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Published: 3:00pm, 5 Feb, 2022 Updated: 3:00pm, 5 Feb, 2022 Read More

China has mixed politics and sport with a boldness unseen since the Cold War, with President Xi Jinping announcing a new alliance with Russia's Vladimir Putin just hours before presiding over a spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. The Beijing Winter Games were launched on Friday night by Xi in a pageant…

Xi presides over lavish ceremony in Beijing stadium, US broadcaster pulls no punches Flag bearers Karen Chanloung and Nicola Zanon lead Team Thailand athletes and coaches into the stadium during the opening ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday evening. (Reuters Photo) BEIJING: President Xi Jinping declared the Beijing…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping views the Olympic Games — he has pored over venue blueprints and been involved in every aspect of planning — as a validation not only of his statecraft but also of the rise of a confident, economically robust nation that is rearranging the world order. Beijing’s…

Author of the article: BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to increase natural gas supplies to China amid rising tension with the West. Putin told Xi…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met Friday on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, a show of solidarity and shared grievance calibrated to challenge the U.S.-led world order amid a tense diplomatic standoff on Ukraine. Their sweeping joint statement to mark the occasion…

Published: 4:34pm, 4 Feb, 2022 Updated: 10:03pm, 4 Feb, 2022 Read More

BEIJING: A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and Covid will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the “Bird’s Nest” stadium. The distinctive lattice-shaped arena took centre stage at the 2008 Games -- seen as China's coming-out party to the world -- and will do…

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping is poised for his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years on Friday when he hosts Russia's Vladimir Putin, with the pair drawing closer as tensions grow with the West. Xi has not left China since January 2020, when the country…

Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 and Vladimir Putin. 习近平 Reuters / Kremlin/dp The People’s Daily heralded the upcoming get-together between Vladimir Putin and Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 at the Winter Olympics, saying that the visit will mark the 38th meeting between the two figures since 2013, when Xi chose Russia for his first…