(2022-02-04). Xi: China is ready to deliver a streamlined, safe and splendid Games. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a video address at the opening ceremony of the 139th IOC Session on Thursday.
(2022-02-04). China: Proficiency Test Of A SWAT Soldier (VIDEO). southfront.org
(2022-02-04). Pdte. Alberto Fernández realiza visita oficial a China. telesurtv.net China es el segundo destino de las exportaciones argentinas y el principal origen de las importaciones del país.
(2022-02-04). China and Russia to Face Regional Threats Jointly. telesurenglish.net On Friday, President Xi Jinping confirmed that China stands ready to work with Russia and President Vladimir Putin to chart the future and provide guidance for bilateral relations under new historical circumstances. | RELATED: | Xi is willing to promote the continuous transformation of high-level mutual trust between China and Russia into results of cooperation in all fields and bring real benefits to the people of the two countries. | "Despite the…
(2022-02-04). Chinese Telecom Equipment Is Banned in the USA. indybay.org Recently the US Senate has approved the next bipartisan initiative against China. This is not a new objective, which is to push Chinese business rivals out of the US telecom market.
(2022-02-04). Greece Begins Parade of Athletes at the Olympic Winter Games. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the 2022 Winter Games opening ceremony started. As an Olympic tradition, Greece, which hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, is the first team to start the parade of athletes into the Bird's Nest Stadium. | RELATED: | China, as hosts, will march in last; future Olympic Winter Games hosts Italy (Milano-Cortina 2026) will enter the second-from-last under a change approved by the IOC Executive Board…
(2022-02-04). Russia and China sign major energy deal. rt.com 
The 30-year agreement will boost gas supplies by 10 billion cubic meters and will be settled in euros | Russia's Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a second long-term contract on Friday for the supply of 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from the Russian Far East. The agreement comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in China on an official visit. | According to Gazprom, the agreement is "an important step in further strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and China in the gas sector." After the project reaches its full capacity, the volume o…
(2022-02-04). Congress restricts US investments in China. indybay.org Analyses of issues concerning the strategic confrontation with China were reported to the US Congress.
(2022-02-04). Xi says meeting with Putin will inject more vitality into China-Russia relations. ecns.cn
(2022-02-04). Headlines for February 4, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims ISIS Leader Detonated Bomb That Killed 13 at Site of U.S. Raid, Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Winter Olympics Open, State Dept. Questioned over Claims Russia Is Plotting "False Flag" Operation in Ukraine, South African Plant Produces mRNA COVID Vaccine Based on Moderna Data, Chicago Ex-Cop Who Murdered Laquan McDonald Released After Just Three Years in Prison, Biden on Crime in New York City: "The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police", Turkey Blames Greek Border Guards After 12 Asylum Seekers Freeze to Death, Texas Butterfly Conservation Center Shuts Doors Following Right-Wing Harassmen…
(2022-02-04). Journalists celebrate Chinese New Year in main media center of Beijing 2022. ecns.cn On the Chinese New Year's Eve, journalists attending the 2022 Winter Olympics gathered at the Main Media Center experienced the traditional customs of the festival by writing Spring Festival couplets, folding paper, and cutting paper to make decorative patterns.
(2022-02-04). Covid-hit Russian women's team earn first Beijing win. rt.com 
The ROC women's hockey team beat Switzerland in their opening game at the Beijing Winter Games | The Russian women's ice hockey team put some major disruptions behind them to pick up an opening win against Switzerland at the Beijing Olympics. | The Russian team — competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) — was hit by a spate of positive Covid tests in the buildup to their opening encounter in the Chinese capital which severely disrupted their opportunities to train. | But still despite missing six players due to Covid protocols, the ROC team eventually eased past their Swiss r…
(2022-02-03). How US Meddling Split Sudan. popularresistance.org Like most countries, the Republic of South Sudan is a complex nation of shifting alliances and external influences. | Recently, President Salva Kiir, who sports a Stetson hat gifted him by George W. Bush, signed a peace agreement with old enemies, the Sudan People's Liberation Army-In Opposition. Around the same time, the so-called Embassy Troika consisting of the US, Britain, and Norway facilitated International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs for South Sudan. | When China proposes investment schemes, US politicians call it "debt-trap diplomacy." As has been seen in South Sudan, when Western corporations seek to pl…
(2022-02-03). Russia And China Hatch Sanctions-Busting Plan To Limit Use Of Dollar. popularresistance.org Amid a worsening stand-off between East and West, Russia and China are increasingly contemplating using their own currencies in mutual settlements and finding ways to work together to counter sanctions, Moscow's envoy in Beijing has disclosed. | Speaking as part of an appearance on YouTube channel Soloviev Live on Wednesday, Andrey Denisov weighed in on the impact of embargoes imposed by Western nations on ties between the two nations. | "The fact that these sanctions have a negative impact on some aspects of our relations is indeed true," he said, pointing at the impact on financial settlements. "If penalties ar…
(2022-02-03). Anti-China Canadian MPs claim Sovereignty over Argentine Mine. dissidentvoice.org 
The anti-China panic sweeping Canadian politics has descended from tragedy into farce. A month ago I mocked Globe and Mail Report on Business columnist Eric Reguly for complaining about China-based Zijin Mining purchasing Neo Lithium. The nominally Canadian firm extracts lithium in Argentina. Reguly succeeded in stirring a national security scare about minerals extracted 10,000 …
(2022-02-03). The Hypocrisy of the 'Diplomatic Boycott' of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. independentmediainstitute.org On February 4, the 2022 Winter Olympics are set to open in Beijing. With this, the Chinese capital will become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Games. It will also make the People's Republic of China the first country in the Global South ever to host the Winter Olympics, which …
(2022-02-03). War Mania Leads White House to Condemn U.S. Senator as Russian Propagandist. strategic-culture.org The Republican senator cited Russian "threats," but said going to war with Moscow over Ukraine was not in the interests of the U.S., which should go after China instead, Joe Lauria reports. | By Joe LAURIA | The extent to which the White House will not tolerate any dissent against its war messaging on Russia was revealed when President Joe Biden's press secretary on Wednesday condemned a sitting member of the United States Senate as a Russian propagandist for simply questioning the drive to war over Ukraine. | Jen Psaki accused Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of "parroting Russian talking points" for sending a letter…
(2022-02-03). Full text of Putin's signed article for Xinhua. ecns.cn A signed article by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin titled "Russia and China: A Future-Oriented Strategic Partnership" was published by Xinhua News Agency on Thursday.
