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China's pandemic Olympics begins, with Covid lockdown and boycotts

The country where the coronavirus outbreak emerged two years ago launched a locked-down Winter Olympics on Friday

Jumla for India, jobs for China: Rahul targets govt on 'Make in India'

He alleged that the imports from China are at an all-time high under the Modi government as it has "destroyed" the medium and small industries and unorganised sector that creates jobs

IOC president Thomas Bach says Peng Shuai is free to move in China

Bach's promised dinner with the tennis player is widely anticipated amid global concern for her safety after she accused a former Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault

World leaders: Who's coming, who isn't to Beijing Winter Olympics

India said it won't send any officials following reports that a Chinese military commander who was involved in deadly clashes with Indian forces had been chosen as one of the Olympic torchbearers

US warns Chinese companies over efforts to evade export controls on Russia

"We have an array of tools that we can deploy if we see companies including those in China doing their best to backfill US export control actions, to evade and get around them": US govt spokesperson

America stands with India against Chinese aggression: US senators

Beijing is hosting the Winter Olympics amidst a diplomatic boycott by the US, European Union and several western countries over their allegations of human rights violations in Xinjiang

Winter Olympics: DD Sports will not telecast opening & closing ceremonies

The announcement came shortly after the Indian government decided that its envoy will not attend the opening or closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics

'US athletes entitled to express themselves freely at Beijing Olympics'

Human rights activists have made claims that Beijing is silencing critics domestically ahead of the Winter Olympics

China reports 36 local, 27 new imported Covid-19 cases

Of the new local cases, 15 were reported in the province of Zhejiang, 12 in Tianjin, six in Guangdong, two in Beijing, and one in Hebei

Japan eyes tighter curbs on some companies to counter cyberattacks

The move would be part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's initiative to defend Japan's economic security mainly against China

Russia-sized mystery in China's power sector that will hurt climate goals

Countries that have reached China's levels of per-capita electricity consumption (already on a par with most of Europe) typically see growth rates at less than half that level.

Global stocks higher with China, Korea closed for Lunar New Year

Global stocks rose Monday following a big Wall Street gain at the start of a week when China, South Korea and Southeast Asian markets will close for the Lunar New Year holiday. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced while Sydney declined. Markets in China, South Korea and Taiwan were closed. Hong Kong and Southeast Asia were due to close later in the week. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index rose 2.4% on Friday, breaking a three-week losing streak and giving major indexes their biggest gains this year. Investors have been rattled by the Federal Reserve's decision to try to cool inflation by accelerating plans to raise interest rates and wind down bond purchases and other stimulus that is boosting stock prices. Prospects of rising rates and shrinking global liquidity compressed within a much shorter time-frame brings with it appreciable risks of unsettling markets, Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank said in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London

No mention of China, Pakistan in President's address, says Congress

The Congress on Monday raised concern on the Presidential address to the joint session of parliament and also said that there was no mention of the killings in Nagaland

Cash-strapped Pakistan looks to secure $3 bn loan from China

Cash-trapped Pakistan is looking to secure a USD 3-billion loan from China and investments in half a dozen sectors during PM Imran Khan's visit to Beijing next week, a media report said

Nothing indicates China's intention to get involved in Ukraine: Pentagon

The United States does not see that China intends to be involved in the situation in Ukraine in any way amid ongoing tension, US Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby said

China Jan factory activity growth slows, demand wanes as Covid surges

China's economy started last year strong, reviving from a sharp pandemic-induced slump, but it started losing momentum in the summer

Winter Olympics: Global groups call for action on rights concerns in China

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 record of abuses

India's exports to China jump 34% to $22.9 billion in 2021, shows data

Imports, on the other hand, rose 28 per cent to USD 87.5 billion in 2021

CAIT moves CCI against 'Chinese' firm Shopee for hurting Indian SMEs

CAIT Chairman Praveen Khandelwal said that Shopee is offering hefty discounts on various products by selling them at an extremely low price

Chinese travel to hometowns for Lunar New Year despite plea to stay put

Chinese are travelling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are