In a telegram issued to numerous world leaders, the Kremlin said Russia and China had “interacted very productively” despite the “difficulties” of the pandemic. The announcement reflected on “record indicators in trade” as a result of a political dialogue between the countries based on long-held scientific and technical links and …
Read More »A tale of two Olympics: China’s remarkable transformation since 2008
As 2021 ends, all eyes look forward to what will be, assuming there are no upsets, the first big event of 2022: the Beijing Winter Olympics that begin on February 4. The games have, unsurprisingly, been marred in controversy amid America’s drive to politicise them against Beijing by encouraging countries …
Read More »Japan joins US boycott of Beijing Olympics
Top government officials will not attend the Olympic Games, with the exception of Seiko Hashimoto – a member of the House of Councilors and the former Minister of State for Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita and Japanese Paralympic Committee President Kazuyuki Mori will also …
Read More »Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Morrison said on Wednesday that it would “come as no surprise that Australia will not be sending any official representatives to the forthcoming Winter Games in China,” citing alleged “human rights abuses in Xinjiang and many other issues that Australia has consistently raised.” “We have been very pleased and very …
Read More »China responds to US boycott of Beijing Olympics
Asked about the boycott announced by the Joe Biden administration earlier on Monday, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the US, Liu Pengyu, told Reuters that the decision contradicts the “spirit” of the Olympics, though added that it would have no negative effect on the games, set for China …
Read More »Biden puzzles journalists with comment on Olympics in China
When asked on Tuesday if an official US delegation will be traveling to the Winter Games in the Chinese capital in February, Biden responded: “I am the delegation.” The president, however, did not elaborate, leaving the White House correspondents in a state of confusion, as his response could mean that …
Read More »‘My body is emaciated’: Sprinter Timanovskaya in 1st race since Olympics as bosses bid to shift her from Belarus to Poland (VIDEO)
Olympic exile Kristina Timanovskaya wore a t-shirt bearing her now-familiar message of ‘I just want to run’ and posed with other athletes after taking part in the Wieslav Manyak Memorial event in Szczecin. The race was her first competitive outing since the 24-year-old became embroiled in a sporting and diplomatic row earlier this month, …
Read More »From protests and crashes to diplomatic incidents and Covid, here are some of the Tokyo Olympics’ craziest, most memorable moments
Whether there was joy or despair for the athletes at the center of it, every day of the Games seemed to surface more surprises, with the eyes of the world on the mid-pandemic action in a country whose people had been somewhat reluctant to host an influx of sporting entourages. …
Read More »WaPo & NYT mocked by Chinese officials for putting US at top of Olympics medal table, despite China winning more gold
China currently has eight more gold medals than the US, but both The New York Times and The Washington Post list the US at the top of the Tokyo Olympics leaderboard. The US outlets are using total medals won as their methodology, despite the fact that traditionally, the country with …
Read More »Bill Maher’s monologue on ‘Bummer Woke Olympics’ may eventually be the Democratic Party’s funeral oration
Out of the vast arid desert that is the US media reservation, Bill Maher is one of those rare colorful creatures who is occasionally permitted to stray from the pack and pontificate ‘freely’; the political stakes are simply too great to let the entire herd run wild over the heartland. …
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