(2022-02-03). Russia & China set to make new declaration — Moscow. rt.com 
The announcement comes as Moscow and Beijing increase their cooperation in a number of spheres | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to declare the two countries will work shoulder to shoulder on their most important missions, Moscow has announced, as relations with the US and its allies in Europe come under increased strain. | Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov revealed that the text of a major announcement would be on the agenda for the Russian leader's upcoming visit to China. | "A joint statement on international relat…
(2022-02-03). Is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Beginning to Open Up? journal-neo.org 
After a year and a half of interruption, North Korea has reopened rail connections with China. Since the end of January 2020, the DPRK has halted cross-boarder railway services. Even though on June 26, 2020 one freight train passed from Hunchun (a border city in China's Jilin province) to Tumangang station on the North Korea-Russian …
(2022-02-03). Putin calls Russian-Chinese relations "a model of efficiency, responsibility" tass.com The Russian leader stressed that Russia and China are "close neighbors bound by centuries-old traditions of friendship and trust"
(2022-02-03). The Russians Are Coming: Are Beijing and Moscow at the Cusp of a Formal Alliance? dissidentvoice.org 
It should matter little to the Chinese that American diplomats and a handful of their western allies will not be attending the Beijing Winter Olympics in February. What truly matters is that the Russians are coming. The above is not an arbitrary statement. It is supported with facts. According to a survey conducted by China's Global …
(2022-02-03). Some 150,000 spectators living outside of 'closed loop' to visit Beijing Olympics. tass.com The spectators mainly include foreigners living in mainland China, members of diplomatic missions, marketing partners, local residents, students of primary and secondary schools…
(2022-02-03). Biden continues to pressure China. indybay.org Joe Biden approved a further anti-China bill and, by amazing coincidence, did it on the eve of binational summit. That's a great attack on China, it has to be said.
(2022-02-03). Face-To-Face Meeting Between Xi and Putin to Happen On Friday. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Beijing, as they made political preparations for the upcoming meeting between the two countries' heads of state. | RELATED: | Noting that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a face-to-face meeting on Friday for the first time in more than two years, Wang said the primary task of…
(2022-02-03). Ski Jumpers Carry Out First Official Training At Beijing 2022. telesurenglish.net The first ski jumping official training went smoothly on Thursday night at the National Ski Jumping Center in the Zhangjiakou competition zone of Beijing 2022, showing growing anticipation among athletes for the Games to be officially open on Friday. | RELATED: | Italian Jessica Malsiner arrived at the Zhangjiakou Olympic Village on Wednesday and came to the women's normal hill training the second day. She told reporters…
(2022-02-03). The Gist: The most important numbers behind Beijing 2022. america.cgtn.com 
Hosting a global event of this magnitude — and during a pandemic — is no easy feat. Tens of thousands of people are in Beijing for the Olympics. CGTN's Gerald Tan has The Gist on some of the main facts and figures.
(2022-02-03). Former Beijing Olympic chef serves up memories and meals. america.cgtn.com 
While the world has its eyes on the athletes at Beijing 2022, a lot more happens behind the scenes, including the mammoth task of feeding everyone. CGTN's Gerald Tan got firsthand insight from a chef who went through it all during the Beijing 2008 Games.
(2022-02-03). Beijing Olympics mired in geo-political tension. wsws.org The Western media has treated in a hostile manner the lengths to which the Chinese government has gone to protect Olympic teams, as well as the Chinese population from infection.
(2022-02-03). Athletes praise Games' closed loop management. ecns.cn Athletes of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have said the closed-loop management and COVID-19 epidemic control measures have made them feel safe, allowing them to fully focus on preparing for the upcoming competitions.
(2022-02-03). Beijing Olympics mired in geopolitical tension. wsws.org The Western media has treated in a hostile manner the lengths to which the Chinese government has gone to protect Olympic teams, as well as the Chinese population from infection.
(2022-02-03). A New Era Begins for Global Winter Sports With Beijing 2022. telesurenglish.net Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), considers the Beijing Olympic Winter Games 2022 will be the beginning of a new era for winter sports. | Thomas Bach said in the opening ceremony of the 139th IOC Session, that Beijing 2022 will be the start of a new era for the winter games worldwide. Feb. 3, 2022.