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ABC News

Why China is censoring re-released episodes of hit TV show Friends

Episodes of Friends have been re-released in China for the first time in several years. But why are the versions vastly different to what so many remember?

ABC News

Morrison and Dutton should beware; the sword they wield against Labor on China is double-edged

The pre-election national security offensive could backfire on the Coalition – and damage Australia’s body politic

The Guardian - AU

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China's 'closed loop' Olympics limited coronavirus, even with some head-scratching measures

BEIJING — On a recent morning, the sound of gagging from credential-holders undergoing their daily coronavirus throat swab from a woman in a hazmat suit echoed off the marble floors of a hotel inside the Winter Olympics bubble.

Los Angeles Times

China strives to flex its tech innovations to worldwide audience at Olympics

BEIJING — An automated basket tips frozen wonton into boiling water. Within minutes, the dough-wrapped bits of pork are cooked, deposited into a black plastic bowl and transported onto a conveyer belt, untouched by human hands. Pink lights flash as your lunch order arrives at the counter.

Los Angeles Times

8 biggest Beijing Olympics controversies

The Winter Games were already fraught from a human rights perspective, and these incidents didn't lift that shadow

Salon

Western leaders worried as China joins Russia in NATO expansion row

Western leaders on Saturday said Russia and China were seeking to "replace the existing international rules" with their own order, as Beijing backed Moscow in the Kremlin's showdown with the western military alliance, NATO.

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China's foreign minister says U.N. human rights chief can visit Xinjiang

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet can visit Xinjiang, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday, but China does not welcome any investigation based on the presumption of guilt.

Reuters

China foreign minister says no country should replace international norms with own will

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday said that no country, not even a superpower should replace international norms with its own will as he addressed the situation in Ukraine.

Reuters

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: second gold for NZ and a medal at last for GB

Nico Porteous wins New Zealand’s second ever Winter Olympics gold as GB men take curling silver

The Guardian - UK

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Reporting, inside and outside the bubble

Journalists who spent weeks of reporting on the Beijing Olympics while hermetically sealed inside the “closed-loop” system will leave with an incomplete picture of what reporting in China entails

The Independent UK

Australia says China warship fired laser at its patrol plane

The Australian Defense Department says a Chinese navy ship fired a laser at one of its surveillance aircraft, putting the lives of the crew in danger

The Independent UK

China allows COVID boosters of different technologies than primary shots

China is giving COVID-19 booster vaccines using technologies different from the initial injections, in an effort to improve immunisation strategies amid concerns that its most-used jabs appeared to be weaker against variants such as Omicron.

Reuters

Weekly Must-Read: State Insurance Boss’s Capital Games in Hong Kong

How the former chief of Taiping Insurance wove a web of shady deals and came under investigation by graft busters

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China would back Russia, diplomatically, if it moved on Ukraine

China would back Russia diplomatically and perhaps economically if it invades Ukraine, worsening Beijing's already strained relations with the West, but would stop short of providing military support, experts said.

Dynamite News

India wins bid to host 2023 IOC session in Mumbai

India on Saturday won the right to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) session in Mumbai in an unopposed race, during the 139th IOC Session in Beijing, China.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Artists Build Ice Colosseum in Indian Himalaya

In the Indian Himalayas, at 3,350 meters in the region of Ladakh, artists are chainsawing blocks of ice from a frozen river in the village of Chilling, creating what they call a mini-Colosseum. Inspired by China's Harbin International Ice Festival, the Kangsing collective installed the mini-Colosseum at the entry of…

The Independent UK

Behind China's Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds

As the world watches the Beijing Olympics, the story of a chained woman who appeared in a video in rural China has continued to grow

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The Guardian - AU

Winter Olympics 2022 day 15: Sweden pip GB to curling gold after extra end – as it happened

Rolling report: There are plenty more medals to be won as the Games in Beijing reach their penultimate day. Join Martin Belam for updates

The Guardian - UK

EU praises ‘restraint’ of Kyiv government; Blinken denounces Kremlin claims – as it happened

European Council urges Moscow to ‘de-escalate’ its military buildup; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says global security architecture is failing

Los Angeles Times

Two-time Olympic champion David Wise of U.S. wins silver in freeski halfpipe

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — In a Pyeongchang podium shuffle, New Zealand’s Nico Porteous dethroned two-time gold medalist David Wise on Saturday in the Olympic ski halfpipe final to upgrade a 2018 bronze medal for his first gold. Wise medaled for his third consecutive Games with silver, and Pyeongchang silver medalist Alex…

Los Angeles Times

Beijing Olympics loop life: Tight security, bus trips galore and aggressive swabbing

BEIJING — Not all the questions from back home have been about gold-medal performances. Not everyone wants to know why a certain skier fell in the slalom or those curlers went for broke with the hammer throw.

Inverse

The crucial connection between gut bacteria and Covid-19 symptoms, explained

A link between gut bacteria and Covid-19 has already been reported in research from Hong Kong and China. A new study adds to the pile.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria records 20 Covid deaths, NSW 12 and Qld 10 – as it happened

Western Australia premier says he will spend week in hotel quarantine to avoid perceptions he will benefit from timing of border reopening; SA election campaign officially begins. This blog is now closed

ABC News

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