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Beijing dismisses as ‘fake news’ claims that Chinese officials had some knowledge of Russia’s plansChina has vehemently denied a report that it asked Moscow to delay its invasion of Ukraine until after the Winter Olympics, denouncing it as “fake news”….
Read MoreSuccess of Chinese American skier should have been a positive story but geopolitics got in the wayGu soars to hat-trick of medalsUntil recently, the US-born freestyle skier Eileen Gu – or Gu Ailing as she is known in China – was one of the rising numbe…
Read MoreAppearance of traditional dress denounced as further attempt by China to appropriate Korean cultureChina and South Korea have become embroiled in a cultural appropriation row after a woman appeared at the opening ceremony of the Beijing winter Olympics…
Read MoreSecretary general says he expects Xi Jinping to allow ‘credible’ visit to troubled region during meeting on Winter Olympics sidelinesUN secretary general Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle B…
Read MoreLawyers say delay in case against three defendants including a Briton is to avoid embarrassing China The trial in Greece of activists who protested against Beijing holding the Winter Olympics has been postponed amid accusations that proceedings were de…
Read MoreTaipei calls ‘no limits’ agreement announced after Xi-Putin summit an insult to the Olympic spiritTaiwan has condemned as “contemptible” the timing of China and Russia’s “no limits” partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, saying the Chinese go…
Read MoreChinese and Russian leaders call on west to abandon ‘cold war’ approach at pre-Olympic meetingChina’s Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin of Russia have signed a joint statement calling on the west to “abandon the ideologised approaches of the cold war”, as …
Read MoreFifty years after Nixon and Mao’s historic handshake, the geopolitical world order is again being reshapedWhen the leaders of China and Russia meet in Beijing this Friday shortly before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, observers of the bila…
Read MoreCommunist party tightens grip on critics to preserve ‘perfect’ image of Winter GamesA chill is blowing through Chinese civil society as activists, journalists and academics report receiving police warnings and censorship of their social media platforms…
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