Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen believes the Beijing Olympics’ schedule has put speed skaters such as himself at a disadvantage. A gold medallist in Pyeongchang four years ago, Bloemen expressed his …
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Here’s who won gold medals at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday
(CNN)There were six gold medals up for grabs on Saturday at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who is taking home gold for their delegations on Day 8 of the Games. Biathlon…
China to help overwhelmed Hong Kong with COVID fight
HONG KONG (Reuters) — China will help Hong Kong to cope with an expanding COVID-19 outbreak by providing testing, treatment and quarantine capacity, Chief Secretary John Lee said on Saturday …
Hong Kong Officials Seek Beijing’s Help to Combat Covid Outbreak
China’s central government will give full support to Hong Kong as the city’s worsening outbreak strains health-care resources and threatens its Covid-Zero strategy, Chief Secretary John Lee said after …
China conditionally approves Pfizer’s Covid treatment pill Paxlovid
It is not clear if China is in talks with drugmaker to procure treatment, the first oral pill cleared in country China’s medical products regulator has conditionally approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug …
China censors lesbian plotline in ‘Friends’
“Friends,” which stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer as six friends living in New York City, is wildly popular in China with a …
As Argentina signs up to China’s belt and road, Beijing finds itself on a new path in Latin America
Argentina’s entry into the Belt and Road Initiative is a significant advance in Beijing’s bid to strengthen ties with Latin America, according to experts. During a high-profile visit to Beijing …
Over 1,600 Vietnamese products licensed for export to China
A farmer harvests coffee (Photo for illustration) From January 1, 2022, businesses producing food for export to China have to print the commodity codes granted by the GACC or authorized agencies of …
China’s industrial economy begins Year of the Tiger with vigor
Recent economic data has echoed such enthusiasm for business. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing sector, a key economic barometer, came in at 50.1 in January, staying in …
China has given approval for Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug
China has for the first time given conditional approval for a foreign-made drug to treat Covid-19, an injunction comes into force in Canada to end Truckers’ protests, and a study finds the pandemic …
China censors LGBTQ-related plotline in ‘Friends’
“Friends,” which stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer as six friends living in New York City, is wildly popular in China with a hugely …
Supplies continuously delivered to Debao to help fight against COVID-19 in south China’s Guangxi
(Xinhua/Cao Yiming) DEBAO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Living and medical materials have been continuously delivered to Debao County in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to help the fight against …
An Olympian in Beijing, he’s still ‘Shustie’ at the Gold Medal Lounge in Duluth, Minn.
BEIJING – Six thousand two hundred and seven miles from the Ice Cube in Beijing’s Olympic Park, John Shuster’s people were gathered around televisions in the Gold Medal Lounge in Duluth, Minn. in the …
