This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • New international mediation center in Hong Kong • Growth of state-owned enterprise assets • Scientists clone mutant gene of a corn variety • Qatar World Cup and panda diplomacy
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Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, the most famous 52-year-old brat of the world football federation, has not been much in the news of late. Such creatures of authority do their best (and worst) work in the shadows. But given that the FIFA Men’s World Cup is upon us, he thought it wise to address a […]
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21WIRE | Women left out to dry as male competitor enters high-level race to destroy the female competition.
21WIRE | Suddenly, a gaggle of powerful forces are now bent on destroying the reputation and career a popular American athlete.
This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • CPC 20th National Congress outcomes • The China model of modernization • World’s first perennial rice variety • Hope for Chinese women’s football
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Here’s the big question in Jock Culture these days: Is the Kingdom of Golf being used to sportswash the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? Or is it the other way around? After all, what other major sport could use a sandstorm of Middle Eastern murder and human-rights abuses to obscure its own history of bigotry and greed? In fact, not since the 1936 Berlin Olympics was used[Read More...]
When I was growing up in Queens, NYC, I paradoxically rooted for the Yankees… but I also liked the Mets. After all, their home field — Shea Stadium — was much closer to where I lived. I can still recall sneaking on the subway and sneaking into the stadium to see the Mets (or Jets) […]
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The Indian women cricket team was on the verge of clinching the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, but just missed out on this much coveted goal. Till the last over the result could have gone either way, but being more experienced, the Australian team could win. It does not matter. A T20 match result can go either way within[Read More...]
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Henrik and Lana cover the latest absurd developments in episode 179 of Flashback Freya's Day this August 5, 2022.
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It was, all and all, an odd spectacle. The Ladies’ Singles victor for Wimbledon 2022 had all the credentials that would have otherwise guaranteed her barring. Being Russian-born, news outlets in Britain walked gingerly around The All England Club’s decision to ban Russian players yet permit Elena Rybakina to play. Sky News noted that, “Moscow-born […]
