The group climbed the ancient steps of the Juyong Pass, just outside Beijing, a small taste of China outside the bubble that was made possible by closing off a portion during their visit, in keeping…
Monthly Archives For February 2022
CA Study Finds COVID-19 Lockdowns Ineffective: Experts Weigh In
“The study only looks at effects on COVID-19 deaths, not COVID-19 case numbers … that implemented public health inventions during the first 50 days of pandemic in China resulted in fewer reported …
Ramaswamy on US failing to boycott Beijing Olympics: Everyone is looking away from the human rights atrocity
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy told “America’s Newsroom” Thursday that the United States choosing not to diplomatically boycott the Beijing Olympics is “inappropriate,” explaining why he …
A team USA snowboarder says that Beijing’s high-tech beds beat out the cardboard ones from Tokyo
18-year-old Maud, who competed in her first Olympic Games in Beijing this year, told Insider the bed has different high-tech settings, which are “so sick.” “It’s so comfortable, I slept so well and I …
Fact check: Winter Olympics freestyle skiing venue set in Beijing’s old industrial area
The venue hosting the freestyle skiing big air competitions is known as Big Air Shougang, located in the Shougang Industrial Park in downtown Beijing, according to state media outlet Xinhua News.
At Winter Olympics, China Seeks to Dial Down Anti-Athlete Vitriol a Notch
Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters BEIJING—Geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and China has at times threatened to boil over and scorch the Winter Olympics. Now, Beijing appears to be trying to dial …
ESPN silent following ‘sick and evil’ comment comparing US voting rights issues to China human rights abuses
ESPN and Northwestern University have remained silent after J.A. Adande, a professor at the school’s Medill School of Journalism, compared ongoing human rights abuses committed by China to election …
US men’s hockey team rolls past China in Olympic opener thanks to Sean Farrell’s five-point game
For the United States, the dropoff in talent didn’t matter much in the opening game against China. The Americans rolled to a 8-0 victory — seven of those goals coming in the last two periods…
Red Flags: Chinese Project In Serbia Raises Familiar Concerns About Beijing’s Balkan Investments
Beijing And Belgrade Beijing enjoys a close relationship with … which is not only a major trading partner and top-level investor through the European Investment Bank (EIB), but also plays a vital …
China Jan new bank loans hit record high, beat forecast
BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Chinese banks extended 3.98 trillion … Broad M2 money supply in January grew 9.8% from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Thursday, above estimates of 9.2% …
China new bank loans hit record in Jan as cenbank eases policy
Jan new loans 3.98 trln yuan vs f’cast 3.69 trln yuan Jan M2 money supply +9.8% y/y, vs f’cast of +9.2% Jan TSF 6.17 trln yuan, vs f’cast 5.46 trln yuan C.bank eases policy to…
Lithuania won’t back down over Taiwan, says minister in Australia as row with Beijing grows
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis rejected that Lithuania had breached its ‘One China’ policy, and urged like-minded countries to band together against economic coercion by China and Russia.
Fifty years on, Nixon’s China moment has lost its sparkle
China’s economic strength … He is an author and former Beijing and Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times.
