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Taiwan to host Somaliland ministers in Africa diplomacy push

Taiwan will host a high-level delegation from Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region this week, the government said on Monday, as the island pursues diplomacy in Africa in the face of Chinese pressure to limit its international footprint.

Reuters

Winter Olympics medal table: Who is winning Beijing 2022 so far?

Norway are the favourites to top the Beijing Winter Olympic medal table but face competition from USA, Canada, Germany and even the hosts China

The Independent UK

Olympics-China's U.N. envoy says choice of Uyghur torchbearer not meant to deflect Western criticism

China's United Nations envoy has rejected his U.S. counterpart's remark that China's choice of an ethnic Uyghur as a torchbearer for the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was an attempt to distract from his country's alleged rights abuses against Muslim minorities.

Reuters

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Editorial: Attracting Foreign Investment Is as Important as Ever for China

The country must open its doors wider if it is to reach the highest standards of the global economy and increase its standing in the global industry chain

Caixin Global

House takes its sixth hit on cannabis banking provisions - Roll Call

But the amendment to a China competition bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate despite bipartisan and industry support.

Roll Call

China's Old Climate Promises Are 'New' Again

The Glasgow Declaration's empty platitudes confirm that China will not be hectored by the U.S. into making any significant changes to its climate policies.

Reason

Winter Olympics ‘snow princess’ caught in impossible US and China balancing act

Eileen Gu is one of China’s big stars at this year’s Winter Olympics but her route to national stardom was unquestionably a different one to the rest of her Chinese athletes.

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Hong Kong residents raid supermarket shelves as COVID surge disrupts supplies

Hong Kong residents crowded supermarkets and neighbourhood fresh food markets on Monday to stock up on vegetables, noodles and other necessities after a record number of COVID-19 infections in the city and transport disruptions at the border with mainland China.

Reuters

Peng Shuai saga hews to familiar script in China

The drama surrounding Peng Shuai is following a familiar script: Someone who has run afoul of China’s Communist government disappears from view

The Independent UK

Bubble life: China takes COVID sports routine to new extreme

Officially, the Beijing Olympics are taking place inside what organizers are calling “the enclosed compound activity area.”

The Independent UK

Himalayan avalanche traps Indian Army patrol team near China border

A Himalayan avalanche trapped a patrol team of seven Indian Army personnel in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh near China on Sunday and they have yet to be rescued, a defence ministry official said on Monday.

Reuters

BC-Olympic Digest, ADVISORY

Nihao from Beijing

The Independent UK

Across Asia, Spike in Virus Cases Follows Lunar New Year

Many Asian countries are facing a spike in COVID-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant and expectations that numbers will continue to rise in coming weeks. The Lunar New Year, which is China’s biggest holiday, was celebrated across Asia…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Closed steel mill sends Olympic skiers - not smoke - skyward

The Shougang Group steel mill that once billowed smoke into smoggy Beijing is sending something else skyward this week — Olympic skiers

The Independent UK

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A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

China returned to work Monday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday muted by the pandemic — and even more so for the thousands of people inside a Winter Olympics bubble

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Locks Down City on Vietnam Border as COVID Cases Rise

Authorities in China's southwestern city of Baise ordered residents to stay at home from Monday and avoid unnecessary travel as they enforced curbs that are among the toughest in the nation's tool-box to fight rising local infections of COVID-19. The outbreak in Baise, which has a population of about 3.6…

The Independent UK

China’s Tencent Video restores Fight Club’s ending after facing heavy backlash

Last month, Tencent changed the ending of David Fincher’s 1999 film due to restrictive censorship rules in the country

The Independent UK

China accused of not respecting player’s human rights over Covid isolation protocols: ‘Not getting good food’

Several athletes in quarantine shared their distress on social media

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The Independent UK

US-born ice skater slammed on Chinese social media after falling on first appearance for Team China

Chinese social media users harshly judge figure skater’s performance by questioning her patriotism

Wales Online

Homes left in shadow of massive cargo ship as it docks in UK

The MOL Treasure is bringing supplies to the UK from China

The Independent UK

China's Gu nearly blows big air trials, locked in for finals

Eileen Gu’s goal of three Olympic medals nearly blew off in the wind

The Guardian - UK

Original Fight Club ending restored in China after backlash

‘Dystopian’ reversal of 1999 cult film’s ending showed police winning out

Reuters

Thailand to seek travel bubbles with China, Malaysia

Thailand will have talks on bilateral travel bubble arrangements with China and Malaysia later this month, an official said on Monday, as part of efforts to bolster a steady recovery in its crucial tourism sector.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 2.03% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.96%

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Olympics Not The Only Games This Year

While China’s many human rights problems have been highlighted as the main reason for the boycott, it can be said that a secondary target is the Olympic movement itself.

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