Olympic flame on its way to Beijing
19 Oct 2021 – The Olympic flame for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 is on its way to Beijing. During a ceremony in the historic Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, it was handed over today from the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) to the organisers of…
Olympic flame for Beijing 2022 lit in Ancient Olympia
18 Oct 2021 – The Olympic flame for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 was lit today in Ancient Olympia, Greece. This marks the start of its journey to China where, in just over 100 days, the Games will begin. As a…
Olympic broadcasters look ahead to Beijing 2022 after success of Tokyo 2020
11 oct. 2021 – Following the ground-breaking coverage of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Olympic Broadcasting Services and rights-holding broadcasters around the world are now turning their attention to the upcoming Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Tokyo 2020 proved to be a…
Milano Cortina 2026 ready to take centre stage after Beijing 2022
05 Oct 2021 – As it prepares to take centre stage upon the conclusion of both the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee used this week’s Delivery Partners Meeting to share important progress updates with the International Olympic…
China’s leaders praise Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam over handling of protest crisis, but remind her she has yet to quell violence
By Tony Cheung, Natalie Wong and Jeffie Lam From South China Morning Post President Xi Jinping says chief executive has stood firm on principle of ‘one country, two systems’ Premier Li Keqiang earlier says Lam has Beijing’s backing, but warns…
Europe ‘pushed off Beijing’s radar’ in China’s drive to seal US trade deal
By Catherine Wong From South China Morning Post Concerns mounting among European businesspeople about lack of progress on EU-China investment agreement, head of EU business group says Cancellation of Chinese vice-premier’s Brussels trip reflects ‘lack of face-to-face engagement’ with bloc…
China anniversary: Hong Kong protester shot by live round
From BBC An activist involved in anti-government protests in Hong Kong has been shot in the chest by police during a clash. The incident came as thousands of people demonstrated in defiance of a protest ban for the 70th anniversary…
Take-off for the world’s largest Oktoberfest: Lufthansa flights featuring the biggest ‘Trachten’ crew of all time
Cabin crews in folk costume on A380 flights from Munich to Beijing and Los Angeles Leberkäs’, pretzels and Weißwurst: Oktoberfest comes to the Lufthansa lounges Just in time for the Oktoberfest in Munich, Lufthansa’s Trachten- crew is getting ready for…
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to withdraw extradition bill
From BBC Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she will withdraw the highly controversial extradition bill which has triggered months of protests. The proposal, introduced in April, would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. The…
Trade war reflects US fear of China’s state-led economic model, says member of Beijing’s political elite
By Frank Tang From South China Morning Post Kong Dan, the former chairman of the state-owned Citic Group and Everbright Bank, urges Beijing to stick to its development path over adopting a western model Speech at Moganshan Research Institute comes…