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Monthly Archives For January 2022
Canada’s women’s hockey team to enter bubble, opt to not compete in games until Beijing
Canada’s women’s hockey team won’t play any more games before the Winter Olympics and will enter a bubble to ensure players can board a plane to Beijing in less than a month.
What we know and don’t know about the Beijing Olympics as COVID-19 surges
Olympics are scheduled to begin in exactly one month, on Feb. 4. But whether they happen as planned seems less certain than ever. And even if they do proceed, plenty of questions remain.
China COVID lockdown causes some food shortages
Residents of the Chinese city of Xi’an are enduring a strict coronavirus lockdown, and some people complaining of difficulties finding food, …
China pledges to continue to ‘modernize’ nuclear arsenal, calls on US, Russia to make greater cuts
China on Tuesday said it would keep modernizing its nuclear program in the name of “safety” but called on the United States and Russia to make greater cuts to their arsenal stockpiles.
Why China changed its mind about nuclear weapons and is bulking up its arsenal at ‘accelerated’ pace
“The Chinese hope to make it impossible for the US to be confident it can carry out a preemptive strike,” an expert told Insider.
Your Wednesday Briefing: Olympics officials are tight-lipped on China’s abuses
Olympics officials tread lightly on China. With just one month before the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, concerns about China’s human rights record loom over the Games …
The real risk posed by China’s ‘carrier-killer’ missiles
Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles are a threat to US warships, and their use would escalate any conflict.
East China city reports 26 COVID-19 cases, community spread under control
The city of Ningbo in east China’s Zhejiang Province has reported a total of 26 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Beilun District since Jan. 1, local authorities said on Tuesday night. All new …
Wang Yi’s visit underscores value Beijing attaches to Africa
Chinese Foreign Minister has embarked on the traditional start of year trip to Africa with Wang Yi visiting Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros.
Energy Insider: China Slashes Fuel Export Quota in First 2022 Allotment
China reduced its fuel export quota by more than half in the first batch of allocations for 2022 as the country moves to curb excess domestic refinery production and carbon emissions, Bloomberg …
Charlie Munger’s Daily Journal Nearly Doubles Stake in China’s Alibaba
Journal Corp, the publishing and technology company in which Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner Charlie Munger is chairman, said it has nearly doubled its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant …
China switched on its nuclear fusion device that’s 5 times hotter than the Sun
China switched on a nuclear fusion reactor. The “artificial sun” is known as the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (or EAST for short). After turning it on, China noticed record high …
