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Former British Army sergeant Steve Arnold on why he's hellbent on making his one shot at Winter Paralympic duty count

Arnold, 42, only started Para Nordic skiing five years ago after losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan but has now finally fulfilled his dream at Beijing 2022

Wales Online

Three-time Winter Paralympic medallist Millie Knight reveals why she almost retired ahead of Beijing 2022

Knight, one of ParalympicsGB's faces of the Games at PyeongChang 2018, has suffered a series of near career-ending injuries on the gruelling international circuit

Wales Online

Ukraine's 20 Paralympic athletes have yet to arrive in China

None of the 20 athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympics team has reached Beijing with the Games opening at the end of the week

The Independent UK

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As Russia’s isolation grows, China hints at limits of friendship

Chinese state-owned financial institutions have been quietly distancing themselves from Russia’s beleaguered economy.

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Ukraine war tests growing China-Russia partnership

China and Russia have grown closer in recent years, raising the specter of an alliance of authoritarian states to challenge a U.S.-led democratic West in a new Cold War

The Independent UK

‘They were fooled by Putin’: Chinese historians speak out against Russian invasion

An open letter written by five historians denounced the war. They hope to persuade Beijing to make their stance clearer

The Guardian - UK

Taiwan feels chill from Ukraine crisis

Countries across the world are feeling the impact of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as stock markets tumble and oil prices spike. But Taiwan is feeling a particular chill, amid concerns that it eventually could face a similar fate at the hands of China.

Bangkok Post

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Why Dancing on Ice's Stef Reid has Canadian accent and switched allegiances to Team GB

Dancing on Ice star Stef Reid won bronze at the Beijing Paralympics for Canada, then changed sides and won two silver medals while competing for Great Britain

Irish Mirror

Ukraine: what will China do? There are signs it is uneasy about Putin’s methods

Beijing has held off from backing Russia, raising questions about the extent of any partnership

The Guardian - UK

Uncharmed: why Chinese film fans are shunning Hollywood

Even the worldwide smash Encanto failed to satisfy millions of cinemagoers who now demand homemade fare

The Guardian - UK

China distances itself from Russia

China is attempting to distance itself from Russia as the scale of the invasion of Ukraine becomes clear, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi saying it was “absolutely imperative” for all sides to exercise restraint to prevent the conflict from “getting out of control”.

Bangkok Post

China Is Russia’s Best Hope to Blunt Sanctions, but Wary

China is the only friend that might help Russia blunt the impact of economic sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but President Xi Jinping’s government is giving no sign it might be willing to risk its own access to US and European markets by doing too much. Even if Beijing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia's Ukraine attack forces Beijing into diplomatic dance

Russia's attack on Ukraine, which China refuses to condemn or even call an invasion, has sent Beijing into a diplomatic scramble to limit blowback while standing by a partner with which it has grown increasingly close in opposition to the West.

Reuters

China is Russia's best hope to blunt sanctions, but wary

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‘Cool Runnings’ soldier who wowed Queen hopes Olympics story inspires others

Shanwayne Stephens, a lance corporal in the RAF, was a member of the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the Beijing 2022 winter games.

Sports Illustrated

Inside Latest SI Weekly Podcast: The Cold Reality of Winter Olympics, SOTC Baseball Mystery

John Gonzalez breaks down the biggest stories and controversies from the Beijing Olympics and a Sex and the City baseball mystery in this week's SI Weekly podcast.

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s Tiananmen Square: Desperate civilian stands in front of Russian armoured vehicles

Incident echoed the iconic image of a lone protester standing in front of a line of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989

Daily Mirror

Jamaican bobsleigh team on their epic journey to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games

EXCLUSIVE: The five members of the Jamaican bobsleigh team talked about their incredible individual stories, Cool Runnings , and achieving their Olympic dream.

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IOC asks sports organizations to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

The request from the Olympic body came after UEFA moved the Champions League final from St. Petersburg to suburban Paris, and after the governing body of skiing and Formula One pulled upcoming races from Russia.

The Guardian - UK

War in Ukraine is a severe test of China’s new axis with Russia

Beijing will tread carefully, and weigh up whether its strategic alliance with Moscow is worth the cost of this reckless invasion, says Yu Jie of Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific Programme

Los Angeles Times

Nixon library marks 50 years of US-China relations amid low point for diplomacy

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Fifty years ago, President Nixon landed in Beijing in a historic visit to China that opened the door to diplomatic relations between the two countries, shifting the power dynamics of the Cold War and undermining the Soviet Union's global influence.

Wales Online

UK Sport chair Katherine Grainger on why Team GB's turbulent Winter Olympic campaign can be a blessing in disguise

British athletes only bagged two medals in Beijing but Grainger believes the setback can lay the foundations for a bold new era

Tribune News Service

China leaves Russia’s war off front pages as Xi stays silent

Chinese state media left Russia’s invasion of Ukraine off their front pages Friday as Beijing weighed its response, even as the outbreak of war in Europe dominated conversations on Chinese social media.

The Independent UK

Swedish Olympic champion gives medal to man held in China

A Swedish speedskater who won double Olympic gold earlier this month in Beijing, has given one of his medals to a Swedish publisher detained in China

The Conversation

Ukraine invasion: why China is more likely to support Russia than in the past

China’s general approach to Russian actions in its neighbouring regions has been to minimise its involvement. After Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, Beijing refused to recognise declarations of independence by the de facto states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, for instance.

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