The venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics has been hit by a flurry of diplomatic boycotts from countries including the US, Australia, and Britain, because of widespread allegations of Chinese atrocities …
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Beijing’s soft power: China offers 300,000 free vaccine jabs to SANDF troops
China has offered 300,000 free Covid-19 vaccine doses to South Africa’s military as part of Beijing’s soft-power push for global influence. The military deny knowledge of the offer, but their own …
EU has little appetite to join Beijing Games diplomatic boycott
Several European Union nations have made it clear they have little appetite to join the U.S. initiative for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games because of concerns over China’s human …
The US reversed its declining power in Asia in 2021, but a stronger China isn’t its only problem
The US and China are far ahead of other countries in Asia, but both face domestic challenges that may limit their influence.
As US and China Warily Eye Each Other, Taiwan Could Be the Flashpoint
States and China are squaring off in a global competition with a scale unseen since the Cold War, as the two nuclear powers race for military …
Mainland China reports first case of Omicron coronavirus variant
Appearance of highly transmissible variant poses serious threat to zero-Covid strategy …
Second version of Beijing 2022 playbooks released
The documents, outlining the measures put in place by the IOC, IPC, and Beijing 2022 to protect athletes, officials, media, and other concerned parties from COVID-19, have been updated to reflect the …
With Didi Leaving Wall Street, Trading Edges Closer to Beijing’s Thumb
Didi is moving its stock listing to Hong Kong, heralding more departures as Beijing ramps up scrutiny of China’s corporate sector.
Covid live: Mainland China reports first Omicron cases; Norway to tighten restrictions
First confirmed Omicron case in China is detected in Tianjin; Norway to act amid record high infections and hospitalisations …
China’s Greatpower declares force majeure in face of COVID-19 outbreak
A unit of Chinese battery materials producer Greatpower on Monday said it was declaring force majeure on deliveries of cobalt sulphate after a COVID-19 outbreak in Zhejiang province forced production …
China on alert amid COVID-19 surge as Lunar New Year approaches
Amid surge in coronavirus cases, reports say Chinese authorities have told workers to not travel home for Lunar New Year. The authorities had issued a similar order last year as China was hit with …
Covid-19: China Reports Spurt of Delta Strain ‘Sub-Lineage’ Cases
Genome sequencing and analysis of the Delta strain sub-lineage AY.4, that has caused the infection in three Chinese cities, suggests that the strain is way more transmissible and carries a higher …
China Reports First Omicron Covid-19 Case in the Mainland
The infection was discovered in a traveler who arrived in the northern port city of Tianjin from overseas on Thursday, putting what China has called its “zero tolerance” Covid-19 strategy to a further …
