cryptocurrency transactions and mining the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell as a result. In the last 12 years, China has banned …
China starts COVID-19 vaccinations for children 3 and up
Local city and provincial level governments in at least five Chinese provinces issued notices in recent days announcing that children ages 3 to 11 will be required to get their vaccinations.
The Winter Olympics are 100 days away — here’s where things stand in Beijing
All of the facilities are in place and are magnificent, but the athletes will be operating under severe COVID restrictions.
De Bruin, Bujnowski reunite on Beijing track, slide to bobsleigh bronze medal
Canada’s Christine De Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski delivered lightning-quick starts in their two runs to post a third-place time of two minutes 5.38 seconds in two-woman bobsleigh at Tuesday’s Olympic …
Medals for Beijing Olympics revealed with 100 days to go until Winter Games
WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 – Tuesday marks 100 days until the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. To mark the countdown, photos have been released of the medals set to be …
US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew
The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
China is fixated on a mysterious U.S. submarine incident in the South China Sea
Chinese officials have been accusing the U.S. of trying to cover up an incident involving a U.S. submarine in the South China Sea. The Pentagon has denied the allegations, pointing to its public …
The risks Americans face in traveling to China
Given China’s recent arrests of foreigners in the midst of diplomatic spats, two former US State Department officials warn some Americans may want to think twice before traveling there …
U.S. Cranks Up Beijing Tensions Again With Ban on China Telecom
Corp. by regulators signals an escalation of tension as the world’s two largest economies clash over issues ranging from the coronavirus to cyber-espionage and computer chips.Most Read from …
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