Browsing: China

The Independent says China shuts down city of 200,000 and tells people to stay home over one Covid case.

BBC Sport says Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied making an accusation of sexual assault, in her first media interview since the allegations.

Aljazeera says Australia will not send officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the event and risking a further souring of relations with China.

The Daily Express says CHINA has issued a bleak warning to Joe Biden over the US’s boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

The Guardian says The International Tennis Federation has said it will not cancel any tournaments in China over concerns for Peng Shuai, because it does not want to “punish 1.4 billion people”.

The Independent says the White House will join a global chorus of calls for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Twitter removes over 2000 suspected state-run ‘Chinese fake accounts’ but zero abusive accounts that have been linked to racism on the platform.

The Guardian says China has attacked the Women’s Tennis Association’s boycott in response to the treatment of Peng Shuai.

The Daily Mirror says The WTA has suspended all its tournaments in China over the handling of sexual assault allegations made by Peng Shuai and its failure to provide adequate proof of her safety.

The Guardian says WTA has announced the suspension of all tournaments in China amid concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai.