China has promised a Winter Games to showcase its green credentials, but some call it “irresponsible” to hold an event reliant on snow and ice in a parched landscape.
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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
Olympics are scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022. Nearly 2,900 athletes from 85 countries will travel to the Chinese capital, which will become the first city in the world to host…
Hong Kong’s Citizen News Becomes Third to Close Amid China’s Crackdown on Dissent
“Regrettably, what was ahead of us is not just pouring rains or blowing winds, but hurricanes and tsunamis,” the outlet said in a statement.
How China became the world’s top movie market and what it means for Hollywood
China is the world’s biggest movie market, and its government intends to keep the top spot with a five-year film plan.
China Is Haunted by Its One-Child Policy as It Tries to Encourage Couples to Conceive
A legacy of China’s one-child policy is a dwindling number of women of childbearing age as well as a generation of only children who are less eager to marry and start a family.
Almost 1 month away! 5 questions as the Beijing Olympics rapidly approach
FILE – A crew member leaps to fix a logo for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics before a launch ceremony to reveal the motto for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing on Sept. 17,…
NW China city reports 1,663 COVID-19 cases
Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, reported 90 locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases Sunday, local authorities said on Monday. Eighty of the cases were found in quarantine. The city …
China reports 101 new COVID-19 cases
China on Sunday reported 101 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday. Of the new local cases, 92 were reported in Shaanxi, and nine …
China’s railway passenger trips hit 21.42 mln during three-day New Year holiday
Roughly 21.42 million people traveled by train in China during the three-day New Year holiday, with stringent COVID-19 precautions in place, data from the country’s railway operator showed Monday. The …
Hong Kong news site to shut; pro-Beijing lawmakers sworn in
A group of lawmakers loyal to China’s Communist Party were sworn in to Hong Kong’s Legislature on Monday following an election without opposition candidates …
Exceptionally significant 2021: China strengthens innovation, sci-tech self-reliance
China continued to strengthen the core position of innovation in its new journey toward socialist modernization, according to a feature film on China’s overall development in 2021 released by China …
Covid cases in China’s locked-down city of Xi’an declining, health officials say
Covid-19 cases in Xi’an, China, appear to be falling due to the country’s “zero-Covid” policy which put the city under strict quarantine measures to stop the spread of the virus. NBC News’ Janis …
A muted New Year celebration in China as Covid-19 cases surge
China has now recorded fresh covid-19 cases, with most linked to local transmission. In the last 24 hours, China has reported over 160 new Covid cases.
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