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Omicron in China: New variant weakens Xi Jinping's Covid policies

BEIJING: More than two years into the pandemic most countries are striving to live alongside Covid, accepting the virus as part of everyday life. China, where the pathogen first emerged, exists in an alternate reality, wedded to a zero-tolerance strategy that’s growing harder to maintain.

The Times of India

Rights lawyer detained in China for 'inciting state subversion'

BEIJING: A human rights lawyer has been detained in China on suspicion of "inciting state subversion", according to an official notice obtained by his wife weeks after he spoke out for a hospitalised teacher.

Bangkok Post

China reports fewest daily local confirmed COVID-19 cases in two weeks

China reported the lowest daily count of local confirmed COVID-19 infections in two weeks on Wednesday after cities sealed up areas of virus risk, quarantined infections and conducted mass testing.

Reuters

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IOC Reacts to Cybersecurity Concern Over Beijing My 2022 Phone App

A report revealed flaws in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics app, but the International Olympic Committee said it had been found to have “no critical vulnerabilities.”

The News Lens

Czech Republic scraps mandatory jabs as daily cases hit new high; record cases in Bulgaria – as it happened

Czech government scraps decree to avoid ‘deepening fissures’ in country; Bulgaria reports highest daily tally of pandemic with 11,181 infections

The Guardian - UK

Chinese authorities are trying to discourage travel this Lunar New Year. Here's how they're doing that

More than 1 billion trips are predicted to be made across China during the Lunar New Year holiday period, but authorities are trying to discourage domestic travel as the country attempts to control COVID-19 outbreaks ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

ABC News

Report: Mandatory Olympic app has serious security flaws

A new report shows that an app that athletes and others attending next month’s Winter Games in Beijing must install has glaring security problems that could expose sensitive data to interception

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Olympics boss John Coates urged to raise plight of jailed Australians during Beijing Winter Games visit

Human rights advocates demand senior Olympics official John Coates raise the plight of fellow Australians jailed in China when he travels to Beijing later this month for the Winter Games.

ABC News

The Guardian view on China’s baby bust: let people choose

Editorial: Beijing faces a demographic timebomb, with population growth at its lowest for six decades

The Guardian - UK

Athletes warned about speaking out against China at Winter Olympics

Attendees of the Winter Olympics in Beijing have been told to be aware of the ‘Orwellian surveillance state’

The Guardian - UK

Operation Fox Hunt and China's international efforts to force 'fugitives' back

A human rights watchdog says thousands of people including government critics have been forcibly returned to China under the guise of anti-corruption efforts. It says some were even kidnapped.

ABC News

Olympic athletes urged by activists not to criticize China

Athletes at the Beijing Olympics have been urged by human rights activists to avoid criticizing China because they could be prosecuted

The Independent UK

Taiwan to pay for Guatemalan lobbying in U.S., Guatemala says

Taiwan has paid for a lobbying contract to promote Guatemala with U.S. officials, Guatemala's government said late on Monday, just as Beijing's efforts to strengthen its diplomatic foothold in Central America are advancing.

Reuters

Viral RAF gunner who made Queen laugh could pilot Jamaica’s bobsleigh team at Winter Olympics

Jamaica's four-man bobsleigh team will make a first appearance at a Winter Olympics in 24 years next month after successfully qualifying for the games in Beijing

Daily Mirror

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Reuters

Poland's president to attend Beijing Olympics amidst U.S. boycott

Poland's President Andrzej Duda will attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, a top aide confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday, as a number of Western countries call for a diplomatic boycott of the Games.

Sports Illustrated

Abby Roque Is Poised to Make History in Beijing, in More Ways Than One

With several Team USA fixtures now retired, the center will lead a new generation's quest for glory while breaking new ground in her sport as an Indigenous player.

Sports Illustrated

Erin Jackson Is Ready to Make a Statement on Ice

The speedskater began transitioning from inline skating just five years ago, but now she's ready to make a run at a gold medal in Beijing

Sports Illustrated

Mikaela Shiffrin Is Focused on the Process

After the sudden death of her father, and faced with the crushing weight of expectations, the dominant skier of her generation has recalibrated her idea of Olympic success heading into Beijing.

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Benzinga

Why Are Alibaba Shares Trading Lower Premarket?

The U.S. government is reviewing e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) cloud business to determine whether it poses a risk to U.S. national security, Reuters reports. The U.S. focuses on how Alibaba stores U.S. clients' data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it. …

Daily Mirror

When are the Winter Olympics 2022? Everything you need to know ahead of Beijing Games

We’re just weeks away from the start of the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing. Here’s everything you need to know about the sporting event, which marks the second Games to be held during the Covid-19 pandemic

Al Jazeera

‘Fire on ice’: Jamaica to send 3 bobsled teams to Beijing Games

The Caribbean nation will send a four-man sled team to games for first time since first qualifying for event in 1988.

Reuters

Putin to brief China's Xi on Russia-NATO talks, Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin will brief his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Moscow's talks with NATO when he travels to Beijing next month, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bribes in Lunchboxes: TV Series on China's Corrupt Officials Hooks Millions

A huge designer property in Beijing and millions of dollars hidden in seafood boxes -- a state television series on China's anti-graft campaign is captivating viewers and lifting the lid on officials brought down on graft charges. A staggering number of Communist cadres have been caught up in President Xi…

Wales Online

Parcels sterilised in China as it says they may be bringing in Omicron

International packages must be isolated, cleaned and held for a waiting period to ensure they are free from the virus

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Orders Overseas Mail Disinfection over Omicron Fears

China's postal service has ordered workers to disinfect international deliveries and urged the public to reduce orders from overseas after authorities claimed mail could be the source of recent coronavirus outbreaks. China, where the virus first emerged in late 2019, has stuck to a strict policy of targeting zero Covid…

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