Thirty-four new COVID-19 infected were detected among Olympic Games-related personnel on Jan 29, the organizing committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games said on Sunday. Of those, 13 were athletes or …
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Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loom
Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days.
China’s Jan factory activity contracts as COVID lockdowns bite – Caixin PMI
“It became more evident that China’s economy is straining under the triple pressures of contracting demand, supply shocks and weakening expectations.” A surge of COVID-19 cases since late December in …
Shenzhen sees GDP exceed 3 trillion yuan in 2021
South China’s metropolis of Shenzhen, a technological powerhouse, saw its gross domestic product (GDP) top 3 trillion yuan (about 471 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, said the municipal statistics …
Vancouver activists urge Canadians to boycott Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Dozens of activists gathered in downtown Vancouver on Saturday afternoon to declare they will not be watching the upcoming Winter Olympic games in Beijing, and are encouraging other Canadians to do …
Team USA touches down in Beijing for winter Olympics
Team USA has arrived to biohazard suits, testing, and tight restrictions in Beijing ahead of the winter Olympics. For thousands of athletes and officials, China’s zero Covid policy means limited …
China’s zero-Covid policy puts growth under threat
British cheese-processing boss Nagma Ebanks-Beni sat down in Shanghai three years ago to listen to an unusual request from her Chinese buyer: couldn’t the fluff …
China donates more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Tanzania’s Zanzibar
Tanzania’s Zanzibar on Friday received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China. The vaccines were handed over to the Representative of the Zanzibar Revolutionary Government, Minister …
COVID infections rise in Beijing ahead of Winter Olympic Games
Seventeen athletes and team officials at the Beijing Winter Olympics tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, jumping from two to 19 in a day, Reuters reports. Why it matters: Government officials in …
NATO chief stresses unity in face of China, Russia threat: ‘They do not share our values’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Friday that a strong alliance amongst member nations is more “important than ever” amid mounting threats from China and Russia.
Winter Olympics-related Covid-19 cases tick up as more teams arrive in China
Three dozen more cases of Covid-19 have been detected among Olympic Games -related personnel in China, seven of them within the event’s “closed loop”, organisers said on Saturday. The Beijing Winter …
Richard O’Halloran back in Ireland after being denied exit from China
An Irish businessman who had been prevented from leaving China for almost three years, has arrived back in Ireland. Richard O’Halloran, a director at CALS Ireland (China International Aviation Leasing …
China says U.S. plans to pay athletes to ‘sabotage’ Beijing Games
China’s foreign ministry and an official newspaper have accused the United States of planning to interfere with and “sabotage” the Beijing Winter Olympics by paying athletes from some countries to …
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