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Apps, AI Translator, Marker Pens: At Beijing Olympics, Overcoming The Language Barrier
Businesses at the Beijing Olympics are getting around the language barrier by using high-tech apps and a smartphone-like device to translate from Mandarin Chinese and keep the tills ringing.
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2022 Beijing Olympics: Alibaba Creates Virtual Idol to Promote Merchandise
Alibaba has released a virtual idol promoting the 2022 Beijing Olympics, riding on a trend that has swept China.
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Olympics Games Open With A Bang, And Cold War Echo
China mixed politics and sport with a boldness unseen since the Cold War on Friday, with President Xi Jinping announcing a new alliance with Russia's Vladimir Putin just hours before presiding over a spectacular Olympics opening ceremony.
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Robots Deliver Food For Winter Olympics 2022 Participants In Beijing Hotel; Watch Video
Winter Olympics 2022 will be held in Beijing from 4th February to 20th February. The participants and media personnel are greeted by food delivery robots and ice cream vending machines; read on.
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Beijing Reports Highest Covid Cases Since June 2020 As Olympics Near
Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days.
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US Plans To Pay Athletes To 'Sabotage' Beijing Olympics, Says China
China's foreign ministry has accused the United States of planning to interfere with and "sabotage" the Beijing Winter Olympics by paying athletes from some countries to make half-hearted efforts in competition and to criticise China.
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US Lawmakers Seek UN Report On China Uyghurs Ahead Of Beijing Olympics
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the United Nations' human rights office to release its assessment of China's policies in Xinjiang before next month's Beijing Winter Olympics, which the U.S. government is boycotting on a diplomatic level.
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Olympic "Bubble" Sealed As Beijing Preps For Strictest Mass Sporting Event
Beijing sealed up its Winter Olympic "bubble" on Tuesday, preparing the Games venues, transport and staff for the world's strictest mass sporting event since the global pandemic.
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Beijing Olympics "Used As Political Tool": China Urges Support From Japan
China's envoy to Japan, Kong Xuanyou, on Thursday said the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics had been unfortunately "used as a political tool," and asked for Japan's support, while also warning Tokyo not to interfere on Taiwan.
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No Overseas Fans Allowed At 2022 Beijing Olympics: International Olympic Committee
Next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing will be held without spectators from overseas with tickets restricted to fans living in China because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday.
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Amid Doping Scandal, Russia Says Vladimir Putin Will Attend 2022 Beijing Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China for next year's winter Olympic Games, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, while Moscow remains under penalties for state-sponsored doping.
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Nancy Pelosi 'Full Of Lies' With Beijing Olympic Boycott Call: China
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was "full of lies" with her call for a diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds, China's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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First-Ever Fitness Club For Women Opens In Kabul
The first-ever fitness club for women has opened in Kabul with the objective of promoting health and sports among women in Afghanistan's traditionally patriarchal society.
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No Money, No time: Here's What is Slowing Down India's Fastest Swimmer
He was barely 17 when he became the youngest swimmer to represent India in an Olympics event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 19 when he ended a 24-year dry spell for the country by picking up a bronze medal in the 50-metre Butterfly category at the Asian Games.
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Giant Robot Horse-Dragon Takes on Monster Spider in Beijing
The huge mechanical creature rears up, its eyes glowing red, smoke billowing from its dragon's snout and its primeval howl echoing in the Beijing night as it approaches its arachnid adversary.
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Apps, AI Translator, Marker Pens: At Beijing Olympics, Overcoming The Language Barrier
Businesses at the Beijing Olympics are getting around the language barrier by using high-tech apps and a smartphone-like device to translate from Mandarin Chinese and keep the tills ringing.
-
2022 Beijing Olympics: Alibaba Creates Virtual Idol to Promote Merchandise
Alibaba has released a virtual idol promoting the 2022 Beijing Olympics, riding on a trend that has swept China.
-
Olympics Games Open With A Bang, And Cold War Echo
China mixed politics and sport with a boldness unseen since the Cold War on Friday, with President Xi Jinping announcing a new alliance with Russia's Vladimir Putin just hours before presiding over a spectacular Olympics opening ceremony.
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Robots Deliver Food For Winter Olympics 2022 Participants In Beijing Hotel; Watch Video
Winter Olympics 2022 will be held in Beijing from 4th February to 20th February. The participants and media personnel are greeted by food delivery robots and ice cream vending machines; read on.
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Beijing Reports Highest Covid Cases Since June 2020 As Olympics Near
Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days.
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US Plans To Pay Athletes To 'Sabotage' Beijing Olympics, Says China
China's foreign ministry has accused the United States of planning to interfere with and "sabotage" the Beijing Winter Olympics by paying athletes from some countries to make half-hearted efforts in competition and to criticise China.
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US Lawmakers Seek UN Report On China Uyghurs Ahead Of Beijing Olympics
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the United Nations' human rights office to release its assessment of China's policies in Xinjiang before next month's Beijing Winter Olympics, which the U.S. government is boycotting on a diplomatic level.
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Olympic "Bubble" Sealed As Beijing Preps For Strictest Mass Sporting Event
Beijing sealed up its Winter Olympic "bubble" on Tuesday, preparing the Games venues, transport and staff for the world's strictest mass sporting event since the global pandemic.
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Beijing Olympics "Used As Political Tool": China Urges Support From Japan
China's envoy to Japan, Kong Xuanyou, on Thursday said the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics had been unfortunately "used as a political tool," and asked for Japan's support, while also warning Tokyo not to interfere on Taiwan.
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No Overseas Fans Allowed At 2022 Beijing Olympics: International Olympic Committee
Next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing will be held without spectators from overseas with tickets restricted to fans living in China because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday.
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Amid Doping Scandal, Russia Says Vladimir Putin Will Attend 2022 Beijing Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China for next year's winter Olympic Games, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, while Moscow remains under penalties for state-sponsored doping.
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Nancy Pelosi 'Full Of Lies' With Beijing Olympic Boycott Call: China
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was "full of lies" with her call for a diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds, China's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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First-Ever Fitness Club For Women Opens In Kabul
The first-ever fitness club for women has opened in Kabul with the objective of promoting health and sports among women in Afghanistan's traditionally patriarchal society.
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No Money, No time: Here's What is Slowing Down India's Fastest Swimmer
He was barely 17 when he became the youngest swimmer to represent India in an Olympics event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 19 when he ended a 24-year dry spell for the country by picking up a bronze medal in the 50-metre Butterfly category at the Asian Games.
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Giant Robot Horse-Dragon Takes on Monster Spider in Beijing
The huge mechanical creature rears up, its eyes glowing red, smoke billowing from its dragon's snout and its primeval howl echoing in the Beijing night as it approaches its arachnid adversary.
