“It was very impressive.” Returning to Kevin Rudd’s virtual media conference – he is outraged by the Coalition government’s rhetoric that an Albanese Labor government would stand for “appeasement” of …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
Gao Tingyu wins China’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in men’s speedskating after record-breaking time
Gao Tingyu won China its first Olympic gold medal in men’s speedskating with a record-breaking time of 34.32 seconds at the 500-meter event on Saturday. Before realizing that he had won the gold medal …
‘Dirty Cheaters’ Olympians Let Loose on Kamila Valieva and the Russian Doping Controversy at the Beijing Olympics
Former Olympic stars are up in arms over the controversial ruling allowing Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue to compete in the Beijing Olympics—but prevent her or any other …
Chasing Gold🥇: Best day in Beijing? USA scores massive medal haul on Monday
It was a triumphant day for the U.S. at the 2022 Winter Olympics as Team USA recorded its best single-day medal haul so far in Beijing to make a big move up the leaderboard. The…
Russian Kamila Valieva cleared to skate, but reprieve could be short-lived
(CNN)A drugs test controversy that has overshadowed Beijing 2022 is set to rumble on after the Winter Olympics finishes. For now, teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva has won a temporary reprieve …
China’s Best Olympic Snowboard Medal Hope Is Also One of Its Best-Known Child Actors
BEIJING—In 2018, Su Yiming, a 14-year-old native of northeastern China, was faced with a difficult decision: Pursue a promising career as an actor, or cast it aside and go all in on snowboarding, in a…
Australia politics news live updates: Rudd accuses Liberal party of ‘appeasing’ China; NSW nurses set to strike; at least 36 Covid deaths
Returning to Kevin Rudd’s virtual media conference – he is outraged by the Coalition government’s rhetoric that an Albanese Labor government would stand for “appeasement” of China. The former prime …
Eileen Gu’s China choice pays off for now
Already Team China’s most popular athlete, the fashion model and incoming Stanford student is sponsored by two dozen brands, including Estee Lauder, Victoria’s Secret, and Tiffany & Co. Chinese media …
China’s NEV sales surge in January
China’s NEV output surged 141 percent year on year to reach 428,000 units during the period. Chinese NEV manufacturers reported strong wholesale figures in January, with 11 reporting figures above …
Transcript: Should Companies Subsidized by China Be Permitted to Buy US Tech Firms?
And that was a pretty simple idea, that we realized that China, about 3% of their GDP was specifically being set aside to subsidize many of these companies that, quite honestly, are kind of doing…
China’s Olympic COVID-19 bubble works: The Independent
LONDON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Bringing in more than 15,000 people from all corners of the world to Beijing for the Winter Olympics poses a formidable risk of COVID-19 spreading in China. Still, the …
Travis Tygart: US anti-doping chief says Russia has ‘hijacked the competition’ after Kamila Valieva ruling at Beijing 2022
On Monday, CAS ruled that 15-year-old Russian skater can compete for the remainder of Beijing 2022, despite testing positive for a prohibited substance ahead of the games. The International …
Decoding China’s Dior x Air Jordan Love Affair
“Maintaining an illusion of uniqueness or exclusivity over one’s peers — ‘keeping up with the Jones’ syndrome’ — has always been vital to the appeal of foreign brands in China.” Yet these scarcity …
