Australia's Winter Olympic team reassured by nation's experience at Tokyo Games
Australia's Chef de Mission for the Winter Olympics says the team's experience at the Tokyo Summer Games has reassured him that the health protocols in place in Beijing will keep his athletes safe. Beijing marked the 100-day countdown to the Games on Wednesday, with the ...
Outside of China, politicians and human rights groups have been pushing the companies to use their platform to condemn Beijing’s treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy labor union votes to disband
Confederation of Trade Unions blames threats to its leadership's safety as China imposes a sweeping clampdown on dissent in Hong Kong.
China seeks support of Japan to run Beijing Olympics amid pandemic
The request came a day after the decision was made to have no overseas spectators because of ongoing coronavirus concerns.
China’s poor regions worry about climate justice in net-zero push
Hebei province's Tangshan has grown into the largest steelmaking hub in the world, but it also inherited Beijing’s air pollution.
Tokyo’s Olympic bubble? Wait till you see Beijing’s.
With the Winter Olympics in Beijing just six months away, the Chinese authorities are planning elaborate precautions against COVID-19.
"We need and we want to have spectators," said Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., who heads the IOC's coordination commission, overseeing preparations for the Games.
China cities warn of new power outages as heat strains grids
Populous centers including Beijing and Xi’an have alerted electricity users there will be scheduled disruptions as grid operators struggle to maintain overloaded networks.
On the one hand, they have promised the world a mild and benevolent China — on the other hand, they have promised domestic audiences a strong and assertive China."
China slams foreign correspondents club as an 'illegal organization'
The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth recently left Beijing for Taipei, citing intimidation of his family and threats of legal action.
China barricades part of capital as COVID-19 outbreak escalates
Beijing has imposed a lockdown of 1.7 million people in part of the Chinese capital as officials race to prevent a COVID-19 resurgence in the country’s northern region from seeping into its most important city. Daxing district in southern Beijing, where its new airport is ...
China has recorded the biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, despite four cities in lockdown, increased testing and other measures aimed at preventing another wave of infections in the world's second biggest economy. Most of the new patients were reported ...
