No need to flex, China.

China is staging live-fire military drills in six self-declared zones surrounding Taiwan in response to a visit by U.S. House Speaker _...Read More_

[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/01/china/beijing-covid-labor-day-holiday-intl-hnk/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/01/china/beijing-covid-labor-day-holiday-intl-hnk/index.html) "Beijing has banned all restaurant dining, shut down Universal Studios and ordered residents to provide proof of a negative Covid test to enter _...Read More_

"Faced with its worst Covid-19 outbreak yet, China has been enforcing an expanding number of mass quarantines, strict lockdowns and border controls. The measures may yet work, but official data released on Monday show they are exacting a _...Read More_

"After two years of largely containing coronavirus outbreaks, China’s “Covid zero” policies are being tested by the highly transmissible variant."

"Bre Hernandez used to scan TikTok for videos of makeup tutorials and taco truck reviews. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the 19-year-old has spent hours each day scrolling the app for war videos, watching graphic footage of Ukrainian tanks _...Read More_

>"This is not a problem happening just in Russia – a win-at-all-costs mentality is affecting young athletes more than ever"

>"The US government will protect American athletes participating in the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and their freedom of speech, US _...Read More_

>"Just two days into the event organisers are facing a litany of complaints from multiple athletes and countries on _...Read More_

Julia Marino wins first medal for U.S., claiming silver in women’s slopestyle; Zoi Sadowski-Synnott takes gold.

The leaders of Russia and China pushed back against U.S. pressure on Friday, declaring their opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirming that _...Read More_

Chinese and Russian leaders call on west to abandon ‘cold war’ approach at pre-Olympic meeting.

"The ice rinks have been smoothed out, the brown mountain slopes draped with artificial snow. The Olympic flame is on its final journey to the heart of Beijing, ready to light up the night sky."

"The first time China hosted the Olympics, it was a moment of hope and promise. The 2008 Summer Games in Beijing proved to be a coming-out party for an emergent China—rich, influential, technologically advanced, and, most of all, more and _...Read More_

"China’s preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have been characteristically extensive. Poorly advertised, but no less far-reaching, though, are the preparations of its security state. High-profile political events provide an _...Read More_