BEIJING – Yes, we’re doing this again. Less than six months after the Summer Games in Tokyo ended, the Winter Games in Beijing open Friday. The city was a controversial choice to host the …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
News Corp Suspects China Behind Its Hack
News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA) believed the China government was behind a recent hack of its computer systems, Bloomberg reports. News Corp disclosed an unnamed cloud service used by News …
News Corp Suspects China Behind Its Hack
News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA) believed the China government was behind a recent hack of its computer systems, Bloomberg reports. News Corp disclosed an unnamed cloud service used by News …
Winter Olympics puts brands under pressure on human rights abuse in China
Brands such as Coca-Cola, Airbnb and Visa have paid millions … including the detention of millions of Uighur Muslims. China’s Winter Olympic s opening ceremony on February 4 marked the start of the …
China, Russia enhance ‘growing energy partnership’ with gas deal during Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin meeting
finance, agriculture and green energy. “Energy is one of the areas where China still has a great interest in Russia,” said Niklas Swanstrom, director at the Stockholm-based think tank, the …
China says US should do more to reduce North Korea tensions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China’s U.N. ambassador said Friday the United States should come up with “more attractive and more practical” policies and actions to reduce tensions with North Korea and avoid …
Opinion: China’s digital yuan shows why we still need cryptocurrencies like bitcoin
Still, attaching a bitcoin address to a real person’s identity takes work: Governments or spy agencies would have to devote a good deal of time, skill and effort to the task of analyzing blockchain …
What Will Life Be Like for Families Until the COVID-19 Pandemic Ends—and Beyond?
It’s been two years since the first strain of COVID-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China, and since that time a lot has changed. Cities, states, and entire nations were shut down, or locked down. They…
Pictures of the 2022 Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing reveal love for Winter Games
All eyes were on Beijing as Team USA flag bearers Brittany Bowe and John Shuster led the athletes into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The theme of…
Beijing Olympics Put Chinese Government Abuses—And U.S. Media—In the Spotlight
With the Chinese government’s long history of surveilling, pressuring, and expelling foreign journalists, press groups and reporters are on high alert.
As Olympics begin, Beijing projects ‘shared future’ of undisputed Chinese power
BEIJING — From dancers waving giant green glow sticks like freshly sprouting grass to six ice hockey players covered in psychedelic colors slapping pucks toward the Olympic rings, the Opening …
Chinese President Xi Jinping Formally Supports Russia’s Opposition To NATO Expansion At Meeting With Putin At Beijing Olympics
BBC reports on President Putin’s meeting with President Xi of China just before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Also, RT provides an English-language version of the photo-op …
NBC coverage of Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony put spotlight on China’s treatment of Uyghurs, but more must be done
During the opening ceremony, by one count, NBC mentioned the Uyghur people 16 times, half of those in reaction to Uyghur athlete lighting the flame.
