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The 2022 Beijing Olympics Are One Year Away. Covid Concerns Are Already on the Agenda.
The one-year countdown to the Winter Games has begun even as this summer’s Tokyo Games still face uncertainty because of the pandemic. ( read original story …)
Olympics-Before Beijing 2022 top Olympians focused on medals not pandemic, politics
Two of the world’s top winter athletes, Italian skier Sofia Goggia and Australian snowboarder Scotty James, said they were focusing on winning medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, not the new … ( read original…
China’s coronavirus cases: Is the communist regime lying to the world?
China reported just 25 new cases of the coronavirus on the mainland Tuesday, according to the state-affiliated People’s Daily newspaper. ( read original story …)
US-China investment flows belie geopolitical tensions
Instead of decoupling financially, the US and China now have one of the largest and fastest-growing bilateral investment relationships in the world,” said Nicholas Borst at Seafarer Capital Partners, … ( read original story …)
China says it now has nearly 1 billion internet users
After the worst of the coronavirus outbreak in China was over by April, some online trends stuck, while others didn’t, data from a government agency show. ( read original story …)
Anti-China Activists in Japan Call for Boycott of Beijing 2022 Games
A group of anti-China activists campaigning for human rights in Tibet and support for ethnic Uighurs called on Thursday for a boycott of the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing, saying the Games would … (…
Unilever restores targets as China and India boost sales
Unilever has restored its financial targets after scrapping them last year, as recoveries in China and India helped it increase underlying sales by 3.5 per cent in the fourth quarter. The maker of … (…
Yak politics: Tibetans’ vegetarian dilemma amid China meat boom
Former free-roaming nomads now mostly resettled in rows of sun-baked block houses in Tibet are facing a struggle for their identity, their spiritual and cultural practices – and even their stomachs. ( read original story…
Ping An Insurance faces $8 billion exposure in indebted China Fortune Land
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China said it has a total exposure of 54 billion yuan ($8.4 billion) in indebted China Fortune Land Development Co. ( read original story …)
Scott Morrison’s first call with Joe Biden covers China, Covid and climate
In the Trump era, journalists didn’t have to speculate about what a US president said to an Australian prime minister during a private phone call. Famously, the entire transcript of a fraught … ( read…
U.S. President Biden discusses China, Myanmar coup on call with Australian PM Morrison
U.S. President Joe Biden on a call with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison discussed how they can work together to address global and regional challenges, including dealing with China. ( read original story …)
Beijing 2022: 180 human rights groups call for Winter Olympics boycott
More than 180 organisations want countries to skip event as a way of demonstrating their opposition to China’s rights record … ( read original story …)
