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Winter Olympics 2022 location and most spectacular scheduled events

Plenty of the events in the Winter Olympics may seem a little odd to UK viewers not used to winter sport. We have picked out three of the best for you to watch this week

Daily Mirror

How American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson became a hero in China

Chinese broadcasters have aired shows featuring Paul Robeson (1898-1976), one of the most popular African American singers and actors of his era and a well-known civil rights activist, several times in recent years.

The Conversation

'Sportswashing' to the fore at Beijing Olympics

Human rights concerns have mixed uneasily with performances at the Winter Games, as NZ takes a pragmatic – or muddled – response.

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Russia and China's growing 'friendship' is more a public relations exercise than a new world order

Against the backdrop of a western diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China and Russia have marked the occasion by showing off their increasingly close relationship. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin posed for pictures with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the opening of the 2022 Winter Games, declaring their opposition…

The Conversation

Winter Olympics medal count: 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

'Ruff' Ride For Pet-focused Boqii, as Slide Triggers Risk of Wall Street Delisting

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Benzinga

Chinese figure skater left in tears after falling for second time during Winter Olympics

Zhu Yi left the ice rinks in tears after falling during the free skating event in the women’s competition

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Clarity Medical Eyes Mainland Market from Its HK Base in IPO Run-up

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Benzinga

India’s support helped Sri Lanka, gave ties new energy, says Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Peiris

Sri Lankan FM Peiris in India on first visit since appointment, discussing bilateral issues

The Hindu

Commerce Dept. adds 33 Chinese companies to red flag list

The Biden administration is raising red flags about 33 Chinese companies whose legitimacy it cannot verify

The Independent UK

Eileen Gu: Who is the California-born superstar freestyle skier aiming to win gold for China?

The 19-year-old athlete from San Francisco is favourite in three Beijing events

The Independent UK

Everything to Know for the Men’s Olympic Hockey Tournament

Without NHL participation this year, here is how each country stacks up in Beijing.

Sports Illustrated

Trending in China: Video of Mother in Chains Causes Uproar

Xuzhou authorities were quizzed on why more hadn’t been done to help the woman, who was previously hospitalized with mental illness

Caixin Global

UK rebukes China for supporting Argentina's Falklands claim

Britain has firmly rejected a statement from China that affirmed Beijing’s support for Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands, as relations between London and Asia’s leading power remain strained

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Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

Caixin Global

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

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Roll Call

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.

Reason

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.

Daily Mirror

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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.”

Reuters

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.

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