Conservative members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will press Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to “diplomatically boycott” the Beijing Winter Olympics scheduled for February to protest China’s …
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China reports 90 new COVID-19 cases for Dec 3, vs 96 a day earlier
BEIJING: China reported 90 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Dec. 3, down from 96 a day earlier, its health authority said on Saturday. Of the new infections, 75 were locally transmitted, according …
China to contribute another two million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Malaysia
China will contribute another two million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine to Malaysia, says Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. The Foreign Minister also said Malaysia and China would collaborate …
China’s population to peak in 2021 as demographic turning point has already arrived, threatening to disrupt Beijing’s economic ambitions
Falling birth rates, an ageing population and shrinking labour force represent headwinds that could disrupt China’s economy, as the nation moves to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
China’s communists bash US democracy before Biden summit
China’s Communist Party took American democracy to task on Saturday, sharply criticizing a global democracy summit being hosted by President Joe Biden next week and extolling the virtues of its …
Elon Musk Needs China. China Needs Him. The Relationship Is Complicated.
To attract Tesla, Bejing rewrote its rules for foreign auto businesses and offered tax incentives and cheap land. In return, the company would jump-start China’s homegrown electric-vehicle industry.
Goldman Sachs launches green finance group with Beijing think tank
Goldman Sachs Group Inc and the International Finance Forum (IFF), a Beijing-headquartered think tank, launched a green finance working group on Saturday, the two said.
WTA pulls tennis tournaments from China over Peng Shuai’s ‘silencing by Beijing’ in wake of sexual abuse remarks
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced on Wednesday that it would suspend all of its tournaments in China, a dramatic escalation in the global reaction to Beijing’s censorship of an explosive …
Beijing is angry at the WTA for pulling out of China. But it can’t let Chinese people know about it
The women’s professional tennis tour just called it quits on China. But within China, there is no news about the decision, no public discussion as to why, nor any response from Chinese tennis fans.
Crosby, McDavid urged to boycott Beijing Olympics by NBA veteran and vocal China critic
Boston Celtics centre Enes Freedom — a journeyman NBA veteran who is one of the sports world’s fiercest critics of human rights abuse — is challenging NHL stars Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid to …
Skiers concerned for Peng but will be at Beijing Olympics
The world’s best women’s alpine skiers, who will compete at the Beijing Winter Games, expressed concern on Friday over China’s treatment of former world number one doubles tennis player Peng Shuai but …
Everything you need to know about the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines
After a formal protest from the Philippines and a decisive warning from the U.S., China has backed down following its recent displays of aggression in the international dispute over sovereignty of the …
China facing several obstacles with 2022 Winter Olympics looming
Covid-19 is not the only challenge China is facing in its preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics as diplomatic boycotts intensify over the country’s handling of a missing Tennis player.
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