The Latest Breaking News from China

Same Border Rules, Vastly Different Portrayals

Trump's pandemic travel bans received vastly different media treatment than Biden's.

Reason · Feb 2, 2022

House poised to tee up Pelosi-pushed China bill as GOP howls - Roll Call

Republicans are objecting to a sprawling bill Speaker Nancy Pelosi crafted to combat China, saying it focuses too much on climate change.

Roll Call · Feb 2, 2022

Iraq was top target of China's Belt & Road in 2021- study

Iraq was the top target for China's Belt Road infrastructure initiative in 2021, receiving $10.5 billion in financing for projects including a heavy oil power plant, a study published on Wednesday said.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Face off: Inside the 4 February edition of Guardian Weekly

China’s Winter Olympics of discontent. Plus: Gray’s anatomy of partygate.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

Olympics-Which world leaders are going and who is not?

A diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics over human rights in China and concerns about coronavirus have reduced the number of world leaders and foreign dignitaries attending the Games.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Lower house passes resolution on human rights concerns, with China in mind

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution expressing concerns regarding the human rights situation in Chinese areas such as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, without naming China or using expressions such as "human rights violation."

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 2, 2022

Scientists Develop Electrically Charged Patch for Faster Wound Healing

A team of researchers working at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China has developed an electrically charged thin film patch for promoting faster wound healing. In their paper published in the Science Advances journal, the group describes their patch, how it works, and how well it performed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2022

China's zero-COVID policy dims sponsors' hopes of Olympic boost

BEIJING -- Chinese companies that are sponsors of the Beijing Winter Olympics have been devoting themselves to the promotion of their products.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 2, 2022

Ire and ice for Beijing's Winter Olympics

Two events dominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calendar for 2022 - the Winter Olympics and the 20th Party Congress later this year.

Dynamite News · Feb 2, 2022

Olympics-Beijing torch begins COVID-shortened relay

Beijing's COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a journey that will last only three days.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022