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While the US explores digital currencies, China's eYuan is already in 15 cities. But experts say Beijing and Washington aren't actually competing in the same race.
Experts break down how the currencies of the world's two largest economies compete, and why they ea…
Phil Rosen
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Fears about China's government ban on iPhones are 'way overdone,' as the crackdown could impact only 1% of the smartphone's sales in China: analyst
Apple shares have shed about $200 million in market capitalization after the news about the ban bro…
Huileng Tan
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How the impact of climate change on snowfall could affect the Winter Olympics by 2080
Unless the world takes drastic measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many locations will soo…
Erica Sweeney
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Could doping spell the end for Russian skating prodigy Kamila Valieva?
Russian figure-skating prodigy Kamila Valieva, a top contender for Olympic gold, is suspected of fa…
Gabrielle Paluch
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Beijing says the cost of hosting the 2022 Winter Games is among the cheapest ever at $3.9 billion. But the real cost might more than $38.5 billion, 10 times the reported amount.
China says its 2022 Winter Games are the least expensive in two decades, but the real sum of hostin…
Cheryl Teh,Joel Stonington
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President Xi Jinping says he doesn't want a hodgepodge 'street stall economy' in Beijing, even as China's youth unemployment rates hit a record high
Big cities in China are trying to boost employment with street stalls as the country's post-COVID e…
Huileng Tan
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Beijing is cheering the election of a China loyalist as Hong Kong's next leader, heralding the start of a 'democracy with Hong Kong characteristics'
Beijing's new security office in Hong Kong hailed Lee's election as a step forward for Hong Kong to…
Cheryl Teh
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Beijing plans to hand out $6 a month to low-income families to help offset the cost of food. The amount will just about buy 2 Big Macs.
China's consumer price index rose 2.1% in January from a year ago, and food prices jumped 6.2% over…
Huileng Tan
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Police officers were seen guarding a crematorium in Beijing amid reports of overflowing funeral homes due to a resurgence in COVID infections: Bloomberg
Journalists were barred from the Dongjiao Funeral Parlor, a facility where workers said they were o…
Cheryl Teh
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The Ukrainian athlete who staged an anti-war protest at the Beijing Olympics was forced to flee Kyiv after the Russian invasion
Vladyslav Hareskevych told Insider on Friday that the situation in Ukraine is "really scary," but t…
Ashley Collman
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Local officials in Wuhan, China, withheld information from Beijing on the threat of the coronavirus, US intel reportedly finds
The Trump administration has accused China's government of covering up the virus, but US intel is s…
Lauren Frias
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The behavior of a Taiwanese Olympic speed skater seen wearing a China uniform was 'extremely inappropriate,' Taiwan's premier said
Speed skater Huang Yu-ting brushed off criticism, saying: "In the world of sports, we do not differ…
Barnaby Lane
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From real gold coins to $641,000 in cash here are 5 countries where it pays the most to win at the Winter Olympics
Singapore offers the largest payout — S$1 million ($742,000) — but they don't have any …
Huileng Tan
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Beijing police arrested at least 3 people in their homes who had attended a peaceful protest against China's zero-COVID measures: report
The Straits Times reported that three people were taken from the homes in Beijing after attending a…
Cheryl Teh
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Kellyanne Conway says the 2020 Trump campaign's China-centric 'Beijing Biden' attacks were 'foolish'
"It lacked the Trumpy one-two punch and resonance of 'Crooked Hillary,' which was easy to discern,"…
John L. Dorman
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NBC's Mike Tirico mentions China's ‘genocide' against Uyghur Muslims in opening the network's Olympics coverage
NBC accounts for roughly 40% of the International Olympic Committee's revenue with their $7.75 bill…
Jake Lahut
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A Taiwanese Olympic speed skater sparked outrage by practicing in a China uniform, then brushed it off by quoting Taylor Swift
Huang Yu-ting has since deleted the footage, which she originally posted to her social media accoun…
Barnaby Lane
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2 weeks out from the Olympics, China is back to using anal COVID-19 swab tests on some Beijing residents to try to detect Omicron cases
27 people were given anal COVID-19 swabs in Beijing this week in a procedure that involves insertin…
Cheryl Teh
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Weibo users are backing Beijing's claim that it received Omicron via Canadian mail, saying an 'ugly nation' sent them 'poison'
Tensions between China and Canada have ratcheted up since 2018 when Canada detained Huawei executiv…
Matthew Loh
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Oil's bull story for 2023 is China's reopening, but that could be derailed if Beijing can't stay the course on its retreat from zero-COVID policy, RBC's Helima Croft says
Chinese people are traveling more, and oil imports are rising, and that trend is the "real bull sto…