IOC vice president John Coates insisted that pressing China on human rights issues was outside the committee’s remit.
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Beijing Games ready for Olympia flame but wary of protests
Winter Olympics will come into sharp focus with the ceremonial torch-lighting ceremony in Greece’s ancient Olympia on Monday but opposition to the Games continues to grow more vocal.
Beijing, Shanghai Land Auctions Cool Amid Developers’ Tight Budgets
Beijing and Shanghai have finished their second rounds of centralized land auctions this year with tepid private-sector demand amid tightening real estate regulation. Shanghai sold 18 parcels of land …
China warns against ‘manipulation’ of WHO virus probe
China’s Foreign Ministry has warned against what it calls possible “political manipulation” of a renewed probe by the World Health Organization into the origins of the coronavirus …
China’s record factory inflation poses another threat to supply chains
The cost of goods leaving China’s factories is surging by the highest rate on record, stoking fears about stagflation in the world’s second largest economy at a time when it is already grappling with …
China Premier Vows to Ensure Power Supply for Manufacturers
Premier Li Keqiang vowed to ensure power supplies for factories, in the Chinese government’s latest effort to ease worries about the energy crisis roiling the world’s manufacturing powerhouse.
MTN IPO: Its risky to rely on speculators
They have been yearning for such an IPO and it could not have arrived at a better time … In Kampala, the Foreign Affairs ministry has reportedly instructed the embassy in Beijing to ensure that…
Beijing gears up for building system of national botanical gardens
China has started building a system of national botanical gardens in Beijing, Guangzhou, and other cities, said President Xi Jinping on Tuesday as he addressed the leaders’ summit of the 15th meeting …
Olympics-Beijing Games ready for Olympia flame but wary of protests
Winter Olympics will come into sharp focus with the ceremonial torch-lighting ceremony in Greece’s ancient Olympia on Monday but opposition to the Games continues to grow more vocal.
Big-name investors are navigating the China Evergrande crisis right now by turning to these 8 experts from firms like Muddy Waters and BCA Research
Insider caught up with 8 China experts including hedge-fund managers and research analysts to figure out how they are navigating Evergrande’s crisis.
China Evergrande owes $28 mln for Changchun land, city govt says
Heavily indebted property developer China Evergrande Group has yet to pay the equivalent of $28 million for land it acquired in the northeastern city of Changchun, municipal authorities said.
Analysis: China likely to keep property curbs despite slowdown, may soften tactics
Chinese leaders, fearful that a persistent property bubble could undermine the country’s long-term ascent, are likely to maintain tough curbs on the sector even as the economy slows, but could soften …
China set to send 3 astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
It will be China’s longest crewed space mission and set a record for the most time spent in space by Chinese astronauts. The Shenzhou-13 spaceship is expected to be launched into space on a Long…
