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Tibet advocacy group calls on Beijing games broadcaster NBC to 'go beyond
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], January 29 (ANI): A group working to promote democratic freedoms for Tibetans urged the NBC, the broadcaster of the Beijing Winter Olympics, to "go beyond the business" as they also have an ethical responsibility as a defender of freedom especially that of expression.
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Amid claims to hold greenest Olympics, China builds ski resort in nature r
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): China presented its newly completed Olympic ski venue as an example of its commitment to making the Beijing Games the greenest and cleanest in history, but it was built in the middle of a nature reserve.
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Beijing 2022: UN Secretary-General calls for Olympic Truce to be observed
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): To mark the start of the Olympic Truce, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a message calling on everyone to observe the Olympic Truce during the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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Ahead of Winter Olympics, sponsors on 'tightrope' amid US-China tensions
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): Ahead of Beijing Winter Games, sponsors of the Olympics are walking a tightrope as worsening geopolitical tensions force them to consider downplaying their involvement without upsetting China.
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Salary cut, reversal of bonuses indicate China's 'worsening' financial con
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): Witnessing severe belt-tightening by the government, millions of Chinese civil servants are wary about around 25 per cent cut in their salaries while teachers and officials were asked to pay back bonuses, due to the worsening financial conditions across
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Chinese mainland reports 37 new local COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): The Chinese mainland on Friday recorded 37 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, local media reported citing the National Health Commission said Saturday.
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US suppressing Chinese telecom operator, says China after Unicom ban
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): Beijing has accused the US of generalizing the concept of national security, and malicious suppression of Chinese telecom operators.
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China's covert propaganda operation is getting bigger by the day: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 29 (ANI): China's party-state propaganda apparatus is ramping up its global disinformation efforts ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Ahead of Winter Olympics, global groups call for action on rights concerns
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): A week ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics, hundreds of non-governmental organizations and right groups have joined forces in a call to stop legitimizing the Chinese government's grave record of abuses.
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32 world leaders, heads of int'l organisations to attend Beijing Olympics'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 28 (ANI): At least 32 foreign heads of state, heads of government, members of the royal family and heads of international organizations will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 amid the diplomatic boycott of a number of countries incl
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Taiwan delegation to miss opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 28 (ANI): Taiwan's delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will not participate in the opening ceremony due to COVID-19 and disrupted flight schedules, reported Sputnik.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping faces hurdles ahead of this year's National C
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 28 (ANI): China's President Xi Jinping faces hurdles ahead of this year's National Congress meeting as people in China begin to feel, deep down, that they may have a different top leader in five years, their attitudes may well change from that moment forward, as repo
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