Posts Tagged ‘Beijing’

Beijing rehearses medal ceremony ahead of Winter Games

The Beijing Winter Olympics begin in a month. Diplomatic boycotts, the coronavirus and the fate of Peng Shuai are weighing heavily on the Games. From 4 to 20 February, the Chinese capital will become the first country to host both the Winter and Summer Olympics, after hosting the 2008 Games, which were seen at the […]

Beijing New Years Blue Beam Display

Telegram @ Dark Universe Beijing’s New Year celebration into 2022. If you notice this Wasn’t real fireworks but purely a project blue beam display. Just imagine what kind of technology they have in store if they are showing the world this. Source Views: 0

Beijing’s Movie War Propaganda — And Washington’s

Above photo: Publicity image from The Battle at Lake Changjin. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party, the powerful Chinese Central Propaganda Department commissioned a blockbuster film that depicts a US defeat in the Korean War. Under fire from US bombs, the heroic People’s Army fights a brutal ground […]

Diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Olympics is Washington’s Self-inflicted Wound

The confrontation with China taken by Washington in recent years is being pursued not only on the economic front, with numerous sanctions against Chinese companies, but in politics as well, with the US creating various anti-Chinese blocs, such as AUKUS, provoking Taiwanese separatism, launching an information campaign criticizing alleged human rights violations in the Xinjiang […]

UAE Embraces Beijing by Scraping F-35 Deal with the US

A major blow has been inflicted to the US standing and influence in the Middle East by the UAE that is scraping the F-35 deal with Washington. This decision comes on the back of some stubborn US efforts to dissuade the UAE from acquiring the Chinese 5G expertise. The US has been doing everything it could to force Abu Dhabi into […]

Winter Olympics: Beijing ‘strongly advises’ Olympians to get COVID booster

Beijing Winter Olympics organisers “strongly suggest” that athletes from abroad should receive COVID-19 booster shots before participating in the games as the Omicron variant takes hold across the world. Huang Chun, the deputy director of the organising committee’s pandemic prevention office, said Thursday that China and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have reached a consensus […]

NHL Considers Not Sending Players to Beijing’s Genocide Games over Coronavirus Fears

On the heels of its decision to postpone many of its games through December, the NHL is also now contemplating withdrawing its players from the Beijing Olympics, all because of its concerns over the coronavirus. The National Hockey League had intended to take a three-week break in February to make room to send its players […]

Beijing and Moscow Strengthen Cooperation in Response to the West’s Incitement of Hatred Against Russia and China

The United States’ and the European Union’s desire to increase pressure with sanctions and hostile rhetoric on Russia and China has resulted in the tightest possible partnership between Moscow and Beijing, which are already united by years of extensive ties in various areas. Bilateral trade exceeded $132 billion from January to November, increased by 24 […]

Bob Costas Rips IOC, Beijing in Runup To Olympics

Veteran Greek-American broadcaster Bob Costas let it all hang out on CNN Tonight last week, blasting the IOC and the NBA for their kid-glove handling of China despite its history of human rights abuses. Credit: Wikipedia/Public Domain During an appearance on CNN Tonight with Michael Smerconish last week, veteran Olympics broadcaster and Greek-American journalist Bob […]

Germany’s Baerbock Says Common European Response Needed on Beijing Olympics

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock attends a joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (not seen) after a meeting at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, on Dec. 9, 2021. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool/Reuters) BERLIN—German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday that Europe needed to find a common response on the issue of a […]

‘Farce’: China dismisses UK, Canada diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games

China on Thursday dismissed the decision by Canada and the United Kingdom to join Washington’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as a “farce.” China is also not concerned that the officials’ absence would spark a chain reaction, and numerous heads of state, government leaders and members of royal families have registered […]

Ineffectual Boycotts: The Beijing Winter Olympics

Making moral statements in the blood and gristle of international relations can often come across as feeble.  In doing so, the maker serves the worst of all worlds: to reveal a false sense of assurance that something was done while serving no actual purpose other than to provoke.  Anger, and impotence, follow. The Biden administration […]

Canada Joins Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Winter Olympics

TORONTO (AP) — Canada will join the United States, the United Kingdon and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. The announcement came after the White House, the Australian government and the UK government confirmed diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Games in […]

Biden’s Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics Draws Applause and Criticism

A group of U.S. lawmakers and former U.S. officials are calling on the Biden administration to do more than just imposing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The diplomatic boycott was announced by White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Dec. 6, saying that Washington “cannot proceed with business as usual” in […]

US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

The United States will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses, the White House said on Monday China has vowed to greet the move with “firm countermeasures.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki says US athletes will continue to compete and will “have our full […]

China Completes Vietnam Metro as US Accuses Beijing of “Bullying” Region

The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi – home to over 8 million people – saw the opening of its first ever metro line. The line was financed and built by China and features rolling stock from China’s state-owned CRRC. The metro was under construction starting in 2011 and was the target of criticism particularly in […]

Beijing Confirms Strict ‘Closed Loop’ For 2022 Winter Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese organizers have confirmed participants in next year’s Winter Olympics will be strictly isolated from the general population and could face expulsion for violating COVID-19 restrictions. Vice mayor and Beijing 2022 organizing committee official Zhang Jiandong told reporters Wednesday that those taking part in the games beginning Feb. 4 must remain in […]

‘Could Be a Major Battle’: Copley on Beijing’s Stake in Afghanistan

In this special episode, we sat down with Gregory Copley, president of the International Strategic Studies Association. He gave his take on the destabilization in Afghanistan, why the Chinese Communist Party is working with the Taliban, and how that will affect the geopolitical stage. Once the United States leaves Afghanistan, who’s going to fill the […]

How Beijing Helps Tehran

Ibrahim Raisi, winner of the presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran this year, with his team, expects to increase cooperation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the next few years. The Iranian leadership has long been attaching great importance to its dialogue with China and has done everything in its power […]

Australia Bankrolls $68M Fiji Airport, Amid Pacific Competition With Beijing

Australia will provide $68 million to Fiji to assist with airport upgrades amid a wider influence push into the South Pacific region against Beijing’s encroaching hegemony. The government-backed Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) will partner with ANZ Bank to support infrastructure upgrades to increase passenger capacity at Nadi International Airport to help […]

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