The Olympics chief on Thursday pledged to support Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai if she asks for an investigation into her treatment when he meets with her inside Beijing’s “closed loop” at the …
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IOC president Bach says Peng Shuai can move freely in China
The president of the International Olympic Committee sought to play down concerns about the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai on Thursday while also saying he planned to go ahead with their …
Neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants induced by homologous and heterologous COVID-19 booster vaccination
To date, all the available COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics have been designed against the S protein of the original SARS-CoV-2 strain that emerged in Wuhan, China, in 2019. Therefore, researchers …
China’s decimated US$1.5 trillion tourism industry buckles under coronavirus pressure with no end in sight
Tourism in China recovered slightly last year, but was still only around 50 per cent of the levels seen in the pre-coronavirus era in 2019 Travel agencies are closing and airlines are suffering huge …
Stark Photos Show What Life Is Like Inside The Beijing Olympics COVID Bubble
Participants enter the so-called “bubble” from the moment they step off the plane in China for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Surreal photos and videos show hotel bartenders and waiters in full PPE in China’s draconian Olympic bubble
China put stringent measures in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 at the Winter Olympics. Photos and videos show waiters and bartenders serving food and drinks in full PPE. One journalist who was …
Can China’s home-grown mRNA Covid-19 vaccine pass its final tests?
So far, China has relied on inactivated vaccines – which use traditional … able to generate about twofold more neutralising antibodies than typically found in recovered Covid-19 patients. Trials of …
Olympic spotlight back on China for a COVID-tinged Games
The IOC narrowly chose China’s capital and its mostly bone-dry … since shortly after it sprouted the world’s first cases of COVID-19 more than two years ago — does not bring with it some …
Covid-19 live updates: Skeleton racer draws attention to coronavirus cases at Beijing Winter Olympics
thousands of athletes are flying to China and entering what Beijing calls a “closed loop” system, in which Games attendees and support staffers are strictly cut off from the outside world to prevent …
China: Xi’s Beijing Olympic guest list heavy on strongmen, including Putin
When China’s leader Xi Jinping opens the Beijing Olympics on Friday he will be flanked by leaders who are unlikely to quell the chorus of concerns the Games are bolstering an authoritarian regime.
Further container freight rises likely amid China’s Covid-19 battle, box tightness
Container shipping costs in China are expected to continue rising following the Lunar New Year holiday amid a slow flow of boxes and the country’s ongoing strict approach to tackling Covid-19, market …
S Jaishankar’s “History Lessons” For Rahul Gandhi Over “Pak-China” Remark
China built the Karakoram highway through PoK in the 1970s … Those who live in India know we were in the midst of a corona wave. The 5 Central Asian Presidents, who were to come,…
Love in the time of corona: Mountain ‘tease’ for Kilde and Shiffrin
Yanqing (China) (AFP) – Norwegian speedster Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has caught the spotlight this season not just for his on-piste form, but also as half of skiing’s glamour couple alongside American …
