Tag: China

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  The US to boycott Winter Olympic Games scheduled for Beijing next year

  

  The US Government of President Joseph Biden has announced Monday it would boycott the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games to be staged in Beijing, China, starting Feb. 4, as a response to human rights abuses in the host nation.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Tennis player Peng Shuai mystery: WTA suspends all WTA tournaments in China and Hong Kong

  

  The president of the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Steve Simon announced on Wednesday “the immediate suspension of all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong,” as a result of the situation with Chinese ex-player Peng Shuai who had been disappeared for weeks and later confirmed she was “fine” in what seemed an official tailored statement, following on global interest about what happened to the former number one player of the world.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Argentina and China strengthen cooperation on several issues

  

  The governments of Argentina and China Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral ties, particularly in science and technological developments, it was reported.

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  China's best tennis player sexually abused, censored and disappeared by the Communist Party

  

  By Yan Bennett and John Garrick – Chinese tennis star, Peng Shuai's apparent disappearance may have ended with a smattering of public events, which were carefully curated by state-run media and circulated in online clips. But many questions remain about the three weeks in which she was missing, and concerns linger over her well-being.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  A slight opening of Chinese market to Brazilian beef; Russia increases the list of abattoirs certified to export

  

  China's Administration of Customs, GACC announced on Wednesday it was authorizing the unloading of Brazilian beef, certified before September 4th., the date when the suspension was caused by the confirmation of two atypical cases of “mad cow” disease in Brazil, (in Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso), became effective.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Why China and India aren’t the climate villains of COP26

  

  By Daniel Parsons and Martin Taylor (*) – The Glasgow Climate Pact urges countries to “accelerate efforts towards phasing down”, rather than “phasing out”, coal power that isn’t mitigated by carbon capture and storage.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  The Antipodas project, a US$2 Billion Subsea Solar Power Cable From Chile To China

  

  By Halev Zaremba Oilprice.com – One of the biggest challenges standing in the way of achieving a 100% renewable energy transition is the fact that key sources of renewable power including wind and solar are variable - meaning that they don’t supply a steady flow of energy production. Instead, they are dependent on external factors such as weather, daylight hours, and seasons.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Chinese top scholar suggests resolving the Falklands dispute “by force”

  

  In recent years Beijing has incorporated itself into the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute debate between UK and Argentina siding with its South American increasingly political, financial and trade partner.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Xi Jinping, Biden hold virtual summit at last

  

  US President Joseph Biden and his Chinese colleague Xi Jinping Monday held a virtual Summit during which they discussed world and bilateral issues.

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Xi, Biden to hold virtual Summit next Monday

  

  The Presidents of China, Xi Jinping, and of the United States, Joseph Biden, are to hold a virtual Summit this coming Monday to discuss bilateral issues, particularly the case of Taiwan, an independent country still considered a rogue province by the Asian giant.