By Dominique Patton and Natalie Thomas BEIJING – Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has denied she ever accused anyone of sexual assault, adding that she herself had deleted her social …
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By Simon Jennings YANQING, China -Defending Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin crashed out of the women’s giant slalom on her first run at the Winter Games while Swede Sara Hector took …
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By Muyu Xu and Karolos Grohmann BEIJING – China will increase the supply of merchandise featuring “Bing Dwen Dwen”, the panda mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the organising …
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By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou ZHANGJIAKOU, China -Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand said she was a “proud Kiwi” after winning gold in the women’s slopestyle event at the Beijing …
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By Simon Evans YANQING, China -The marquee event of the men’s Alpine Olympic programme at the Beijing Winter Games was postponed to Monday at noon (0400 GMT) after high winds …
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By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING – A sharp drop in COVID-19 cases on Feb. 5 among Beijing Olympics-related personnel was due to fewer arrivals at the airport and organisers said on …
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By Helen Coster -NBC’s coverage of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games averaged close to 14 million U.S. television viewers, according to preliminary data provided by NBCUniversal on …
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By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING -An incident involving a Dutch reporter in the middle of a live broadcast who was dragged away by Chinese security officials was an isolated event and …
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By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING -A cross country skier born in Xinjiang, who was one of the two final torchbearers at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, was …
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BEIJING – A snowflake instead of a huge cauldron and a “micro-flame” in place of a roaring fire at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics were an “innovation” celebrating …
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SEOUL -South Korean politicians and activists criticised what they called China’s “cultural appropriation”, after a woman appearing to be wearing Korean traditional dress appeared among those representing China’s different ethnic …
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A new Axios-Momentive poll released Friday showed that Democrats are more concerned about a COVID-19 outbreak at the Winter Olympics than China’s human rights violations. When asked what, if any, concerns …
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There’s a lot on the line as China hosts the 2022 Winter Olympic games. For people like U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her family, those risks are …
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By Tony Munroe, Andrew Osborn and Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING/ MOSCOW/WASHINGTON – China and Russia on the opening day of the Winter Olympics declared a “no limits” partnership, backing each other …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly passed a multibillion-dollar bill https://www.reuters.com/business/us-house-leaders-set-unveil-chips-china-competition-bill-2022-01-25 aimed at increasing American competitiveness with China and boosting U.S. …
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By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday that not only bear the mark of the global …
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By Helen Coster and Sheila Dang -During the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics on Friday, hosts and experts on U.S. network NBC spoke in stark terms about China’s …
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By Hannah Lang – A leading Senate Republican is urging the Biden administration to closely monitor the use of China’s recently launched digital currency during the Beijing Winter Olympics, where …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Parniyan Zemaryalai BEIJING – With Russian troops massed at Ukraine’s borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olympics, helped …
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BEIJING – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to …
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(Refiles to fix byline) By Michael Martina and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the United States has a moral duty to condemn …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the …
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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – 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 …
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TAIPEI – Taiwan’s team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee it was required to participate. …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – A Chinese figure skating judge who served a suspension for giving preferential marks to his compatriots will serve on a technical judging panel at the …