COVID curbs push China off global sporting map
China's ambitions to be a global sporting hub took a heavy blow as the postponement of this year's Asian Games ...
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Chinese city sharply restricts travel to fight virus outbreak
The northern Chinese city of Xi’an dramatically tightened COVID travel controls Wednesday to fight a growing outbreak, with people banned ...
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US call for Olympic boycott snowballs
WASHINGTON—The US should boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley said Sunday, becoming the ...
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Republican calls grow for US to boycott 2022 Olympics in China
The US should boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley said Sunday, becoming the ...
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Factory fire kills 19 in China
Beijing"•A factory fire has killed 19 people in east China, local authorities said Monday, in the latest deadly incident to ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.